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AUDITION NOTICE: Shakespeare in Love

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. Please note that these auditions are now closed. Synopsis We are about to hold a read-through and auditions for Shakespeare In Love, by Lee Hall, which is the final play of our 2022/23 Season. It will be performed 20th to 29th July. The play, with music, follows the fortunes of a young Will Shakespeare as he seeks to improve his work, his love life, and his inances.

AUDITION NOTICE: Ding Dong

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 We will be holding auditions in January for Ding Dong by Marc Camoletti. Bernard has discovered that his wife, Jacqueline, is having an affair with Robert. Being a reasonable business man, Bernard gives Robert two options to compensate for the affair: either he will sleep with Robert’s wife in order to keep things even, or he will have him killed. A hilarious Fre

AUDITION NOTICE: Flare Path

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Our play for next April/May is Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path, which was written in 1941 and is based on his actual experiences as an air gunner with the RAF during the Second World War. The play is set in ‘The Falcon’, a small hotel close to the Lincolnshire RAF base where we are introduced to a number of RAF men and th

AUDITION NOTICE: Things I Know to be True

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Written by Andrew Bovell, the co-writer of Strictly Ballroom, Things I Know To Be True is a co-production between Frantic Assembly, a company who use movement to explore the visual, lyrical and emotional elements of a play and the State Company of Southern Australia. It premiered in 2016 to great acclaim in both Adelaide and the

AUDITION NOTICE: Ladies in Lavender

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Ladies in Lavender is an evocative, heart-warming story of unfulfilled dreams and unrequited love. Based on the hit film screenplay by Charles Dance starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and on the original story by William J. Locke, Ladies in Lavender tells the tale of two sisters, Ursula and Janet, who live in a close

AUDITION NOTICE: Rules for Living

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Rules For Living by Sam Holcroft is a dark Christmas comedy running in real time on Christmas morning from 11am until the serving of Christmas lunch at 1pm. The family celebrations are going ahead despite Francis (the father) having had a stroke. The mother, the neurotic Edith, is determined that everything will go on a

AUDITION NOTICE: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Christopher Hampton’s awarding winning play Les Liaisons Dangereuses was adapted from the novel of the same title by Pierre Chanderlos de Laclos (published in 1782), and was first performed at the RSC in 1984. This is a deliciously clever and witty script, with 10 wonderful roles for 6 women and 4 men. The play te

AUDITION NOTICE: A Bunch of Amateurs

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Jefferson Steel is an arrogant, fading, Hollywood action hero with a recent run of flops to his name. No longer as young or attractive as he thinks he is, he desperately needs a boost to his career. His agent receives an appeal from a theatre company in England who want to invite a famous name to play King Lear in

AUDITION NOTICE: Daisy Pulls It Off

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis Welcome to Grangewood School for Girls! One of the most famous educational establishments in the country. It’s 1927 and our heroine, Daisy Meredith is the first scholarship girl from an elementary school, to be allowed access to these hallowed halls. Enthusiastic and plucky to the last, Daisy finds herself struggling ag

AUDITION NOTICE: The Father

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. Please note that these auditions have now closed. Synopsis: While Andre may be apt to forget things, they are only ever small things. He is an aging man facing persecution from all sides. First, a ‘helper’ steals his favourite watch. Then his daughter Anne, a scheming woman who worries too much, tries to take his apartment away. His other daughter Elise, the one he actually lov