Roy Horovitz’s touching monodrama at Theatre on the Square
Do I win, or do I lose? was a touching one-man show hosted by Sandton’s Theatre on the square until August 19.
Israeli theatre-maker and theatre teacher Roy Horovitz brought his adaptation of the nostalgic Do I Win, or do I lose production to the Theatre-on-the-Square for a season from August 8.
August 19 was Sandton’s last chance to catch this moving production, which saw Horovitz most impressively portray a number of characters centered around the central figure of a principled Scottish gambler, Archie Campbell.
Horovitz’s performance takes place between the 1966 soccer World Cup and January 1 in the year 2000. The story follows a gambler who bets on soccer fixtures and teaches the hobby to his grandson Gary throughout the 90s.
The entire performance is characterised by an extremely captivating and gripping monologue portrayed by Horovitz – who transitions seamlessly through characters on stage. In 1998, Archie Campbell is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and given a year to live. So advanced is Campbell’s love for gambling, that he bets against himself dying – and wins 100, 000 Pounds, which he gambles in a stake that he would live to see the dawn of the new millennium.
Campbell’s bet that he would live to see the new millennium is encouraged by his memory of surviving three car crashes, a stabbing, and several assaults in his 99 years on the planet.
The monologue drama is based on a true story and is based on a play written by a Scottish friend of Horowitz – who consented to him adapting it without hesitation.
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