Guys and Dolls is well known both as a Hollywood film and a stage musical. The storyline is set in the 1940's around a couple of gamblers who are involved in the oldest permanent craps game in New York City. Nathan Detroit, a small time gambler in the area who is in desperate need of money, makes a bet with a friend Sky Masterson that he cannot make the next girl he sees fall for him. Sky bets that whoever it is, he will be able to take her to Havana for dinner the next day. Of course, the next girl he sees is Sara, who is running the local Mission. Will Sky succeed or will Sara be able to resist his charms? Will Sara manage to find enough sinners to be able to keep her Mission going?The musical has a number of classic songs and dances, including Guys And Dolls and Luck Be A Lady Tonight and the young actors in this production sang and danced well. There was, however, a problem with the balance between the music and the singing and sometimes it was difficult to hear what was being sung. This also applied to some of the dialogue the music largely drowned out the crucial part in which the bet was struck.The cast worked together well and were all enthusiastic. One of the smallest actors was cast as the important gambler Big Jule and that worked very well. Overall, it was entertaining but probably needed a little more rehearsal time.
