The Game of Play: Gina and John talk about their exciting new project! Coming Soon To Your Living Room!

The Manchester Shakespeare Company

It was during the Covid lockdowns that Gina began to develop an idea she had been working on for some time. ‘The Game of Play’ The game was inspired by Gina’s desire to transfer the skills that she acquired as a child and all through her life with the help of all the lovely people who believed in her.

It’s an exciting, fun performance-based board game that can be played by 2-8 players.

The object of the game is to progress through the 3 acts of the play to be the first to reach centre stage and be awarded the DAFTA. In order to reach this goal, the players must navigate the hazards of theatrical life, including auditions, luck, fate, scandal, forgetting your lines, ‘breaking a leg’, trapdoors, electrocution and falling scenery!

The board represents elements of the theatre world. There are 3 concentric circles with landing squares representing Acts 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The centre of the board represents ‘Backstage’ and ‘Centre Stage’ under the spotlight. Each player takes on a character. These are based on characters from our successful productions:‘Robbo Goodstuff' and 'Helena Handcart' from ‘Summer Dreaming’ and ‘Andrea Palemusht’, 'Malcom Fabrese' and 'Oliver De Tabloids' from ’12 Nights’. In order to progress towards the stage and win the DAFTA, players must perform ‘Auditions’ in the form of Song, Drama, Verse and Comedy. Their auditions are judged by the other players by showing their ‘Clap’ or ‘Boo’ cards. There is plenty of opportunity for skulduggery and plot twists as the Luck and Fate cards come into play.

More info and even pre-order from www.manchestershakespeareco.org