Audition Notice – Audience and Jeeves & The Song of Songs
Sunday 3rd February 2019
5pm at the Free Church Hall, Northway, NW11 7AG
Performances: Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th April at the King Alfred’s Phoenix Theatre, Golders Green, NW11 7HY
Rehearsals for this play will be on Monday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons
At 5pm
Audience by Michael Frayn
Directed by Debbie Lane
An audience enters a theatre and start to watch the play. We don’t know what the play is but we do see them do what audiences do: comment on the action, chat to each other, get frustrated with each other, sit in the wrong seats, spot other people they know, fall in love…
It’s important that actors who are cast are able to learn the lines at an early stage in order to achieve the pace the play demands. Don’t feel too limited by the specified ages (apart from the teenagers) as it will be more important that the relationships between the characters are right.
Please email audience@gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk for the script and audition pieces.
Characters
Amanda young woman, attending with
Charles who is somewhat older.
Bobbie American lady in her 50s accompanying
Merrill also American, in his dotage.
Helena 30s or 40s, who has come with
Joan her mother, 60s or 70s.
Quentin 50s who has brought
Lee in his late teens.
Keith 30s to 50s, on his own.
Reginald late 30s to 50s, who has come with
Eileen late 30s to 50s, his wife and
Wendy mid to late teens, their daughter.
Usherette any age, very few lines to say.
From 7pm
Jeeves and the Song of Songs by P G Wodehouse, adapted for the stage by Francis Beckett
Please arrive by 6.30pm if you are auditioning for this production only
Directed by Francis Beckett
Tuppy Glossop has dropped Bertie Wooster’s cousin Angela to pursue a romance with operatic diva Cora Bellinger. Ordered by his Aunt Dahlia to break up them up, Bertie finds himself called upon, in a plan orchestrated by Jeeves, to sing at a charity concert. A brand-new adaptation of the P G Wodehouse story.
Francis wants to be as flexible about ages as possible, so ages given are approximate, but Bertie, Tuppy and Beefy will need to be roughly of an age, since they were at university together.
The play is set in the 20s or 30s, so men will be asked to have their hair cut appropriately and shave off all facial hair.
Rehearsals for this play will be Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and Sunday afternoons
Please email jeeves@gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk for the script and audition pieces, stating what parts you are interested in.
Characters
Revd “Beefy” Bingham 20s or early 30s, preferably able to play the piano
Mr Cholly, a costermonger any age
Miss Dolly any age
Bertie Wooster 20s or early 30s, must be able to sing
Lady Worplesdon, Bertie’s Aunty Agatha older than 50
Jeeves probably 30s but willing to consider any age
Tuppy Glossop 20s or early 30s, must be able to sing
The Hon Miss Cora Bellinger 20s or 30s
Mrs Travers, Bertie’s Aunt Dahlia older than 50
Angela Travers 20s or 30s.