WANTED: ACTORS PLUS STAGE MANAGEMENT/TECH ASSISTANCE FOR LATEST STAGE PRODUCTION BY ActONE: ‘SHAKESPEARE IN TERROR’ FRI 8TH/SAT 9TH NOV 13 Performance dates: Upstairs at The Carriageworks in Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Fri 8th and Sat 9th 2013 7.45pm. Dress and tech rehearsals afternoon and evening Thursday 7th November 2013 A read-through is planned for end Aug. Development and rehearsals will be mainly in Sept and early-mid Oct, plus early Nov leading up to performance We are hoping also to arrange a rehearsed reading, possibly in York, and to reprise the play again in 2014 (venues TBC) Roles in the play: Porter - c50yrs, an ambivalent character who is landlord of a tavern and part-time spy. This character also doubles as government minister, Robert Cecil, and to some extent represents the devil Three witches - Thunder c50yrs, eldest sister, feminist Wicca extremist Lightening c30-40yrs, sensuous and self-assured Rain mid-late teens/20ish, naive, rebellious, romantic William Shakespeare – c40yrs, ambitious but blocked writer Guy Fawkes – c35yrs, Yorkshireman, would-be freedom fighter If interested, please email [email protected]. Script can be provided. Please also send brief biog or CV and any indication of role preference. ActONE is a voluntary, non-profit drama group, with five successful productions since 2007, the latest being The Bronte Boy by Mick Yates, staged in spring 2013 to an international audience at Howarth Parsonage and later at Carriageworks Studio, Leeds. Actors are paid a nominal fee of £50. Good experience and press exposure are likely, plus hopefully a stimulating and enjoyable working arena. Shakespeare in Terror is based on the premise of the historically possible encounter between Shakespeare and Guy Fawkes in late 1605, and how this might have influenced events around the Gunpowder Plot, not to mention the writing of Macbeth. The style is surreal, reflecting fantasy elements involved. The tone is more Shakespeare in Love than authentic Jacobean period piece, but the drama deals with serious themes, including terrorism in pursuit of religious ideals, the price of fame, love and betrayal – all laced with a large dose of black comedy. Director, Dr. Eric Hetzler is a Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Huddersfield. He is an actor and director as well as the former Executive Director of the Central Minnesota Civic Theatre. Some of his directing credits include Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Attempts on Her Life, Spring Awakening, Annie Wobbler and Dracula. He moved to the UK in 2004 to study for his PhD which he received from the University of Exeter in 2007. Writer, Helen Shay has had several works staged regionally and at Edinburgh, with some further afield such as the Philippines. One won a UNESCO-sponsored award and was translated into Italian. Helen teaches playwriting at CLL, University of York, has an MA (distinction awarded) in Creative Writing, is on Script Yorkshire’s management board and a member of York Settlement Players.
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