For your chance to win, simply send us a “selfie” (a picture you’ve taken of yourself, most likely with a camera phone), with the person you’d like to go with and both of your names to info@theculturalexpose.co.uk by midday Friday, February 8th and a winner will be chosen at random.  Good luck! 

Three course menu 

Starters

• – Beetroot marinated smoked salmon, rocket and shaved fennel salad
• – Ham hock and rabbit terrine, rhubarb and plum chutney, toasted ciabatta
• – Grilled courgette rolls with aubergine caviar and grilled piquillo peppers

Mains

• – Grilled haddock, crushed new potatoes with goats cheese, chilli and mint pea puree, citrus aioli
• – Chorizo stuffed chicken breast, dauphinoise potatoes, roasted vegetables, chorizo cream sauce
• – Feta, caramelised onions and beetroot filo pastry strudel, green beans and rocket salad, with beetroot puree

Desserts

• – Sharing plate of passion fruit curd pots, banoffee tart, blueberry and white chocolate ganache cups

About Roxy Bar & Screen

Roxy was created to bring together cutting-edge digital screenings with high quality drinks & food.  Film screenings take place from Sunday to Wednesday on a large-scale, state-of-the-art digital cinema screen and surround sound system, offering viewers a unique, high quality cinema experience within a relaxed bar setting.  The hugely popular Film & TV Pub Quiz takes place every other Thursday, whilst the venue also screens the pick of sporting events at the weekends.  Good quality value-for-money pub food is served alongside an impressive wine, beer and cocktail selection. For more info visit www.roxybarandscreen.com/listings.php?event=2285

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Gavin Mitchell gives an especially good turn as Rick, down to the characteristic drawl and seen-it-all eyes; in fact, there are strong performances from all three actors, but that’s where the respectful homage ends. Director Morag Fullerton has distilled the story into key vignettes that will be familiar to anyone who’s seen the film, but she leavens the love story with such a fun-loving combination of slapstick, audience participation and sporadic tap-dancing that this is one production you don’t dare take seriously, and it is all the better for it. Besides playing the main protagonists, each actor has another three or four characters to inhabit. Clare Waugh evades all danger of ever being pigeon-holed, going from doe-eyed love interest Ilsa to hateful Nazi Major Strasser in the swish of a swift costume change, whilst Jimmy Chisolm’s camp Captain Renault is quite possibly the comedic star of the show. The ‘battle of the anthems’ scene is a highlight (a tip: brush up on your French).

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut manages to take a movie classic, inject it with just enough irreverence to make it a thoroughly enjoyable romp, whilst retaining just enough respect to make you want to watch the original all over again.

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut runs until October 21 at the Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, N7 9EF. For more info visit www.pleasance.co.uk

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