Lucky
Ron Pearson stars as Lucky, a devilishly devious Casino owner, here to teach you how to beat the house and get rich. Get ready for an entertaining, hilarious, and mind-boggling foray into the perils and delights of risking it all to take it all. The Royal National Theatre in London called Ron "charming, engaging, and brilliant".
I always try to catch Ron Pearson’s shows at the various Edmonton festivals so I knew this would be a show I definitely wanted to catch, and was I ever impressed! Ron plays the part of a casino owner teaching people how to win... but "the house always wins". Part story, part magic, and definitely a winner.
Are you feeling lucky?
This play is a conversation with Lucky, the owner of a casino whose "house" you enter as soon as you step through the doors. Once you're in Lucky's house, he takes you on a ride where you hope to win -- but do you actually?
Expect an exploration of luck, greed, and... sin? Sprinkled within this exploration is excellent acting, some magic, and a post-show realization that Lucky isn't exactly who he says he is.
Catch Lucky before the run is over! Ron is an excellent playwright, actor, and magician. I saw his play Minerva a few years ago and was excited to return to hearing his voice on a stage this year at Fringe.
Lucky: The House Always Wins Abby Solomon
Lucky is a one man show following a sneaky Casino owner, teaching the crowd how to get rich and beat the house. The catch? The House always wins. Performer and playwright Ron Pearson is a magician, writer, and actor who tells a story, a rather intriguing and interactive one, that goes beyond the casino and gambling. What begins as a lesson in how to beat the house slowly becomes a reflection on specific systems within society, a message that truly resonated with me. Pearson uses the casino setup to poke at how society is actually run. He repeatedly mentions the phrase The House Always Wins, comparing simple casino and street gambling games to the real world with mentions of real time events that truly forces you to pause and reflect. The house makes you comfortable and acts like it wants you to win, but at the end of the day, the system is designed so they always get their cut. Rather than feeling like a heavy lecture on power and control, Pearson keeps things super engaging with smooth magic tricks and fun crowd work. You're laughing and having a great time, but you still walk away looking at the world a little differently, definitely a clever and eye opening comedy that is worth seeing.