Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/03/2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Chads Theatre
Type of Production
Performed by: Chads Theatre TweetiCal
Please visit https://chads.co.uk/auditions/ for character breakdowns and audition pieces
The Father 22-29 March 2025 Director: Victor Hassan
‘The Father’ is a darkly humorous and deeply poignant portrait of an elderly man with dementia (Andre), gradually losing his memory, and the efforts of his daughter (Anne) to balance her love for her father and the need to care for him with the demands of her own life and relationship with her partner (Pierre). The play sees things as if through the confused eyes of Andre, as he struggles to make sense of a progressively befuddling world. The audience can never be sure whether Andre lives in his own flat or not, nor what his relationships are with those around him. It is very powerful!
Sense and Sensibility 17-24 May 2025 Director: Nigel Westbrook
Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy dates from the Regency period (early 19th century) and centres on Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, daughters of Mrs Dashwood, who are forced after the death of their father to leave their comfortable Sussex home because it is to pass to their only male relative, John Dashwood, and his snobbish wife Fanny. They move to a cottage in Devon owned by their wealthy cousin Sir John, who lives nearby with his good-natured, talkative mother-in-law, Mrs Jennings. Marianne falls in love with the dashing Willoughby, ignoring the attentions of Sir John’s more modest friend, Colonel Brandon. Elinor hoped she was winning the affections of Edward Ferrars, Fanny’s brother, whilst she was in Sussex, but finds her future happiness under threat from Fanny’s determination he should marry into a rich family. Poor Elinor suffers further heartbreak when she later learns that he is apparently already secretly engaged to Mrs Jennings’s niece, Lucy Steele.
The Haunting of Hill House 19-26 October 2024 Director: Josh Holden
Hill House – old, bleak and isolated, it has a very dark and troubled past. The only person who goes there now is the housekeeper, the taciturn Mrs. Dudley. Enter Dr. Montague, who is keen to investigate any supernatural manifestations that he can find in Hill House. He invites three guests, Theodora, Eleanor and Luke. The three do not know each other but each has their own reasons for accepting the Doctor’s invitation and it isn’t long before the house starts to reveal its eerie secrets. Dr Montague’s wife and a friend Arthur, then arrive. They also want to investigate the supernatural but is it wise to stir up the past and will Hill House claim another victim?
Blackbird by David Harrower 12-16 November 2024 in the Studio Director: Mike Rogerson
A difficult and challenging play about Ray, a man in his 50s, and Una a young woman who tracks him down. Fifteen years earlier they had a sexual relationship when Una was only 12 years old. Ray went to prison but has tried to start his life again with a new name and new job. Una wants – what? Perhaps not revenge, perhaps she seeks an understanding but is that possible and at what further cost?