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AUDITIONS - MIDSUMMER (A Play with Songs) by DAVID GREIG / GORDON MCINTYRE, directed by CHRIS GATT.

Posted on Jan 09, 2021 by Francesca Briffa

MIDSUMMER (A Play with Songs) by DAVID GREIG / GORDON MCINTYRE, directed by CHRIS GATT.

TheTeatru Manoel in collaboration with MADC.
Performances at Teatru Manoel: 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 April 2021
Rehearsals start from end January / early February 2021
Auditions: Sunday 10th January 2021 from 10am (at MADC Clubrooms, St. Venera)

CAST
Teatru Manoel and MADC are looking for 4 Malta-based actors who can sing accompanied by guitar. If they can play the instrument so much the better.

Bob (mid-30’s) out of luck and inspiration.
Helen (mid-30’s) wondering if life will ever offer a decent marriage, a decent husband, a decent life

Older versions of the same characters:
Bob (50+)
Helen (50+)

SYNOPSIS
It’s midsummer weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. First staged in 2008 before touring internationally to phenomenal acclaim, Midsummer is a streetwise romcom that turns a midlife crisis into a dance of freedom and proves that it’s never too late for any of us to change. Bob is a failing car salesman on the fringes of Edinburgh’s underworld. Helena is a high-powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league, and he’s not her type. But with a Tesco’s bag full of cash, they embark on a lost weekend of bridge-burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, midnight trysts and hungover self-loathing.

Edinburgh-born David Greig is one of Britain’s most respected and admired playwrights, as well as Artistic Director of the city’s Royal Lyceum Theatre. Edinburgh-based Gordon McIntyre is a founding member of Scottish indie band Ballboy.

TO AUDITION
Send your CV (in pdf format – 3 pages max) to info@madc.com.mt by Friday 8th January 2021.  Auditionees to please familiarise themselves with the audition piece and song by clicking 'Find Out More' which will direct you to the Teatru Manoel website.