Woyzeck
by Georg Buchner
Director: John Irvine
Performances: June 2-6, 2020
Auditions: March 8 & 9
11 men, 3 women, plus chorus
Plagued by haunting voices and a paranoid fear of conspiracy, Franz Woyzeck is a man trying to make sense of things and failing. Struggling to make ends meet, he lends his body to medical experimentation. But his distrust and anger spiral until, in an attempt to make the real and imagined voices stop for good, he takes a knife…
Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Tom Wright, based on the book by Joan Lindsay
Director: Barry Hooper
Performances: June 16-20, 2020
Auditions: March 22 & 23
5 women
On St Valentine's day 1900 a group of schoolgirls from Appleyard College set out for a picnic at Hanging Rock, a volcanic beauty spot in rural Victoria, Australia. Their idyllic day turns to nightmare as three of their number inexplicably vanish, never to be seen again.
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
by Keith Waterhouse
Director: Charlotte Benstead
Performances: July 14-18, 2020
Auditions: April 19 & 20
1 main role (male) plus ensemble of six male/female
Jeffrey is locked in his favourite pub and spends the time reminiscing about his life and loves. A journalist, gambler and womanising hardened drinker, Bernard was a national treasure. The play is a collection of Jeffrey Bernard’s autobiographical musings and memories of a Soho that has now disappeared - a love letter to the London lost and the pub culture of the last century.