macbeth

We hope you'll come and audition for us in October! Details below.

Please note that this is a community production, and all roles with

Stroud Shakespeare Festival / Company are unpaid.

Unfortunately, we can only accept actors who will be 18+ on or before 23/10/2021

AVAILABLE ROLES

Gender blind casting, unless specified.

Stroud Shakespeare Festival is proud to support Equal Opportunities casting.

Ages provided in brackets are playing age, not actual age.

Doubling may change during casting.

CLICK HERE FOR AUDITION PIECES

Cast of 8 plus band.

One for Sorrow (25 - 40)

1st Witch, Lennox, Lady Macduff

Two for Joy (40 - 70)

2nd Witch, Ross, Servant

Three for a Girl (25 - 40)

3rd Witch, Malcom, Murderer, Fleance

Four for a Boy (M, 25 - 50)

Banquo, Murderer, Young Siwend

Five for Silver (M, 35 - 50)

Macduff, Messanger

Six for Gold (40 - 80)

Duncan, Porter, Murderer, Siwend

Seven for a Secret, Never Told (F, 25 - 50)

Lady Macbeth, Hecate

Macbeth (M, 25 - 50)

AUDITION DETAILS

When: Saturday 23rd October 11am - 3pm

Monday 25th October 7pm - 9.30pm

Where: Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre,

The Old Station Yard, Cirencester Road, Tetbury, GL8 8EY

There is free parking available at the car park next to the arts centre.

Drop in anytime during open times. Auditions should only take around 5-10 minutes, but you may have to wait to be seen. Whether this is your first Shakespeare or your upteenth - we'd love to see you.

Please take a moment to click on 'attending' on our Facebook event page so we can get an idea of numbers.

You are not expected to have memorised audition pieces, but please familiarise yourself with them. Please note, you may be asked to read for more than one character. Print-outs of the audition pieces will be available to use. Click the button below to take a look.

Please also note that in the production, all roles will be required to sing - not necessarily tunefully. We may ask you to sing a couple of lines in the audition (with us if you like) - Please let us know if this is an issue. If you play any instruments - please bring along with you with a short prepared piece.

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Performance dates:

Friday 18th and Saturday 19th February, 7.30, Tetbury Goods Shed, Tetbury.
Friday 25th and Saturday 26th February, 7.30, The Mission Theatre, Bath
Friday 4th March, 7.30, Venue TBC

Runtime: Approx 120 minutes, with a 20 min interval

Please ensure you are available for these five dates.

REHEARSALS

Rehearsals will commence 21st November 2021, and run until performances, with a short break over Christmas and New Year. Rehearsal days are Sundays 11.00 to 19.30 (in three sessions) and Mondays 19.30 - 21.30 (Venue: Tetbury Goods Shed)

You will not be required at every rehearsal, and we will do our utmost to ensure that you are not called to a rehearsal that you are not needed for.

If there are any dates you know you cannot rehearse, please provide these on the audition form at the audition.

Hope to see you there!

Kate Raw

Director

Take a look at some of our inspiration photos for the production: