Auditions Archives – Wokingham Theatre

AUDITION NOTICE: The Game’s Afoot

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. The Game’s Afoot is a fast-paced comedy mystery with razor sharp dialogue and larger than life characters. It is set in 1936 and centres around William Gillette, the actor/ playwright who made his name playing Sherlock Holmes for many years in the early part of the 20th century. He invites his actor friends to his mansion near New York for Christmas. There is, of course, a mur

AUDITION NOTICE: The Dresser

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. The Dresser is a wonderfully affectionate, irreverent, touching and intelligent play about the theatre. Set in the days of the tradition of the actor-manager – often a tyrannical figure, who demanded hard work, devotion and loyalty from the members of his company. The play revolves around the central relationship between ‘Sir’ an ageing actor-manager and his long-sufferin

AUDITION NOTICE: Entertaining Angels

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. The 􏰀irst play of our next Season will be Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett in September, and auditions are being held later this month. As a clergy wife, Grace has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Now, following the death of her husband Bardolph , she is enjoying the new found freedom to do and say exactly as she pleases. But the return of her eccent

AUDITION NOTICE: Blithe Spirit

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. A comedy by Noel Coward, described by the author as ‘an improbable farce in thee acts’. Novelist Charles Condomine invites the eccentric Medium and Clairvoyant, Madam Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires however, when the ghost of Condomine’s first wife, Elvera, comes back causing disruption and ghostly unres

AUDITION NOTICE: Steel Magnolias

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. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling is a hysterical, heart-warming, iconic play. Set in the fictional north-western Louisiana parish of Chinquapin, the play follows the trials and tribulations of six fierce and sassy women as they set the world to rights in their small-town, bustling beauty salon. The characters use humour and light-hearted conversations, expressed in their “wond

AUDITION NOTICE: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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 Jean Brodie’s progressive approach to education comes to create friction with the more conventional school life at Marcia Blaine. Set in Edinburgh in the 1930’s the play follows the relationships between Brodie and her chosen set of girls as well as with some of her fellow staff members. In ‘her prime’ Brodie is magniicent but in the end ‘the establishment’ will prevai

AUDITION NOTICE: Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense

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. Our January play will be Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense, written by David and Robert Goodale, and based on the characters of P. G. Wodehouse. I’m sure Jeeves and Wooster need no introduction, but this is a relatively recent update/adaptation of these classic characters. Originally written and performed in 2013, this a clever, fast paced and imaginative comedy that’s ver

AUDITION NOTICE: Christmas At Grimley Hall

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. Christmas at Grimley Hall is a spooky comedy written by our very own Martin Kempton. This will be an exciting project with the opportunity to work with a brand-new script and to bring this funny, ghostly play to the stage and be the first cast to premier it. Christmas is the perfect time for ghost stories and this is a modern, funny ghost story with mysterious twists and turns

AUDITION NOTICE: A Few Good Men

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. The second play in the new 2023-24 season will be A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Lloyd White. Based on a real life incident, A Few Good Men tells the story of the investigation into and court martial of two United States marines accused of murder, when their attempt to discipline one of their own underperforming comrades goes fatally wrong. Duri

AUDITION NOTICE: Curtain Up!

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. We’re giving you a sneak preview of the first of the new season’s shows, which will be holding some auditions before our 2023-24 season is announced on Friday 21st April. Peter Quilter’s Curtain Up! will be our September show, directed by Sophie Pierce. Imagine a group of people, all absolutely dedicated to ensuring the success of a local theatre incredibly close