A BUNCH OF AMATEURS & DIVIDING THE ESTATE
(by appointment only)
Theatre Bugs Hall, 79 Beulah Road, Norwood
For More Info Or To Book An Audition :
Email Michael at info@redphoenixtheatre.com
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
Denis is the town handyman, part time thespian and a bit of a wag. He’s star-struck by Jefferson and determined to find a solution to how to pluck Gloucester eyes out.
Holden Street Theatres – The Studio, 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh
Wednesday May 29 to Saturday June 1 @ 7.30pm
Saturdays – 12.00pm – 5.00pm
Set in 1987, matriarch Stella Gordon is determined not to divide her family’s Texas estate, despite their declining wealth. But Stella is 85 years old, and her family can smell their inheritance. Mary Jo is deeply in debt and wants to divide the estate before her mother dies. Lewis drinks and gambles his anticipated inheritance. Grand-daughters have extravagant plans. Family members, including the servants, take sides in the debate, and wonder how much, if anything, there actually is to inherit. The play begins as light comedy in Act 1 but turns dark in Act 2 as tensions rise.
Pauline (mid 20s) – Dedicated school teacher. Engaged to the grandson of the matriarch, Son, who runs the estate. Meeting the family for the first time and continually tries to make conversation against the backdrop of events.
Holden Street Theatres – The Studio, 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh
Wednesday August 28 to Saturday August 31 @ 7.30pm
Sundays – 12.00pm – 5.00pm
(by appointment only)
Theatre Bugs Hall, 79 Beulah Road, Norwood
For More Info Or To Book An Audition :
Email Michael at info@redphoenixtheatre.com
