Audition Notice

Director: Nick Hastings

The GST are delighted to present Hamlet.

Lawrence Olivier described Hamlet as 'a play about a man who cannot make up his mind'. But it is also about the terrible consequences of that indecision. It is about human frailty and fragility, but also the lure of power, greed, loyalty and lust that can grip us all. Shakespeare's genius is his ability to explore the extremes of human emotion and the futility of attempting to master them.

Old Hamlet is dead, slain against Nature's will by Claudius in pursuit of title and power. It is left to Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, to avenge his father's 'most unnatural murder'. Nature sends many catalysts for encouragement - a ghost of the dead king, a band of players to incriminate his killer and the drowning of Ophelia, whom Hamlet claims to love. None prompt him to action. As Hamlet's mind goes to sea and to seed, so does everything and everyone rot around him, with catastrophic consequences.

These are open auditions. Please read the auditions page if you have never auditioned with the GST before.

Downloadable audition notice: Hamlet audition notice.pdf

Please download and read the audition pieces and audition form. Please send the audition form to the email specified at the top of the form.

Rehearsals for the actor playing Hamlet begin early March, rehearsals for the rest of the cast will start in early April.