Category: Bones

Bones Cast Biographies

Billy HeadshotMoon: Billy Knowles

This is Billy’s second play with KDC after appearing in ‘Stags & Hens’ at The Landor Theatre. After a two year break, this will be his first production since ‘Shopping & F***ing’ at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011. Drawn to playing comedy characters, other plays include ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’, ‘Bacchus In Rehab’ (both at The Etcetera), ‘The Magnetic Lady’ (at The White Bear) and ‘Amore The Merrier?’ (at The Cockpit). Excited to return to the stage, Billy is delighted to be playing the character of Moon… and to try his hand at Geordie.

Dom WardBenny: Dom Ward

Dom Ward got into acting by accident, having been press-ganged into a production of The Entertainer in 2001. Having briefly cornered the market in romantic juveniles in shows such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Hot Mikado he’s since broadened his range, playing everything from the Devil (Brimstone and Treacle) to (the front half of) a pantomime horse. Dom is delighted that after 20 years of following Newcastle United around the country he can finally put all that Geordie swearing he’s learnt to good use.

Nick EdwardsRuben: Nick Edwards

Why aye KDC-goers! Nick is excited to be working with KDC again after a two year hiatus. Nick’s previous shows have included Blood Brothers, The Graduate, Taking Steps and most recently The Deep Blue Sea. He is particularly excited to be working with Duncan at the Baron’s Court again, after getting typecast as ‘Italian’ following his previous role as Anthony in ‘Disappeared’. Shout abuse at me on twitter @cwej1

Piers BurnellReg: Piers Burnell

After a 2 year hiatus Piers is back and playing a gangster. Promised he would be supplied with a yellow pair of tight speedos and performing at El Barons Courto in Costa Del Sol with Ray Winstone he is slightly disappointed to be presented with a mucky pair of white Y-fronts to be worn in rainy West Kensington, UK with 4 Geordies.

Ric RentonBeck: Ric Renton

I was awarded this role ‘cos I’m the only Geordie in London, and KDC accept cheap bribes.

Bones Audition Notice

Bones-thumbTuesday 16 to Saturday 20 July

Bones is a darkly funny play set in a run-down porn cinema in 1960’s Gateshead.

1. Auditions

Auditions will take place from 6.30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start on 13, 14 and 15 May 2013 at the Theatre Delicatessen, Marylebone Gardens, 35 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QA. You do not need to register for auditions or prepare anything in advance. Please come on whichever day suits you.

Recalls will be on Saturday 18 May from 12 to 4 p.m. and you will be told the venue if you are recalled. If we’d like to see you at the recalls, we’ll call you on Thursday 16 May to let you know.

2. Show Dates

We’ll be performing from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 July at The Barons Court Theatre in Barons Court. The shows will start at 7.30 p.m. (2.30 p.m. matinee on Saturday 20 July) and you’ll need to be at the theatre at least an hour beforehand.

3. Synopsis

Bones is a darkly funny play set in a run-down porn cinema in 1960s Gateshead. This failing cinema is run by two Jewish brothers, Benny and Ruben. The brothers cannot afford to pay their staff, projectionist Beck and cinema dogsbody/cum-cleaner-upper Moon, and also owe a lot of money to the local gangsters. Then all their problems seem to be over when one of them kidnaps Reggie Kray…

The dark, dank and close atmosphere of The Baron’s Court Theatre, with its old flip-up cinema seats, is the perfect venue for this intense and intensely funny play.

This play is pacy, twisted and very funny. Being set in a cinema, it nods its head to many films, including Get Carter and Reservoir Dogs. As well as being a play about gangland kidnapping, it also touches on themes like identity, the desire to be someone, family ties and brotherly love and hate … as well as gorilla fancy-dress costumes.

4. Cast

Benny
Accent: Geordie
Age: 30-35
Benny is the elder of the two brothers. Both he and Ruben own the cinema but Benny is clearly the manager, he has put himself firmly in charge. He provides a lot of the humanity in the play.

Although there aren’t really any straight roles, Benny is the closest to being the straight-man of the piece. He starts the play with a freshly broken nose and then his day just keeps getting worse.

Ruben
Accent: Geordie
Age: early/mid-twenties
The younger of the two brothers; in fact they are half-brothers. Ruben was one half of a pair of twins – but his twin died in a suspicious house fire when they were young. Ruben, as well as resenting Benny, desperately wants to impress him. He is convinced he isn’t Jewish, that his dad was an Italian American GI who was over in the UK during the war. He dreams of being somebody. He has virulent self-hatred, and has hatred of his faith and how it seems to have labelled him. He fluctuates between awe and terror as the play unfolds.

Reg
Accent: Cockney
Age: mid-thirties
Reg spends a lot of the play bound and often gagged, however this does not impact on to his authority and menace. He is a ‘puppet master’.

Beck
Accent: Geordie
Age: 20-30
Beck is a fan of James Cagney. When there are no punters in the cinema, Beck happily puts on his favourite 1930s and 40s Hollywood films.

He believes he is a player and has links with the local crime scene. He talks the talk and walks the walk but when push comes to shove, what kind of guy is he really?

Moon
Accent: Geordie
Age: 20s
Moon is a fan of Humphrey Bogart.

He is the cinema’s dogsbody, doing every job from doorman to cleaning up (everything) after the porn cinema’s punters have left. He wants a quiet life, he is an expectant father (well, he hasn’t had sex with his girlfriend but they’ve been looking at prams). He always seems to draw the short straw in life – and at times that short straw may lead to big challenges.

If you have any questions prior to audition, please contact the team on bones@kdctheatre.com.