Audition dates:

• 8th April @ 7.00pm
• 9th April @ 7.00pm
• 10th April @ 7.00pm
• 13th April @ 6.30pm

Production dates:

• From Friday 6th June - Sunday 22nd June, further details below.

About the Play:

WAF@PAT will feature seven plays (six for adult audiences and one for children), together with workshops, new writing, cabaret, music and other activities. The plays will be performed over the course of three weekends, Friday to Sunday: 6, 7, 8 June, 13, 14, 15 June and 20, 21, 22 June. Each play will have three performances.

• Auditions for the plays will be held on four dates: 8, 9, 10, and 13 April. On three of those dates more than one play will audition in a single evening.
• Actors may audition on whichever evening they prefer – depending on which play they are most suited to, and about which they feel most enthusiastic. Brief synopses of the plays and character descriptions are included below.
• Actors are encouraged to audition for both plays on a single night when there are suitable roles available.
• Actors may audition on more than one occasion if they choose, although this is not required.
• Actors may choose the “anything and everything” and “Are you open to being cast in a show other than the ones you have expressed interest in” options on the audition form. This means they may be cast in a play other than that for which they have auditioned. The WAF@PAT artistic team will be present at all auditions and will seek to ensure that opportunities to participate are maximised for actors, while all the plays have the strongest possible cast.
• Actors should fill in an audition form before the audition date. They will then be provided with the relevant audition pieces, or will be able to download them from this page of the website shortly. Please make sure you read the audition pieces fully. You are not expected to learn them, but being familiar with them will be to your advantage.
• All auditionees will be contacted after their audition, whether successful or not. There will be lots of other ways to get involved with fringe activities at PAT, so please indicate on your form if you would like to participate in other ways if you are not case.

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WAF@PAT: Play and character summaries

Black Mountain by Brad Birch

Directed by Justin Hopper

AUDITION DATE: Sunday 13 April at 18.30

PERFORMANCE DATES: Friday 6 June 19.45, Saturday 7 June 16.30, Sunday 8 June 20.00

You were out here. Before. But I waited. I waited until it was dark.

Rebecca and Paul are running away to try to save their relationship. A remote mountain lodge is the perfect place to work things out. They set themselves boundaries, but their half- honourable attempts don’t last long. The situation is further complicated by the appearance of Paul's former lover, Helen, who seems to have a mysterious agenda of her own. You can’t run forever, especially when you’re being followed. Brad Birch’s tense psychological thriller about infidelity, betrayal and revenge will leave your heart pounding.

PAUL (male late 20s to 50s)

REBECCA (female (late 20s to 50s)

HELEN (female late 20s to 50s)

Fairytaleheart by Philip Ridley

Directed by Zachary Matcham

AUDITION DATE: Tuesday 8 April at 19.00

PERFORMANCE DATES: Saturday 7 June 18.30, Sunday 8 June 16.00, Sunday 15 June 14.00

In our dreams we have already faced this monster. We are not afraid.

Kirsty and Gideon bump into each other in a derelict community centre. Through sharing their hopes, fears, and past experiences, they come to terms with their broken families. The pair’s stories help them to discover they have a lot more in common than they initially thought. Poetic and tender, Philip Ridley's play observes the grown up attitude beneath the minds of the teenagers.

KIRSTY (female teenager to early 20s)

GIDEON (male teenager to early 20s)

The Gardener by Mike Kenny (play for children)

Directed by Perry Kitchen

AUDITION DATE: Wednesday 9 April at 19.00

PERFORMANCE DATES: Sunday 8 June 10.00, Sunday 15 June 12.15, Sunday 22 June 10.00

Yesterday seems far away. And long ago is like today

Joe has a new baby sister and nobody wants to play with him. Uncle Harry has no one to play with either and he needs help in the garden. As the seasons change they find a common bond as they tend the plants and come to terms with the challenges of childhood and of ageing. Mike Kenny’s play for children of six and older, and their parents and grandparents, is a masterclass in storytelling using rhymes, rhythms, and fun. 

JOE, a young boy

HARRY, an old man 

(Both roles could be played by an actor of any age or gender with a particular passion for storytelling and spoken word)

Glory Dazed by Cat Jones

Directed by Paula Robinson

AUDITION DATE: Sunday 13 April at 18.30

PERFORMANCE DATES: Friday 13 June 19.45, Sunday 15 June 18.00, Sunday 22 June 16.00

Some of us don’t need to go to the desert to find out what fear is.

Ex-squaddie Ray - mentally scarred from his time in Afghanistan - returns home to Doncaster to attempt to see his kids and reconcile with his ex-wife, Carla - mentally scarred from her marriage to Ray. A pub lock-in provides the setting for the intense, darkly comic action that follows. Cat Jones’s award-winning play was developed in collaboration with ex-soldiers serving prison sentences.

RAY (male 20s-30s) 

CARLA (female 20s-30s) 

SIMON (male 20s-30s) manager of a pub, Carla’s new boyfriend

LEANNE (female teenager to early 20s) a trainee barmaid

The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang

Directed by Ian Wainwright

AUDITION DATE: Thursday 10 April at 19.00

PERFORMANCE DATES: Sunday 15 June 16.00, Saturday 21 June 18.30, Sunday 22 June 18.00

Good luck tonight, George darling, we’re all counting on you.

An actor stands alone on a stage, spotlit, and with an expectant audience gazing at him. But he has no idea what his next line is, or even what play he’s in. And why isn’t he wearing his trousers? American absurdist Christopher Durang harnesses every thespian’s most dreaded night terror to deliriously silly comic effect, as hapless and increasingly desperate protagonist George is swept up in a crazy stampede through theatrical genres from Noel Coward to Shakespeare.

GEORGE (male, 20s-40s, American accent)

MEG (female, 20s-40s) a stage manager

SARAH SIDDONS (female, 20s-50s) a glamorous actress

DAME ELLEN TERRY (female, 20s-50s) another famous actress

HENRY IRVING (male, 20s-50s) a grand actor

Taken by Winsome Pinnock

Directed by Aiste Mizgeryte

AUDITION DATE: Tuesday 8 April at 18.30

PERFORMANCE DATES: Sunday 8 June 18.00, Saturday 14 June 18.30, Sunday 15 June 20.00

You’re not real. You’re just another one of them ghosts.

In a north London council flat, Della, a recovering addict, barely has time to catch her breath before she is face-to-face with Nola, the daughter she was forced to give up. But the young woman with the pram sipping tea in her living room may not be all she seems. Nana Nola, Della’s mother, has a memory that is starting to play tricks on her, but she is still sharp enough to sense when something isn’t right. As time bends and the weight of the past presses in, three generations of women must navigate old wounds, unspoken truths, and the aching need for redemption. Winsome Pinnock’s gripping drama is a story of love, loss, and the desperate search for a flicker of hope in the shadows of yesterday.

DELLA (female, 40s)

NOLA (female, 20s)

NANA NOLA (female, 60s)

**

There by Geoff Saunders

Directed by Geoff Saunders and Richard Seedhouse

AUDITION DATE: Wednesday 9 April at 19.00

PERFORMANCE DATES: Friday 20 June 19.45, Saturday 21 June 16.30, Sunday 22 June 20.00

Falling in, falling out, falling apart. How to handle friendships the grown-up way.

London. Four pairs of friends. Adam and Lucas’s new friendship is tested when they discover they have very different values. Kirsty’s concern for her friend, Kate, becomes overbearing and just a bit strange. Sophie helps her old friend, Tanya, and soon realises that Tanya will say anything to get what she wants. Philip develops a powerful crush on his colleague, Jon, and puts their friendship in jeopardy. There starts with one friendship’s birth and finishes with the death of another; in between, the play explores obsession, race, political correctness, substance abuse, truth, lies, loyalty, treachery and forgiveness.

ADAM (male, 30s) earnest, idealistic, white British

LUCAS (male, 30s) humorous, watchful, of Jamaican heritage

SOPHIE (female, 30s) smart, work-driven, gay, any race/nationality

TANYA (female, 30s) sharp-witted, edgy, any race/nationality

JON (male, 30s) unassuming, lacking in self-esteem, any race/nationality

PHILIP (male, 40s) nervous, unhappy, gay, any race/nationality

KIRSTY (female, 40s) slightly obsessive, self-deprecating, any race/nationality

KATE (female, 40s) free spirited, understanding, any race/nationality

PLEASE NOTE

We are committed to improving diversity in our casting, and unless stated for artistic reasons, we aim to actively adopt an inclusive casting policy.

This is an amateur production. You do not need to be a member of Putney Theatre Company to audition, but actors and crew will need to become a member of Putney Theatre Company to take part in the show for £30 a year. A  £30 show fee will also need to be paid by all actors in the production. We encourage you to become a member of PTC anyway, even if not cast. 

Our company is run by volunteers and we expect all actors cast in a play to volunteer for Front of House duties at least once a year. Our shows could not go up without our Front of House volunteers.