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00:00 My name is Gillian Elisa and I play the part of Vera.
00:07 Vera is a trooper and she hasn't had children and that's the way it's gone.
00:18 But she doesn't dwell on it. She's gone, "Right, let's get in there, let's troop on, let's
00:23 have a bit of life, let's go down to the MFI and have some lovey-dovey."
00:27 You know, a bit like me actually.
00:34 I think there would be
00:36 the audience would be carried away with the title first of all, Brastoff.
00:40 And they probably think, "Oh, this is going to be fun."
00:43 But they're in for a surprise
00:44 because it's three-dimensional, it's got everything in it.
00:48 You've got the music, you've got an incredible story,
00:53 and this
00:54 fantastic,
00:56 clever,
00:58 subtle humour.
01:02 There's tremendous humanity between
01:06 us as a cast. We feel
01:10 quite similar about things, I think. I've got this feeling at the moment that we
01:13 understand each other and we care about each other.
01:16 There's a kindness there and there's a generosity there.
01:20 And I think that would help us in our characters.
01:23 I mean, I just think
01:25 possibly this is the best cast I've worked with. I'm three days in,
01:29 okay?
01:31 You know, I may be speaking too soon,
01:33 but I can see now they are so, so talented.
01:39 Come and see Brastoff.
01:41 Not only are you going to have the music, which is probably the most
01:47 talked about thing, but the actual story
01:49 is fantastic. It's about a community
01:52 that
01:54 are trying to survive through
01:57 the things that have been hit towards them,
02:00 the money thing, the strike that was in 1984, and now there's a ballot.
02:07 It's all about
02:09 the brass band trying to survive. If the brass band goes,
02:13 and if
02:14 the pit goes, what are they going to do? It's their livelihood.
02:20 The shows that I've put on here are
02:22 first class absolutely and I'm privileged to be here.