Audition: My Mother Said I Never Should
Director: Gabi Maddocks
Assistant Director: Sarah Overall
Audition Information:
Sunday 7th July 2019: Free Church Hall, Northway, London NW11 7BN
4.30 – 6.30pm Children / Young Adults
7.00 – 9.00 Adults
Please note some children may be asked to stay for the first part of the adult audition.
If you want to audition but are not available on 7th July, then we may be able to see you on Monday 1st July instead. Please contact Gabi using the address below.
Performance Information:
Performances: Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th October at 7.30pm and Sunday 20th October at 4pm
Venue: Upstairs at The Gatehouse, Highgate N6
Rehearsal Information:
Rehearsals for this play will be Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. We may also call some rehearsals on Monday evenings, if necessary. They will take place at the Free Church Hall. Rehearsals will start in September, but we hope to schedule a few workshops/read throughs in July/August.
About the play:
This warm-hearted, humorous and heart-rending play is about the relationships between mothers and daughters. It investigates themes of childhood, growing up, and keeping secrets. The play explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women, and looks at society’s changing expectations of women through the twentieth century.
Characters:
Young Doris: age 5-9
Young Margaret: age 7-10
Young Jackie: age 8-12
Young Rosie / Rosie (same actor): 10-15
Jackie: 20s to 30s
Margaret: 40s to 50s
Doris: 60s to 80s
FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN PLANNING TO AUDITION:
This is not a children’s show. It is an adult play with adult themes such as teenage pregnancy and death. Children’s scenes contain topics such as playing at pretending to have babies and talking about ‘the curse’. If you have any concerns then please read a script before the audition to make sure you would be happy for your child to take part in the show. They will be well looked after but it may not be a suitable play for every child.
Audition scripts will be available shortly via the website.
If you have any questions please contact Gabi on mymothersaid@gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk
Our Country’s Good
Meet Duckling and Captain Tench
Captain Watkin Tench 
Duckling Smith
Meet Duckling Smith, played by Libby Curley! Duckling lives with Midshipman Harry Brewer and enjoys the privileges of her slightly elevated position in comparison to her fellow convicts. But at the same time she has to cope with Harry keeping a close eye on her at all hours of the day and night, when all she wants is a bit of freedom…
Libby will also be playing Captain Watkin Tench, a hard nosed Officer with some firm ideas about how the colony should be run and how the convicts should be treated.
Our Country’s Good runs 5th – 20th July
Our Country’s Good
Meet Wisehammer and Governor Phillip
Governor Phillip 
Wisehammer
Meet Governor Arthur Phillip, played by Steve Chapman. He thought his military career was over and was ready for a quiet retirement, but now he finds himself in charge of a penal colony in far flung New South Wales. Faced with unruly convicts and disgruntled officers, will he be able to maintain order?
Steve will also be playing John Wisehammer, a convict with a love of words and dreams of being a writer, who butts heads with Lieutenant Clark for a variety of reasons…
Our Country’s Good runs 5th – 20th July
Our Country’s Good
Meet Liz Morden and Lieutenant Dawes
Liz Morden – played by Emily Hill – is a fierce female convict who’s had an extremely tough life and isn’t afraid to take it out on those around her. A force to be reckoned with, can Liz escape the blame that always seems to be piled on her and find some hope for the future?
Emily will also be playing Lieutenant Dawes, who – as the colony’s resident astronomer – literally has his head in the clouds.
Our Country’s Good runs 5th – 20th July
Summer shows – Casting announcement
The Merchant of Venice
(director Diana Bromley)
Duke of Venice – John Colmans
Prince of Morocco – Blue Beazley
Prince of Aragon – Geoff Prutton
Antonio (the Merchant) – Stephen Lanigan-O’keeffe
Bassanio – Edwin Coutts
Gratiano – Richard Tinworth
Solanio – Edward Smith
Salaria – Juliette Kulikovs
Lorenzo – Anthony Gretton
Shylock – Amos Witztum
Tubal – Blue Beazley
Launcelot Gobbo – Geoff Prutton
Old Gobbo – John Colmans
Portia – Naomi Smallwood
Nerissa – Rebecca Hill
Jessica – Alice Golton
Balthazar/Stephano – Milo McCarthy
Our Country’s Good
(director Kayne McCutcheon, assistant director Michael Reffold)
Wisehammer/Phillip – Steve Chapman
Ralph – Warren Lustig
Mary/Rev Johnson – Jess Taylor
Sideway/Collins – Clare Janew
Dabby/Meg/Faddy – Anna Rolfe
Harry/Arscott/Campbell – Mark Overall
Ketch/Ross – Alice Gill-Carey
Caesar/Johnston – Gideon Benari
Duckling/Tench – Libby Curley
Liz/Dawes – Emily Hill
Casting announcement
For Jeeves and the Song of Songs and Audience…
Jeeves and the Song of Songs
Revd “Beefy” Bingham Colin Gregory
Mr Cholly Edward Smith
Miss Dolly Sue Miller
Bertie Wooster Edwin Coutts
Lady Worplesdon, Aunty Agatha Diana Bromley
Jeeves Gerry Zierler
Tuppy Glossop Anthony Gretton
The Hon Miss Cora Bellinger Clare Janew
Mrs Travers, Aunt Dahlia Francine Ross
Angela Travers Abi Tallack-Cain
Audience
Joan Ashley Collins
Helena Saria Babiker
Amanda Nina Meinzer
Quentin Doug Hopping
Bobbie Trudi Dane
Charles Rusty Ashman
Merrill Malcolm Stern
Lee Milo McCarthy
Keith Colin Gregory
Reginald Toby Moore
Eileen Rosie Fiore-Burt
Usherette Jemma Vernon
Wendy Jesse Musker
Jeeves & the Song of Songs
by P G Wodehouse, adapted for the stage by Francis Beckett
Performances: Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th April at the King Alfred’s Phoenix Theatre, Golders Green, NW11 7HY
Tuppy Glossop has dropped Bertie Wooster’s cousin Angela to pursue a romance with an operatic diva. Ordered by his Aunt Dahlia to break them up, Bertie somehow finds himself singing at an East End concert. A brand-new adaptation of the P G Wodehouse story.
Audience by Michael Frayn
From the author of Noises Off, a farcical take on what people are actually thinking and doing when they ought to be watching the play. Sometimes there’s just more drama on this side of the curtain than the other…
Performances: Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th April at the King Alfred’s Phoenix Theatre, Golders Green, NW11 7HY
Getting ready for Peter Pan #1: One Fearsome Crocodile
One fearsome crocodile, ready to eat Captain Hook! Our brilliant puppet creators have been hard at work making the crocodile (who they have named Colin) as well as Nana, the Darling children’s dog, and Tinkerbell. But we don’t want to spoil the surprise, book now to come and see them in action.
Wednesday 20 February – Sunday 24 February,
King Alfred Phoenix Theatre, North End Rd London NW11 7HY
Tickets from £10
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/gardensuburbtheatre