Ten years after stealing scenes in Sam Boodle's The Landlord, Ward Minnis and Anthony 'Skeebo' Roberts are returning to the

Dundas stage this weekend with twice the laughs in The Cabinet, a play that has been called the biggest comedy to hit the

stage so far for 2011.
"We just got back from Freeport with the play at the Regency," says Minnis, who in addition to playing one of the lead characters,

serves as director of the comedy which took him three years to write. "We weren't exactly planning on doing the play again

so soon in Nassau, but the last time we were at the Dundas, the role that Skeebo is playing was played by someone else. Skeebo

is just so awesome and beause he is who he is, he brings so much more to the character than you can anticipate so we ended

up editing and ad-libbing because of what he bought to the role.

Skeebo has been doing this [theatre] for about as long as

I've been alive so he contributes in more ways than even he knows."
Minnis admits to being in awe of Roberts during their first time on stage together and had no problem asking him for tips

when it came to learning the art of the stage. Now, he says, he he is humbled that Roberts actually agreed to be a part of

his production.
"It's amazing when someone you admire suddenly is taking direction from you and acting out what you wrote," says Minnis.

"Some actors arrive and then forget that this is a small but growing community and humility is key to success. Skeebo has

been all over the Caribbean, North America and the UK in films, commericals and on the stage. Yet he still has time to work

with little old me. When those we admire give us up-and-comers a chance it really motivates us."
Minnis added that he has also been motivated by several politicians and campaign workers who have seen the play who told him

that its great to sit back and laugh while seeing people they know indirectly potrayed in the characters.
"None of the parties or politicians are real in the play," laughs Minnis.

"However, if you see someone you voted for, voted

against, on the campaign trail or in the House of Parliament in one of our characters, it might be coincidental and in your

imagination. However, yes, we do draw inspiration from real life but we have to take it up a notch. But if it weren't for

the voters who are also members of our audience, we would not have been able to continue doing what we are doing or entertaining

requests to consider taking the play to other islands which is something we are optimistic about."
Tickets for The Cabinet are currently on sale at Galleria Cinemas. The play runs from June 24 to June 25.

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