A Casino. Jack’s Casino. For its guests, a glittering hive of chance and possibility. For its workers, a realm of routine, regimentation and control.
At Jack’s, lives can change with the roll of a dice and fortune can swiftly turn to failure in the blink of an eye. Place your bets wisely, because once you’re all in, there’s no easy way out.
The Common Anomaly’s new original play Dead Man’s Hand delves into the harsh realities of power and the intricacies of human connection. Through psychological storytelling and perspective-driven narrative, Dead Man’s Hand uncovers a web of deception hidden beneath the casino’s dazzling facade, where employees suffer at the hands of those they are taught to trust. In a place built on duplicity and deceit, what happens when all that remains to be said is the truth?
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Doors open 30 mins prior to event start time.
Age: 15 +
Content warnings: Violence, Explicit language, Death, Domestic Violence, Discussions of sex, Discussion of assault, flashing lights. For more info please contact our box office.
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