Category: Auditions

Last Days of Judas Iscariot Cast List

The cast for the Winter 2014 production is:

Saint Monica / Soldier 3 – Valerie Antwi
Judas Iscariot – Elliott Bornemann
Judge Littlewood – Wayil Eisa
Julius of Outer Mongolia – Darren Evans
Matthias Of Galilee / Saint Thomas – Mark Ewins
Butch Honeywell – Neil Forster
Satan – Will Hedges
Gloria – Caitlin Homes
Simon The Zealot / Sigmund Freud / Soldier 2 – Conor Kennedy
Henrietta Iscariot / Sister Glenna – Lily Kennett
Jesus – Marcus Mollan
Fabiana Aziza Cunningham – Kate Moore
Saint Peter / Pontius Pilate – Nick Mouton
Saint Matthew / Caiaphas the Elder – Greg Robins
Mother Theresa / Mary Magdalene / Soldier 1 – Katy Treble
Yusef Al-Fayoumy – Matt Tylianakis
Loretta – Steph Urquhart

Well Dressed Cast List

The cast list for the Winter 2014 production of Well Dressed is:

Tim – Nick Edwards
Sophia – Lucy Theobald
Sebastian – Richard Canal
Peter – Billy Murphy
Clarissa – Rebekah Daven Watson
Lauren – Annette Bette Kellow
Rich – James Laing
Henrietta – Helen Jackson

The Walls are Watching Cast List

Many thanks to all the auditionees; here is the cast list:

Andy Marchant
Richard Williams
Emma Rolf
Caroline Doyle
Carl Fletcher
Vanessa Okello
Kat Wootton
James Saunders
Julia Collier
Marianne McCloughlin

The Apple Cart Cast List

Thank you to all those who auditioned and congratulations on the cast:

King Magnus – Jimi Odell
Orinthia – Ciara Robley
Joe Proteus – Simon Hill
Princess Alice/Amanda Postelwaithe – Alannah King
Lysistrata – Juliette Chrisman
Crassus – Alain English
Nicobar – Will Saunders
Balbus – Abby Still
Pliny – Bernard O’ Sullivan
Sempronius – Graeme Thompson
Pamphilus – Katherine Kilshaw
Ambassador Vanhatten – Casey O’ Connor
Queen Jemima – Natalia Clark
Billy Boanerges – Martin Shaw

Halloween/Revolution Season Auditions

When: 6.45pm, Monday 21, Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 July
Where: Clean Break Studios, 2 Patshull Road, NW5 2LB
Contact: If you have any questions please e-mail Andy on artistic@kdctheatre.com

This October and November we’re back at The Lion and Unicorn in Kentish Town with a play to scare your socks off, and a play to light your revolutionary spirit.

28 October – 1 November
The Walls Are Watching | download audition notice
Directed by Kim Morrison and Trina Hasthorpe
A semi-devised modern day murder mystery set in Blackmoor Manor, a hotel situated in the remote coastal town Abbot’s End. When a well-known playboy is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Detective Burton is called to the premised to investigate. Once inside, he begins to suspect the residents are concealing more than just the truth. Is it a simple case of foul play on the part of a jilted lover, or a menacing supernatural presence that leads the unfortunate residents to their untimely deaths?

4 – 8 November
The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw | download audition notice
Directed by Lorenzo Mason
Written in 1929, Shaw’s play is a funny, sharp satire on the modern world of politics and all its imperfections that still resonates today, touching on themes like democracy, personal liberty, popularity, freedom of speech and what it means to be a King and a Politician. The author, anticipating the future, perfectly describes today’s democratic process, but offers a wonderful twist that few will see coming.

New Writing Double Bill – Cast

17 – 21 June – Rosemary Branch Theatre, Shoreditch

Casual Encounters by Andy Moseley – directed by Carl Fletcher

‘Casual Encounters’ is a comedy about a middle-aged couple and their ill-fated attempt to spice up their ailing marriage by having an evening of casual sex with new partners.

James and Jennifer have been seeing a marriage counsellor, when she tells them they should try something new, James decides this can only mean one thing – wife-swapping. Not that he’d want the neighbours to know, and to keep his new hobby a secret he’s been trawling the internet to find a suitable couple for their first casual encounter.

What he and Jennifer haven’t realised is that not everyone tells the truth online. When Peter and Annette arrive, they find this out as it becomes clear that wife swapping is simply a front to get into the house. Their actual intentions are something altogether different and darker, and they know that James and Jennifer’s embarrassment at what the neighbours might think means they are powerless to stop them.

With James and Jennifer cornered in a perfect trap, one thing is certain, their marriage will never be the same again…

James – Terry Scotchmer
Jennifer – Kat Wootton
Peter – Graeme Thompson
Annette – Kim Morrison
DC Cook – Nick Edwards

Manger A Trois (The Dinner Party) by Doc Watson – directed by Caitlin Homes

This dark comedy opens as a prominent couple in the food and restaurant world, Him and Her, await the arrival of her ex-partner (He) to dinner. It will be the first time that Her and He have seen each other since their separation ten years ago.

It is also the night before the opening of He’s latest restaurant.

While Her and He are initially curious to see what has become of each other underneath the public success of their careers, Him is unhappy to have to put up with their reunion and acts to sabotage the gathering.

Their tangle of professional and personal rivalries are played out through the evening, with each course being accompanied by cutting conversation and biting revelations.

As they tussle for the continuously changing balance of power, they find out more than they bargained for: regret, jealousy and revenge are only some of the dishes served up on a platter.

HIM – Cameron K McEwan
HER – Gemma-May Bowles
HE – William Baltyn

Twelfth Night – Cast

24 – 28 June – Rosemary Branch Theatre, Shoreditch
Directed by Alex Hedges
with original rock-and-roll songs composed by Yaron Hollander

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. This version will be set at the English seaside, in the 1950s. To a backdrop of rock-and-roll music, the production will explore the atmosphere of a country emerging from the dark shadow of two world wars, with a focus on the change and continuity in the position of women in this period.

At the start of the play, a young man named Orsino sits on the beach listening to Elvis and fantasising about the beautiful Olivia, who has turned from all men ever since losing both her father and brother in the war. Meanwhile, Festa (Olivia’s cousin) returns to the town after many years, bringing with her her friend Viola who, like Olivia, is mourning the loss of her twin brother, Sebastian, who went missing in the war. When Festa tells Viola that an attractive, single young man (Orsino) lives in the town, Viola decides to go and meet him. She decides to go disguised as a man, hoping that this will be an easier way to get to know him.

Viola, dressed as the boy Cesario, becomes a favourite with Orsino and finds herself falling in love with him. Orsino makes Cesario his wing-man, sending her/him to speak to Olivia on his behalf. Olivia instantly falls in love with Cesario. A love-triangle ensues: Viola loves Orsino, Orsino loves Olivia, and Olivia loves Cesario!

Viola – Amy Wackett
Festa – Cindy Ma
Maria – Ayryn Jones
Olivia – Jasmin Hinds
Malvolio – Doug Baker
Toby Belch – Bernard O’Sullivan
Andrew Aguecheek – Olli Marshall
Orsino – Greg Robins
Sebastian – James Saunders
Antonio – Hassan Govia

Summer Season 2014 Auditions

Date: 22 – 24 April
Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Clean Break Studios, 2 Patshull Road, Kentish Town, NW5 2LB. The nearest tube is Kentish Town

Our auditions are free to attend. You can audition for all three shows on the same night, or indeed any combination you wish. There’ll be committee members on hand to help every night so we promise you’ll be well looked after!

Please come along on whichever day suits you but do bear in mind that the last night is usually very busy so we’d advise you come on an earlier night if you can.

This season’s shows are…

17 – 21 June – New Writing Double Bill

The Dinner Party by Doc Watson, directed by Caitlin Homes
Dinner with the husband and the ex – lingering emotions escalate with each course.

Casual Encounters by Andy Moseley, directed by Carl Fletcher
A couple try to spice up their life with a little experiment in swinging, but it’s far from what they’d expected.

24 – 28 June

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Alex Hedges
A fifties twist on the gender bending comedy.

Actors needed!

Plays in a Day is performing this Saturday. We are short of four men for Rumble.

Rumble is a comedy about four men who try to push a female employee out of a construction company. However, she fights back revealing a web of sexual and financial corruption. The roles are:

Russell – Allison’s line manager. He wants her fired so he can give the job to his mistress.

Alan, Benedict & Martin – The three directors. Along with Russell they’ve been taking backhanders from subcontractors.

Mr Christophe – The French owner of the firm. Has a cameo at the end.

If you know of anyone who’d like to take part, or would like to take part yourself – please let new.writing@kdctheatre.com know ASAP.

Summer Season 2014 Newcomers

Date: Wednesday 9th April
Time: Join us from 7pm for a drink. The meeting will start at 7.30pm
Venue: The White Swan, 20 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4AB. The nearest tube is Blackfriars

Each season we hold a Newcomers Meeting where the directors will tell you more about their plays and the audition process. It’s a great way to find out more about the season and of course you can quiz the directors and committee too.

Summer Season Shows

Next season we’re at The Rosemary Branch Theatre in Shoreditch from 17th to 28th June with a New Writing Double Bill and a Shakespearean classic with a twist. Click on the play title to read the audition notices.

17 – 21 June 2014

New Writing Double Bill
Casual Encounters by Andy Moseley – directed by Carl Fletcher
Manger A Trois (The Dinner Party) by Doc Watson – directed by Caitlin Homes

24 – 28 June 2014
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – directed by Alex Hedges