Announcing auditions for actors for our summer 2026 production! This year we are producing a double bill show of one-act plays to be staged at Arches Lane Theatre (8 Arches Ln, Nine Elms, London SW11 8AB) from 30 June to 4 July 2026:
Auditions are free and open to all and you can audition for one or both plays on the same night. Please pick one of the dates to attend and read the audition notices carefully to prepare.
A respectable bank. An important anniversary. Everything must go smoothly!
As the chairman prepares a grand speech to celebrate the bank’s success, interruptions begin to pile up: a nervous clerk with his meticulously prepared report, a persistent wife demanding justice, and a series of increasingly absurd misunderstandings.
What begins as a formal occasion quickly spirals into chaos. The Anniversary is a sharp, fast-paced farce about pride, bureaucracy, and the fragility of social order. Beneath the comedy lies a satire of status, self-importance, and the desperate need to be heard.
Cast: Shipuchin: Andy Fraser Hirin: Sarmed Hyder Mertchutkin: Ingrid Miller Tatyana: Olivia Haart
Creative team: Director: Lucy Harper
The Hut
Can a hut be a home? According to Alec: no. That’s why he’s fighting his local council’s attempt to demolish the Scout Hut in his village and turn it into flats. Hannah is a lawyer from out of town who doesn’t care about the hut and doesn’t care about the flats. She just needs to smooth the path for the property developer so she can get married to Pete and live the life she’s been dreaming of ever since they met at uni. Except Pete isn’t so sure that’s the future he wants for himself. And when Alec’s old friend and first love turns up in the village after 20 years, suddenly Alec is forced to rethink his view of the past.
“The Hut” explores what it means to be rooted in a place vs being stuck: stuck in a town, a relationship, a job. It’s about learning to walk the line between holding on to memories and freeing ourselves from ideas about who we think we are.
And trees. It’s about trees.
Cast: Alec: Felix Fabiny Hannah: Caity O’Meara Stephen: Vinny Williams Vicky: Aoife Spengeman Mrs Ibbotson: Fiona Spencer Pete: Theo Savvides
