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Much ado about Nothing

16 Oct 2003 – 18 Oct 2003

Audition Dates

16 Oct 2003 – 18 Oct 2003
  • Thu 16 October 2003
  • Fri 17 October 2003
  • Sat 18 October 2003

Details

Playwright
William Shakespeare
Director
Lauren Eklom and Bryce Ives
AddressPortland, Ballarat, Daylesford.
Much ado about Nothing is truly a beautiful play and we are planning at staging it (at a currently undisclosed) costal location. – Stay tuned to for more information!

This will be our first outdoors production and first touring show. We require a versatile and exciting cast ready to work hard and achieve great things.

Y FLO will pay for accomodation and catering throughout the tour.

The show will be co-directed by Bryce Ives and Lauren Eklom.


AUDITIONS:

Auditions will be on October the 16th, 17th and 18th. For bookings and further information
contact Vicky on 5339 5158 or 0412 152 610. Actors have to be aged between 16 and 26 years of age.

You can prepare monologues


CHARACTERS:

Don Pedro: Prince of Aragon. He woos Hero for Claudio and later plots to bring Benedick and Beatrice together.

Benedick: a lord and companion of Don Pedro, he talks far too much.

Claudio: a lord and companion of Don Pedro. He falls in love with Hero and allows Don Pedro to woo her for him.

Balthasar: attendant on Don Pedro and also a singer.

Don John: the bastard brother of Don Pedro.
Borachio and Conrad: followers of Don John the bastard. And causers of trouble.

Leonato: Governor of Messina. His daughter Hero is promised in marriage to Claudio and his niece Beatrice ends up loving Benedick at the end.

Hero: the daughter of Leonato. She is publicly disgraced by Claudio on the day of their wedding and faints.

Beatrice: She talks a great deal and is very witty but determined not to marry.

Antonio: the brother of Leonato.

Margaret and Ursula: waiting-gentlewomen who attends to Hero.

Friar Francis: the man meant to marry Hero and Claudio.

Dogberry: the Constable. He is a buffoon.

Verges: the Headborough, Dogberry's partner.

Contact

This audition has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.