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
Category: Autumn/Winter 2014
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.
Halloween and Winter Season Pitches 2014
When: Pitches need to be received by 26th May
Contact: If have any questions please get in touch with our Artistic Director
The seeds of summer are now planted after a fantastic week of auditions, and as these shows now bloom, we find ourselves looking to see what winter holds for all of us at KDC… and what a send off for 2014 we have!
There are FOUR slots open to close the year with, and two fantastic venues at our disposal.
HALLOWEEN 2014
Lion and Unicorn Theatre w/c 27 October
Following the success of “Dracula”, and last year’s mega event “What The Dickens?”, we are looking to continue our tradition of Ghost stories to be played out in the week of Halloween. If you have a play to pitch that might be a fantastically twisted tale of horror, or an unnerving voyage into the supernatural, then by all means get in touch.
REVOLUTIONARY WEEK
Lion and Unicorn Theatre w/c 3 November
Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot! Our second week in the Lion and Unicorn gives us the opportunity to put on a play about rebellion, revolt, or upsetting the status quo in whatever way. This doesn’t have to be political. It doesn’t have to be bloody. It just has to be rebellious and defiant!
WINTER SEASON 2014
Barons Court w/c 17 and 24 November
We return to an old favourite, the Barons Court, for our last two weeks of the year. There are no specific criteria for these shows outside of those that are detailed below. Just come to us with some brilliant pitches that we can end the year on
What we need from YOU:
You may just want to pitch one show… that is fair enough, if there is only one that you want to focus on, HOWEVER, we are willing to hear as many as three pitches per potential director, so if you have a few ideas you want to float with us, please do. There are some things we ask you to consider though:
1) How do you imagine your show looking? Think about the size of a stage in comparison to what you have in mind?
2) Cast size – We like to make sure we give our members as many opportunities to perform as possible. Ideally plays with 8-14 roles are good – 7 is an absolute minimum unfortunately – anything north of 15 might be hard to fit backstage
3) Cast ratio – We like to present as many roles for male and female actors equally as much as possible, and to that end, we try to find a balance in the roles. If the play has 9 men and 1 woman, it wouldn’t be something we could consider… If some of those male roles are not gender specific, it might be.
Pitches need to be in by Monday 26th May and the Artistic Director and Chair will hear them in the last week in May.