Castings for Mordred
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- Open auditions, will be held Sunday Feb 28, 2016, 4.30pm , Chestnut Community Centre, 1 - 3 Poplar Close, Brixham, TQ5 0SA
- Subsequent rehearsals and workshops will also take place at this venue. - Unfortunately we will not be able to accept video submissions. We also judge castings upon timeliness & reliability in attendance, and via group work. Please visit our auditions page for an overview of what to expect at our castings. - Anyone aged under 16 MUST be accompanied at all times by a parent. Audition script sides will be available from mid-November onwards, by emailing southdevonplayers@gmail.com, with "Mordred" in the subject line. Involvement in this show is on our profit share terms, which you can read here. CREW WANTED We would be delighted to hear from interested film crew - please get in touch with us on email, to arrange a meeting and interview. Previous experience needed on these roles. Camera Boom Sound Distribution admin CAST REQUIRED ROLES OPEN FOR CASTING IN FEB 2016 Please note that these are selected roles, and not the entire character list, as a few roles are already cast. Main speaking roles open for casting (there will be smaller "two or three line" roles as well, for warriors, courtiers, villagers, which are not listed.) Anyone aged under 16, must be accompanied at all castings, rehearsals, and filming/ performances, by a parent or legal guardian. Most of the ladies will be involved in fight/ battle scenes, fighting alongside the men, especially in the Saxon raids, and at Camlann, and mandatory combat training will take place in Brixham at the community centre for all relevant successful cast. If you have a reason that this would not be possible, please email us to discuss first. southdevonplayers@gmail.com As this a theatre show as well as a film, rehearsals for the stage show will take place on Wednesday evenings and / or Sundays afternoons, at Chestnut Community Centre, 1 - 3 Poplar Close, Brixham, TQ5 0SA (please note that many ages are flexible, as we will look at the castings in groups of who works well with whom, in both acting and appearance. All warrior characters need to have the physical capability to be involved in combat scenes and wear chain/ leather armour. If no age is stated, or your playing age is close to these ages, we can be flexible. ) The younger teen roles open for casting are (Duran, Naythen, and potentially Kensa) Non-combatant roles are Taliesin, Iddawg, Melwyn, Gitta. No roles involve graphic sexual scenes. The roles involving partial nudity (as in still wrapped in blankets but giving the impression of not wearing clothes underneath) are Lancelot and Guinevere. Anna has a scene involving having her clothes torn by a male character. In addition to the roles below, there are a small few-line roles, for minor characters such as villagers, courtiers, and prisoners. MEN Merlin – archdruid (middleaged to elderly) Taliesin - druid/ bard (middleaged, must have good singing voice) Cynric the Saxon chieftain - warrior (thirties - sixties) Lancelot - knight/ warrior (thirties - fifties) Percival - knight/ warrior (teens -sixties) Bors- knight/ warrior (twenties - sixties) Galahad - knight/ warrior (teens -sixties) Bedivere -knight/ warrior (twenties - sixties) Iddawg - squire/ warrior/ scout (any age, but must be athletic) Calum – squire to Mordred / warrior (Teens to early thirties) Duran - Arthur’s other son (thirteen - fifteen) Naythen – squire to Duran / warrior (teens or twenties) Oswald – Melwyns and Lancelots father (elderly) Bandit 1, 2, 3 - ideally male, but able to be flexible on that. (Twenties – sixties.) WOMEN Morgan La Fey (druidess/ witch, Mordred's foster mother, Arthur's elder sister. Late forties or fifties. ) Guinevere - (Arthur's wife - Thirties-forties) Anna - (Arthur's first wife, mother of Mordred, killed by Saxon raiders.) (Late teens/ twenties) Lynette - lady in waiting (any age) Esyld - lady in waiting (teens - up) Derwyn - Druidess / warrior (any age) Kelwyn - Druidess/ warrior (any age) Andras – Warrior (thirties – sixties) Kensa - Andras's daughter (teens – twenties) Melwyn – Lancelot's sister, who falls in love with Mordred (Twenties – thirtes) Gitta – druidess and confidante of Morgan (Forties – elderly.) | ||
