SLT Audition
Auditions: Contractions
By Mike Bartlett
Audition one
Date: 20 Jul 2025
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Location: SLT - SE27 9NS
Audition two
Date: 21 Jul 2025
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Location: SLT - SE27 9NS
Described as an “ink-black comedy”, Contractions focuses on the dynamic between an employee (Emma) and her boss (known only as “The Manager”), exploring the boundaries between work and personal life.
In a series of meetings, Emma and The Manager enter into increasingly twisted verbal exchanges as Emma realises that she cannot have any secrets in the workplace…
Director: Ingrid Miller
Performances: 28 Oct - 1 Nov 2025
Characters:
THE MANAGER: Female, 40+, stern, outspoken, experienced, no-nonsense, worked her way up in the company.
EMMA: Female, 25 to 35, new employee, inexperienced but has a good work ethic. Throughout the play she develops from a naive girl to an independent young woman.
Ages are playing ages. You will be sent the audition pieces via email before the audition. You do not have to learn anything, please just familiarise yourself with the scenes. Callbacks, for those selected will be on Sunday 27 July at 10am.
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