Playing dates: 24th to 28th September and 2nd to 5th October 2024.

Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today he's in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination.

Last week, a nobody. This week, America's Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a button.

A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.

This play first Premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2016. Mike Bartlett is an award-winning dramatist and playwright.

Roles:

• Andrew - 30-mid 40s, male, American or English, believes he can change the world for the better.
• A Woman - 30+, female, Nationality irrelevant, a Spy, fixer, or is she?
• A Man - 30+, male, Nationality irrelevant, a Spy, fixer, or is he?

Playing dates: 29th October to 2nd November and 6th to 9th November 2024.

Terra Nova is a fascinating and beautiful play by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter for 'Silence of the Lambs', Ted Tally, that recounts the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, drawn from the journals and letters found with the bodies of the final three members of the Expedition.

As each dies one by one, the play captures with chilling intensity the courage and bravery of the men who must accept the bitter knowledge that suffering and death will be the only reward for their heroism.

The action of the play blends scenes of the explorer and his men at various stages of their ordeal in a mixture of fantasy and realism via flashbacks of Scott with his wife and with fateful glimpses of his Norwegian rival, Roald Amundsen.

For the audition we will be reading from various scenes and moments in the play, both as a group and individually. Age ranges are a guide only, it’s more important to capture the characters’ physical or emotional state to bring the story together. This will be something will be looking for at the audition.

Rehearsals are likely to start W/C 26th August with up to 3 rehearsals a week. Please bring notice of any non-availability including any Sundays to the audition.

For more information on the play, and audition pieces / script please contact the director.

Roles:

• Robert Falcon Scott - 35-55, male, Leader of the expedition, Strong, determined, hides his insecurities and doubts, can be distant and socially inept. A demanding & emotional leading role.
• Roald Amundsen - 35-55, male, Confident, imposing leader of the successful Norwegian Expedition. Amundsen’s presence in the play is via hallucinations by Captain Scott - challenging him, as both his nemesis and his confessor. Subtle Norwegian/Scandinavian accent (but not essential).
• Kathleen Bruce Scott - 25-40, female, Scott’s Wife. - Strong, powerful, passionate figure in her own right. Kathleen may not fully understand Robert’s passions, but she respects them. Robert is haunted by the memory of Kathleen throughout the play.
• Lawrence “Titus” Oates - 25-40, male, The only former soldier on the team. Oates disagrees with Scott on many aspects of his leadership and expedition logistics. Strong, reliable, self-sacrificing.
• Edward Wilson - 30-50, male, A qualified physician, calming, artistic, and passionate, he is Scott’s best friend and the glue that holds the group together. His dedication to others is paramount.
• Henry “Birdie” Bowers - 25-40, male, The youngest of the group but also the one with a sense of humour and joy. Dependable, unselfish.
• Petty Officer Edgar “Taff” Evans - 30-50, male, Quiet, pensive, and hiding a terrible secret. Physically a bigger man, but the first to fall. Powerful onstage death scene. Welsh accent (but not essential).