Just So in association with Lost for Words.

Auditions, Saturday June 13th in Woking.

performance dates 21st to 24th October

For full details of characters, what we’d like to see at the auditions, and to book at time, please email kathie@L4w.co.uk

Rehearsals are on Sundays in Woking.

Just So

Written by multi award winners George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Honk!, Mary Poppins, Betty Blue Eyes, Soho Cinders etc), Just So is based on the immortal short stories of Rudyard Kipling, and takes you on a fantastic journey along the banks of Africa’s great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River to meet an amazing collection of strange and wonderful creatures.

Set to an eclectic, upbeat score, Kipling’s “Just So Stories” are woven with wit and imagination into a song-filled journey through the jungle. And you will be inspired by its underlying message that one determined individual can make a real difference in this world.

Lost For Words’ production will be visually and vocally stunning, as our audiences have come to expect, combining fantastic singing, a little puppetry, masks and projection, with magic, a tap dancing giraffe and zebra, and a supremely athletic kangaroo, as the Elephant’s Child and the Kolokolo Bird go about their quest to defeat the Crab.

We are looking for a strong cast of all ages. Although our Principals will be adults, younger cast members will play an important part, helping the Eldest Magician to weave his magic, and will have plenty to do, and lots of songs to learn!

Roots directed by Alan Wiseman

performance dates 29 Sept to 3 Oct

auditions Sunday 14th June 2.30 to 5pm, Monday 15th June 7.30 to 10pm, Saturday 20th June 2.30 to 5pm

for audition parts contact Alan Wiseman on 01932 864166 or alan.wiseman40@gmail.com

rehearsals will be on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays at the theatre

Roots

Roots’ represents a peak in the explosion of post war theatre. Arnold Wesker’s famous play is set in 1958 - a time of post-war upheaval - but in all it says about class tensions and families it continues to ring true today. Fantastically well written, it was the peak achievement of the 28 year old author and is the central play in the famous “Wesker trilogy.
Beatie Bryant a young woman living in London with her fiancé Ronnie, a passionate socialist, returns home to her family of Norfolk farmers for a holiday; she cannot help but find their world small and mundane and tries desperately to enlighten them to all that she has learned. Ronnie will be visiting for the first time in a fortnight and Beatie beseeches her family not to let her down. However, for all her attempts to open their eyes to the joys of life, they remain bovine and resistant, severely limited and trapped in their own environment and ignorance; her efforts prove futile and, faced with their refusal and incomprehension, her hopes for the future collapse, It is at her moment of despair that she really finds herself; in the finale when Beatie receives a rejection letter from the wonderful Ronnie, she realises that she is no more outward-looking than her parents or sisters. She may repeat Ronnie’s speeches about always being curious and asking questions, but admits that she has never understood what he means. “The apple never falls far from the tree”, her parents say, and this is surely the reason why children reproach their parents for the shortcomings that they share, though they may not care to admit it. But Beattie finds her voice. Throughout the play she has quoted Ronnie’s maxims and opinions, and been ceaselessly ribbed for it. Then, after his rejection, she starts to offer her own opinions for the first time. She analyses her family’s tragedy, and sees a way out. The play culminates in a rousing ideological speech by Beatie about the inertia of the masses,
“God in heaven, Ronnie! It does work, it’s happening to me. I can feel it’s happened. I’m beginning, on my own two feet –I’m beginning…”
The great dramatic critic Bernard Levin described this moment, as ”the most heart-lifting single moment I have ever seen upon a stage”. Despite the apparently sombre subject the author has a lightness of touch that makes this drama a complete delight
Roots is a play that must be seen at least once, by anyone who has any interest in theatre.

Rehearsals Sundays, Mondays, Thursday, July, August and September (for many rehearsals not all the cast will be needed)
Cast

In a play as important as this there are no ‘minor’ roles – every character is an important piece of the jigsaw; the larger parts, however, are in bold type. Advance audition pieces can be obtained from the Director. Physical descriptions of the cast by the author can be amended to suit the actor cast.

Beatie Bryant 22,
Jenny Beales, her older sister 20’s-30’s , good natured
Jimmy Beales, Jenny’s husband 20’s-30’s , in pain
Mrs Bryant, their mother 50’s Portly, cheerful
Mr Bryant their father,50-60 , withered, bitter
Stan Mann 60’s partly paralysed, a shadow of the man he once was
Healey , farm manager 30’s and Bryant’s boss, authoritative, tough, firm but not unkind
Frank Bryant, Beatie’s brother in law 20’s-30’s Shy, pleasant,
Pearl Bryant, Beatie’ sister late, 20’s,

A reasonable Norfolk accent will need to be acquired for most parts
Sets Two farm (tied) cottages in Norfolk, lit by Tilly lamps and with no electricity or running water with part of a garden visible from one
Time Mid fifties

Production Director Alan Wiseman
Production Manager Elaine Burns
Lighting Tony and Dee Bowdery
Sound Clive Vinal

Please ask Alan for further details and opportunities, on 01932 864166 or alan.wiseman40@gmail.com,
indicating the part(s) you would like to try for and the dates on which you can attend auditions.
We also need volunteers for stage management and several other responsibilities

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