Auditions Archives – Wokingham Theatre

Audition Notice: The Watsons

We are pleased to share audition details for our March 2026 show, Laura Wade’s hilarious and modern comedy, The Watsons. We’ve sat down with director Hedda Bird to hear what’s in store. The story Laura Wade’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel sparkles with Austen’s wit and humour. Every scene you would expect from a Jane Austen novel is here, but not in quite the way you might expect it. This is about what happens when the writer loses the plot and the characters resent discovering they are not real, but there must still be proposals, rejections, declarations of love and even a ball

Audition Notice: Lovesong

Auditions for our January 2026 show will be taking place this summer. Abi Morgan’s ‘Lovesong’ is a beautiful story of one couple, told at two different points in their lives: as young lovers in their 20s and as worldly companions looking back at a lifetime spent together. This is the story of an old couple’s love life inspired by the TS Eliot poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The story This is an extraordinary depiction of a very ordinary relationship, where past and present selves collide. All relationships have their ups and downs, where the optimism of youth and newlywed squa

Christmas Production Auditions: The Unfriend

Steven Moffat’s The Unfriend will be the third show of our 2025-26 season, performed in December 2025. Details for our July auditions are now available below. Steven Moffat is an award-winning writer whose internationally successful television shows include Doctor Who, Sherlock and Dracula. The latter two were co-written with actor and writer Mark Gatiss, who made his stage directorial debut with The Unfriend. Synopsis While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She’s less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touch- because

Audition Notice: The Winslow Boy

Terence Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy will be the second show of our 2025-26 season, performed in October 2025. Details for our June auditions are now available below. Synopsis The play is built around the actual court case of George Archer-Shee. George was accused of theft and expelled from the Osborne Naval College. Such was the outrage that the government had to pay £3,000 in compensation to the family. This seemingly trivial case burst into the public domain to demonstrate against the power of authority and those defending the right of the individual to be heard. The details of the case

AUDITION NOTICE: Dead Guilty

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Synopsis When John Haddrell dies of a heart attack at the wheel of his car, the woman at his side is not his wife Margaret but his lover, Julia. Recovering from the injuries she sustained in the crash, Julia is visited by Margaret, who apparently knows nothing of the affair. Margaret establishes a position in Julia’s life, to help with her ongoing recovery and care – perhaps so

AUDITION NOTICE: Much Ado About Nothing

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Synopsis It is the late summer of 1940 and the pilots of fighter command are taking a well earned rest and celebrating their victory in the country mansion of Leonata, a Kent landowner. Will Benedick and Beatrice ever overcome their verbal sparring to find true love with the help of Don Pedro? Will Hero and Claudio’s love survive the evil machinations of spiv, Don John? Will Do

AUDITION NOTICE: Love From a Stranger

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Synopsis Cecily has spent her twenties in a dull office job. After winning the lottery with her flatmate, she finally has the chance for some adventure. Enter Bruce Lovell, a handsome and charming stranger who sweeps her off her feet. In a whirlwind romance, she recklessly abandons her job, friends, and fiancé to settle in the remote and blissful surroundings of a country cotta

AUDITION NOTICE: Home I’m Darling

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. IJudy and Johnny are trying to turn their backs on modern day life and live by the values and behaviour of the 1950s. The play explores the gender roles of both eras and the impact of trying to live this pretend lifestyle on relationships, work and happiness. The play won the Olivier award as best comedy in 2019 and is a nuanced examination about some of the lies we tell oursel

AUDITION NOTICE: Pressure

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. In the tense hours leading up to D-Day, meteorologist James Stagg finds himself at the center of a high-stakes battle over the weather forecast. With the fate of Operation Overlord hanging in the balance, Stagg must navigate conflicting opinions from colleagues like the ambitious Colonel Irving P. Krick, appease the formidable General Eisenhower, and even find solace in the com

AUDITION NOTICE: The Truth

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Premiered in London in 2016, this is a brilliantly cruel comedy, and an unsettling tale of infidelity. Two couples. Friendship, suspicion, deceit… and the truth. Michel and his wife Laurence are happily married. Michel’s best friend Paul is also happily married, to Alice. But Michel and Alice are having an affair, and Laurence seems to know that something’s going on. How far wi