AUDITION NOTICE ............. “NOISES OFF” a farce by Michael Frayn PRODUCTION DATES WEDNESDAY 4th to SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2015 WEDNESDAY 11th to SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 18th to SATURDAY 21st FEBRUARY MATINEE EACH SATURDAY SYNOPSIS. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of a play within a play, a poor farce called Nothing On. This is the type of play where girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually bang open and shut. It is set in an old mill, modernised by the owners, and the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger. Act One is the dress rehearsal, where the cast are hopelessly unready, baffled by the entrances and exits, missed cues, missed lines and bothersome props, including several plates of sardines. Act Two is a Matinee performance one month later. In this act the play is seen from backstage, providing the view that emphasises the deteriorating relationships between the cast that lead to offstage shenanigans and onstage bedlam. The play slides into total disorder before the curtain falls. Act Three is a performance near the end of the ten-week run, when personal friction has continued to increase. The actors remain determined at all costs to cover up on the mounting series of mishaps, but it is not long before the plot has to be abandoned entirely and the more coherent characters are obliged to take a lead at ad-libbing towards some sort of end. “NOISES OFF” – DETAILS OF CAST LLOYD DOUGLAS: The director of a play-within-a play. Temperamental. Part of a love triangle involving Poppy and Brooke (178) CUES DOTTY OTLEY: Late-middle-aged-actress. Forgetful. Has a romantic interest in Gary, and provokes him by showing interest in Freddy. (195) CUES GARRY LEJEUNE: Stuttering actor, easily fire up. Has a romantic interest in Dotty, and is driven by jealousy to attack Freddy repeatedly. Speech impediment disappears onstage. (369) CUES BROOKE ASHTON: Young inexperienced actress who pays no attention to others, either in performance or backstage. Rarely takes direction and persists in role regardless of interruptions. Always losing her contact lenses. Part of the Lloyd/Brooke/Poppy love triangle. (226) CUES FREDDY FELLOWES: Has a serious fear of blood and violence. Gets nosebleed easily lacks confidence and is rather dim-witted and pompous. (239) CUES BELINDA BLAIR: Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Has a rather protective attitude towards Freddy. (225) CUES POPPY NORTON-TAYLOR: Emotional, over sensitive, and envious of Brooke who she understudies. Part of the Lloyd/Brooke/Poppy love triangle. (80) CUES SELSDON MOWBRAY: Elderly with actorly mannerisms. If not in sight while rehearsing, the stage crew must find him before he finds the whisky. (125) CUES TIMOTHY ALLGOOD: An over-worked stage manager. Understudies Selsdon and Freddy (100) CUES DIRECTOR : TINA CINI – 0429443960 (tina.cini@lionco) Readings at the Theatre will be held at 7-30pm on TUESDAY 5 AUGUST & THURSDAY 7 AUGUST
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