Sleepyhead Auditions

As part of the Blue Room's Summer nights program and Fringe World 2012 Upstart Theatre Company Presents Nathaniel Moncrieff's Sleepyhead. Fresh from its sell-out Melbourne season comes the Perth debut of Nathaniel Moncrieff’s chilling gothic thriller Sleepyhead, winner of the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Di Cranston Award and shortlisted for the 2010 Griffin Award. With emerging director Garreth Bradshaw (Life of Galileo, Upstart Theatre company's Taming of the Shrew) at the helm, the Perth production of Sleepyhead is set to hold audiences with it's chilling beauty and seep into its pores with its tale of loss, grief and what comes after. On an isolated property in the woods, there lives a father and his two daughters – one is crippled, the other mercilessly cruel. After their father leaves to borrow money from his brother, the girls are left to fend for themselves. Then there is the murdered chicken. There is the strange phone calls. There is the spectre of their dead mother. Then, one night, there is a visitor. “Sleepyhead is an evocative, thoughtful and provoking journey, well worth taking if you are a fan of good theatre” - Daniel Nicholls, Time Out Melbourne “A compelling, first-class dramatic experience” – Cheryl Threadgold, Melbourne Observer “Intense, but worth every minute of it. Highly recommended!” - Alan O'Riordan, Theatre Alive Characters The sisters: Eleanor, 14; Genevieve, 12 The father: Tom, 39 The police officer: Donald, 35 The visitor: Polly, 13 The play friend: Mother, ageless PLEASE NOTE: We will be looking for older actors to play the young girls due to adult content. Performance dates: Monday 6th February - Friday 10th February. If you are interested in auditioning please prepare a short contemporary monologue and email director Garreth Bradshaw to arrange an audition time. Contact: gebradsh@hotmail.com or 0449 999 484 Audition times: Saturday 29th October 10am-2pm Sunday 30th October 10am-2pm At the Blue Room Theatre. If you are unavailable for the performance season or feel you're unsuitable for a role could you please forward this on to all your acting colleagues? I apologise for any cross promotion. PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE A CO-OP PRODUCTION WITH PROFITS BEING SPLIT EVENLY AMONGST THE CAST.