Audition Information

COVID-19

Stay safe and well.

REP is closely monitoring the updates and situation reporting from the ACT Government and ACT Health, following on from the ACT lockdown from 12 August, and we are acutely aware of our connection within the lives of our members, patrons and the community where we live.

Canberra REP and the Canberra REP Theatre are currently closed to the public. Our staff are working from home. Regular Box-Office hours still apply, Wed-Fri 10am-4pm. If you need to speak with us directly please leave a message on the phone system.
The Philo production of Grease has been postponed – we are unable to assist with phone enquiries – please contact ticketing [at] philo.org.au if you have any questions.

The Child Players production of The Pirates of Penzance has also been postponed - we will be in touch soon about your booking options.

If you are a REP member please keep an eye out for regular communication emails.

It is early days yet and we are unsure yet of our re-opening date and the level of restrictions which could be in place, so the REP Council has proposed some changes to the remainder of our 2021 Season. When we can resume, our production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead will be performed as our next production, with the remaining two productions preformed in sequence but with possibly changed dates, moving Sense and Sensibility into early next year.

As such we are suspending web sales for our remaining three shows until we know more.

All subscribers and ticket holders will be contacted asap to assist in your options for holding or relocating bookings for the 2021 Season and possibly forward crediting you for the 2022 Season. Please be patient and wait to be contacted by REP staff. Currently we have not cancelled any productions.

Stay safe and be kind.
The Team at REP.


 

 

 

#2021 Auditions

Canberra REP regularly has six shows each calendar year for which we hold open Auditions. During 2021 we are producing 7 shows.

If you have any questions please email or call .

dates subject to change*

Auditions postponed for:

Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Directed by Liz Bradley (Postponed - see below)

A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters, shortly after their father’s sudden death. Set in gossipy 18-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humour, emotional depth and bold theatricality. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?

Performing 18 November – 4 December 2021. (dates subject to change)

Auditions will be at the O’Connor Guide Hall

original auditions now postponed - dates will be posted as soon as we are able to reschedule.           

Audition blocks are for 15 minutes per person with scripts available from Canberra REP for a $5 cash deposit, Wed – Fri 10am – 4pm.

Please note it is preferrred that those auditioning be 15 years and older - ages against the characters are playing ages only.
All auditionees must read the play, and prepare a monologue of up to one minute in length. This can be from the play or any other source but similar in style to the character/play.                                                               

Rehearsals Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings, and Sunday afternoons, from 27 Sept times and venue TBC.

Characters:

Elinor Dashwood – the eldest Dashwood sister; sensible.

Marianne Dashwood – the middle Dashwood sister; sensitive.

Margaret Dashwood – youngest Dashwood sister; playing age 10-13 years old.

Mrs. Dashwood – mother to the Dashwood sisters.

John Dashwood – half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood).

Edward Ferrars – a gentleman; a bachelor.

Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood – wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty.

Colonel Brandon – an older bachelor; over 45 years old.

John Willoughby – an unusually handsome young man.

Sir John Middleton – a country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood.

Mrs. Jennings – a good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside.

Lady Middleton – am over-bred lady.

Lucy Steele – a young girl from no fortune.

Anne Steele – Lucy’s sister; indiscreet.

Robert Ferrars – a callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother.

Also, to be doubled with the cast:

Gossips 1 – 5 – a chorus of high-society creatures.

Servants – including Thomas

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