“You should dream more, Mr Wormold. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.”

Our Man in Havana

17 to 26 March 2022

Stables Theatre, 138 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland

Written by Graham Green

Adaptation by Clive Francis

Directed by David Blakey

Present by Ellerslie Theatre

James Wormold, an under-employed vacuum cleaner salesman living in 1950s Cuba, is struggling to pay for his teenage daughter's increasingly extravagant lifestyle. So when the British Secret Service asks him to become their 'Man in Havana' he can't afford to say no. There's just one problem: he doesn't know anything!

To avoid suspicion he begins to recruit non-existent sub-agents, concocting a series of intricate fictions. He files bogus reports using Charles Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. But Wormold soon discovers that his stories are closer to the truth than he could have ever imagined ...

In Clive Francis' adaptation, Graham Greene's classic satirical novel becomes a wonderfully funny and fast-moving romp.

17 to 26 March 2022 at 8pm

Matinees Sunday 20 and Saturday 26 March at 2pm

No evening performance Sunday 20 March

No performance Monday 21 March

Licensed bar

A community theatre production of Our Man in Havana by arrangement with The Play Bureau.