Auditions for performances of The Canterbury Players.
If you wish to apply for an audition, please understand there is a
high level of both competition and commitment for all roles.
You will need to be prepared for at least 8 weeks of rehearsal, often
up to 12 weeks, 3 nights a week and in the final week or two, every weekday night and perhaps a weekend during the daytime.
Failure to turn up for rehearsal affects everyone else in the production
and the final result.
The Canterbury Players strives for a quality production which entertains
and stimulates their audiences, so whilst new members are very welcome,
if you have limited or no experience, please expect minor roles until you have
proved your capabilities.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
To be presented:
Thursday 8 March to Saturday 10
March, 2012
at the Playhouse Theatre,
Whitstable.
Synopsis:
This is the tempestuous tale of wheel-chair bound Sir Clifford
Chatterley (disabled in The Great War), his devoted but lonely wife, Connie,
his enigmatic gardener Oliver Mellors, and his scheming housekeeper, Mrs
Bolton.
Although they form the core of the story,
there are many other characters, including Connie' s father, Sir Malcolm Reid, her sister,
Hilda, Clifford' s intellectual friends, and two Italian gigolos! Set in the mining area of
Derbyshire, with industrialisation threatening traditional county society, this is a story of
class divisions and emotional manipulation, with the infamous, tempestuous love-affair
between Connie and Mellors at its thematic heart.
An ensemble of 10 performers is needed to bring this controversial and dramatic story to
life. With 30 scenes – ranging from the Chatterley home to Wragby woods, from Venice
to inside Tevershall pit, this production will be highly theatrical in style, aiming for an
excitingly visual as well as dramatically hard-hitting impact. As for the notorious sex
scenes, this is theatre, not film, and the symbolic power of suggestion is the key.
Auditions to the ensemble will take the form of two linked workshops, to introduce
potential cast-members to the play and to Huw' s style of working. Individual roles will be
cast once the acting-company has been established.
Current Auditions:
The audition workshops will take place at
St Christopher' s School
48 New Dover Road,
Canterbury,
CT1 3DT
on
Monday 14 November and Wednesday 16 November
at
7.30pm
Everyone is welcome!
If you wish to be alerted to the next audition, please let us know HERE.
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