War of the Worlds

Strange when I recall the time when I first saw it, bright and clean-cut, hard, and silent, under the dawn of that last great day...

We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man's, and yet as mortal as his own. We know now that as human beings busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.

They said the chances of anything coming from Mars was a thousand to one. But in the thirty-ninth year of the twentieth century, they came…

HG Wells' ominous tale of alien invasion became the most infamous radio play of them all, spreading panic across America when it first aired in 1938. It made Orson Welles a household name and is still voted as the greatest radio play ever made.

Where will you be when the invasion arrives…?

Roles Available:
Male and female actors, plus crew for live sound effects

Rehearsals:
Wednesday nights and Sunday afternoons.

Performances:
Sunday 14 October at 2pm and 7pm
Reynella Memorial Hall
164-170 Old South Rd, Old Reynella (cnr Reynell Rd)
Performances will be recorded for radio broadcast

Auditions:
Auditions by appointment in the latter half of July. Expressions of interest now being sought for actors, and for crew to work on live sound effects.

More Information:
Phone Rod Lewis on 0402 027 891 or email rod@insightpresents.com