Auditions for our autumn production, Waiting for God, will be held at Jay's Green on 19th and 22nd July at 7.30pm. All are welcome; for a list of characters see below. We love to see new faces, so if you'd like more information about the show and the rehearsal and performance process, please contact the director, Sara Curtis – curtissara155@gmail.com / 07899 740166.
For those not familiar with the hugely successful BBC sitcom, the play revolves around retired photojournalist, Diana Trent, who finds herself in Bayview Retirement Home and is pretty damn angry about it - as she is about virtually everything. Suffering fools not at all and with a nifty line in putdowns, she despises anyone who believes her useless because she's old. Chiefly among those are shiftless Harvey Baines, manager of the care home to whom his ageing charges are merely things he wishes would just die and save on the bills, and his intellectually challenged sidekick Jane, who insists on trying to touch him.
The only person she does have time for is Tom, a nice but somewhat otherworldly older gentleman placed in the home by his alcoholic daughter-in-law and drippy son. Diana regards Bayview very much as a place to undermine, and proceeds to do so, with Tom cheerily helping her along the way.
Rehearsals on Mondays and Thursdays from 16th August.
Main characters:
Diana Trent – An elderly but very feisty woman
Tom Ballard – A elderly man. Whimsical. Lovely.
Jane Edwards – Sad, flustered and lovesick. 30s.
Harvey Baines – Vain and incompetent. 30s
Sarah Chase – Successful, charming. 30s.
Geoffrey Ballard – A dull clod and multiple cuckold. 40s.
Dennis Sparrow – A dithering vicar.