André Jebbinson, Staff Reporter

Camille Davis (Gyna) plays dangerous Selling Games' with Glen Campbell's character, Rocky, during Patrick Brown's play 'Love Games', now playing at Centrestage. - photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Recently quite a few patrons were disappointed when they had to leave Centerstage on Dominica Drive without seeing Love Games because they did not buy their tickets in advance.

However, those who were proactive enough to get their tickets before left saying Love Games was an all too familiar game.

"Been there, seen it before," one patron said.

Love Games, a comedic revue with six playlets, stars Glen Campbell, Camille Davis, Courtney Wilson and Maria Walters and Noelle Kerr, wh roles. There was little intrigue as it was clear what was coming long before it occurred. This was further highlighted by the sameness of the set throughout.

Different scenes had very minor cosmetic changes which either had a different or drawn curtain, a picture on the wall or a different point of entry. Still, it was not drastic enough to make the set look different throughout the scenes.

With six scenes, the roles changed with each, but apart from Davis and to an extent Campbell at times, the roles all came off basically the same. They were sometimes overly loud, crude and with the familiar deficient English speaker. But since comedy is about laughs, that was greatly accomplished.

The first scene, Selling Games, featured Rocky, an upstanding "happily married" CEO, played by Campbell, who turns to a prostitute Gyna (Camille Davis). Gyna announced that she was pregnant with Rocky's child from the last time they did 'business', three months before. Worried about his reputation, Rocky tried everything to get Gyna to have an abortion.

Gyna seemed to have relented after she hoaxed a massive sum from Rocky. It turns out Gyna was only bluffing. As predictable as the scene was, the audience still had a few laughs as Gyna mispronounced her words and coined some of her own.

Predictable

Love shows its sharp side in Patrick Brown's 'Love Games'.

The second scene, Head Games, was set in a lower-middle class neighbourhood with Wilson playing Bingi, a cheating Rastafarian, Kerr playing, Trish, Bingi's love interest and Davis, Bingi's girlfriend. Again, it was predictable. Bingi thought his girlfriend was onto his cheating ways and she was. However, she was cheating too. Additionally, Wilson had a difficult time holding his composure and often had a grin on his face.

Scene three was almost the same with Campbell, as Titus, an elderly man who said he could not be conned or played. Kerr was his love interest and tried to give the poor old man a heart attack in order to get his money. It backfired on her as Titus proved to be a real pro.

The same games were carried over in the second half of the play, with Vince, a horse trainer, cheating with his boss' wife. All along he thought his pious wife's sole interests were church related matters, but he got a very big surprise when he found out differently.

You should be able to tell who his wife was cheating with. In Deadly Games, honeymooners came up on their first and final hurdle when the groom found out his wife had slept with his best man. It became deadly when the bride also found out the groom had slept with her sister.

In the sixth and final scene, Final Game, Campbell played John Doe who picked up Jane Doe (Davis) at a funeral. They checked into room 666 and a decent hotel. The scene took a long time to reach its climax, but once it did, the audience was rolling with laughter.