Audition Dates
6 July 2003 – 7 July 2003
- Sun 6 July 2003
- Mon 7 July 2003
Details
- Playwright
- Philip Osment
- Director
- Paul King
AddressWilliamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert St, Williamstown (Melways 56 B7)
Williamstown Little Theatre is proud to present the Australian première production of this contemporary play by award-winning playwright Philip Osment.
SYNOPSIS
Professional photographer Stewart Reid is celebrated for his unflinching images of global deprivation and Third World suffering, most famously a photograph of a horrific Taliban execution in Afghanistan. Rejecting his career, he has turned his back on his work and now lives in semi-reclusion, only to be tracked down by an inquisitive young black reporter determined to investigate his life. The skeletons come tumbling from the cupboard and a painful and tragic background is uncovered, one that Stewart has desperately tried to forget.
A powerful and deeply moving play, Buried Alive unfolds in multiple locations in Edinburgh and England across a span of twenty years as it reveals the malign influence of the past upon the present.
ROLES AVAILABLE
MARGARET (early/mid 40s)
Puritanical, Calvinistic, forceful, battling
against poverty. Scottish accent.
ANDREW (early/mid 40s)
Her semi-invalid husband. Ineffectual, quiet,
distant, confused, occasionally rebellious. Scottish accent.
LUIS (15 years)
A street-wise teenager, surly, resentful, independent. Anglo/Brazilian parentage. Speaks English with a South American accent and occasionally swears in Portuguese.
AMMY (in her 20s)
A black journalist of Trinidadian parentage, involved in promoting ethnic causes. Ambitious, competent, determined and devious. Middle-class English accent.
JACK
Scottish accent. Age alternates between late 30s and late 50s. Fond of the races and football and a bit of a lad when younger; a smoker, poor and possibly alcoholic when older.
STEWART
Scottish accent. Age alternates between 18 and late 30s. Hard-drinking, angry, forthright, alienated.
KATE
Scottish accent. Spirited, rebellious and determined. Age alternates between 16 and mid 30s.
LIZ
Scottish accent. Age alternates between early teens and early 30s. Vulnerable, caring and compassionate when younger and is reclusive, nervous and childishly simplistic when older.
GIOVANNI
Scottish accent. Loyal, sensitive and supportive. Manages his Italian family's restaurant when older. Age alternates between 18
and late 30s.
Auditions are by appointment only.
Please call the Director on 9646 3226
to make an appointment.
SYNOPSIS
Professional photographer Stewart Reid is celebrated for his unflinching images of global deprivation and Third World suffering, most famously a photograph of a horrific Taliban execution in Afghanistan. Rejecting his career, he has turned his back on his work and now lives in semi-reclusion, only to be tracked down by an inquisitive young black reporter determined to investigate his life. The skeletons come tumbling from the cupboard and a painful and tragic background is uncovered, one that Stewart has desperately tried to forget.
A powerful and deeply moving play, Buried Alive unfolds in multiple locations in Edinburgh and England across a span of twenty years as it reveals the malign influence of the past upon the present.
ROLES AVAILABLE
MARGARET (early/mid 40s)
Puritanical, Calvinistic, forceful, battling
against poverty. Scottish accent.
ANDREW (early/mid 40s)
Her semi-invalid husband. Ineffectual, quiet,
distant, confused, occasionally rebellious. Scottish accent.
LUIS (15 years)
A street-wise teenager, surly, resentful, independent. Anglo/Brazilian parentage. Speaks English with a South American accent and occasionally swears in Portuguese.
AMMY (in her 20s)
A black journalist of Trinidadian parentage, involved in promoting ethnic causes. Ambitious, competent, determined and devious. Middle-class English accent.
JACK
Scottish accent. Age alternates between late 30s and late 50s. Fond of the races and football and a bit of a lad when younger; a smoker, poor and possibly alcoholic when older.
STEWART
Scottish accent. Age alternates between 18 and late 30s. Hard-drinking, angry, forthright, alienated.
KATE
Scottish accent. Spirited, rebellious and determined. Age alternates between 16 and mid 30s.
LIZ
Scottish accent. Age alternates between early teens and early 30s. Vulnerable, caring and compassionate when younger and is reclusive, nervous and childishly simplistic when older.
GIOVANNI
Scottish accent. Loyal, sensitive and supportive. Manages his Italian family's restaurant when older. Age alternates between 18
and late 30s.
Auditions are by appointment only.
Please call the Director on 9646 3226
to make an appointment.
Contact
This audition has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.