Moonlight and Magnolias

By Ron Hutchinson
Directed by John Ghent

Monday 17th – Saturday 22nd January 2011

Scene: Hollywood, chaotic and glamorous in the late 1930s.

Take One: David O’Selznick, legendary film producer, has shut down production on his Civil War epic, finding himself without a leading actress and a workable script, but with a rapidly diminishing bank balance.

Action: Selznick, with a new director and screenwriter, existing on a diet of peanuts and bananas, locks the doors and no-one’s going anywhere until they emerge five days later with the screenplay for Gone with the Wind, one of the most successful films of all time.

This crazy rollercoaster of a play, witty, farcical and satirical by turns, is both love-song and critique of the golden years of Hollywood.

“Frankly, my dear, this is one funny play...” - The New York Daily News