OPPORTUNITIES
TICKING MAN - THE
SEQUEL
Edinburgh based Production Company Roaring Fire
Films is casting the sequel to the feature The
Ticking Man directed by Steven Lewis Simpson,
which is currently being successfully sold
internationally.
They are seeking two actors for the roles of
Stan, a middle-age rough around the edges
Scottish detective.
And also a Hitman (probably late twenties to
thirties). The characters ethnicity is
irrelevant but we are looking for a genuinely
strong physical presence. His origin shall
probably be from the USA but that’s still up
for grabs.
Filming is due to commence late February
through to late March in Edinburgh. The
majority of auditions shall take place in
Edinburgh but the producer/director is due to
be in London from the 5th to the 8th of
February to hold selective auditions so please
e-mail details before then if you are suitable
for either of these parts.
We shall also be casting various roles closer
to the time but shall be looking for local
Scottish actors to fill them so if you are
based North of the border then please feel free
to send through your information.
Please e-mail a photo (avoid large files) and
CV to steve@roaringfire.com.
Further information and reviews on The Ticking
Man can be found at IMDB.com.
Note from Editor: I worked with Steve on the
first Ticking Man and it is now starting to do
the rounds of International Cinema which will
help to fund this, the sequel. Unfortunately, I
was killed in the first one so I miss out this
time :-( Some you win.... Definitely recommend
this opportunity. Steve's a great guy
!
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'In Camera' by Jean Paul
Sartre
Male actor urgently recquired for production of
'In Camera' by Jean Paul Sartre.Dates: March
13th - 27thLocation: Lion and Unicorn, Kentish
Town.
Character: The valet, playing age 30+,this is a
small but key role in the play. The valet
appears in the first 10 minutes and sets the
scene, will also be recquired for some pre play
performance so actor must be comfortable
interacting with the audience.
Rehearsing now but will not be needed for all
rehearsals.
Profit share.
Please email C.V's, headshots and contact
details to Tim Gingell - Director at
t@lords.com
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Wesonia
Productions SEEKS afro - Caribbean , anglo –
asian and mixed
race
VOLUNTARY
ACTRESSES AND ACTORS
FOR A ONE OFF PERFORMANCE OF ‘Letters to Andy
Cole’ BY Karline smith and adapted for stage by
Timothy Wesley
THIS WILL BE FOR THE SUMMER 2004 AT A VENUE IN
LONDON. THIS WILL BE COMPLETELY UNPAID AND
THERE IS NO AUDITION FEE TO PAY
SIX OF THE ACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY
TEENAGERS THE SCRIPT IS TEN PAGES IN LENGTH AND
IS APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LONG PREVIOUS LIVE
ACTING EXPERIENCE WOULD BE PREFERED
THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 7 REHEARSALS AT
VARIED LOCATIONS IN ZONE 1- 3 LONDON
MAINLY WEEKLY EVENING AND WEEKEND –
EVENING
CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO SITE READ COLD
FROM THE SCRIPT AT AUDITION IN MARCH
CASTING WILL BE IN APRIL 2004
THE PLAY IS ABOUT A TEENAGE GIRL AND THE PEER
PRESSURE AROUND HER
SO SOCIAL REALISM / NATURALISM COME INTO
PLAY
TIGHT DRAMATIC ACTING IS REQUIRED AS WELL
AS
BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE A REASONABLE URBAN
MANCHESTER OR LONDON ACCENT THROUGH OUT .
EIGHT PARTS REQUIRED: RACIALLY SPECIFIC SO RACE
RELATIONS ACT 1976 APPLIES ;
SECTION 5 (2) ( a ).
SHONA - MIXED RACE - AFRO CARRIBEAN / WHITE
ENGLISH FEMALE TEENAGER , IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
PLAY SO A YOUNG LOOKING KNOWLEGABLE ACTRESS IS
REQUIRED
JACKIE - SHONAS ALCOHOLIC MOTHER BLACK , TRAGIC
, SLEIGHT BUILD , 30 +
ANTHONY - SHONA’S FATHER , WHITE 30+
CANDICE - TALL , LIGHT SKINNED OR MIXED RACE
TEENAGE GIRL –
GANG LEADER , MUST BE ABLE TO MC
RAYMON - SHONA’S BOYFRIEND, MALE , LATE TEENS ,
BLACK COOL HYPER MASCULINE BUT
A BIT SHY UNDERNEATH
SLY – CANDICE’S SISTER AS NAME SUGGESTS TEENAGE
LIGHT SKINNED/ MIXED RACE
FRANKIE - TEENAGE BLACK OR WHITE A REGULAR
‘DYAGEDMEDOH’ GIRL GANG TYPE
STUPID GIRL GANG MEMBER - TEENAGE WHITE OR
ASIAN
I AM ONLY TAKING ACTORS DETAILS AT PRESENT
PLEASE DO NOT SEND CV’S
SO IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT TIMOTHY
ON ; 07930 205 242 OR ;
ask2023@hotmail.com
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Method
Acting
Lead role in new BBC drama
Lead in Channel 4 comedy
Major role in 8 million pound Independent
feature Role in Kevin Spaceys new film National
play tour
These are some of the more obvious successful
results that have come from addressing their
acting issues in this intensive acting
environment. As well, many students have
obtained more relaxation, pleasure, and
creative freedom in their acting. These
achievements have come from as little as one
class, giving greater knowledge and tools that
have been used, too longer work that has
achieved a substantial change in the depth of
their acting, leading to securing major
roles.
As each class passes this list expands, and
this year brings a full program of classes
secured at the Diorama in central London spaced
over the year. 2004 presents you with the
perfect opportunity to put your thoughts into
action.
A GENUINE RESOURCE TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN
YOUR ACTING
The class dates are
Feb 16th March 11th
Monday to Thursdays
Morning Unit 10am - 1pm
Evening Unit 710 pm
Fee 240
Observer 90
For more details go to
http://www.methodacting.co.uk/ Or call 020 7622
9742 or 07764 680
232
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Impro Skills
Workshop (every Tuesday
night)
On Tuesday nights Dave Bourn & Jon Cohen
(from "Sprout Impro") teach 2 regular impro
classes at Hoxton Hall, London N1.
It runs 8-10pm every Tuesday and covers Scenes
& Games (Dave) and Character &
Physicality (Jon).
The course runs until 22 March.
The cost is £60 for the term or if you are
concessions only £11
If you are interested contact Iris at Hoxton
Hall (details are below).
Hoxton Hall
130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH.
Tel: 020 7684 0060
Nearest tubes: Old Street station &
Liverpool Street Station
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WHAT'S
ON
William's Bit of
Help
This is a comedy about William Shakespeare, and
the so-called Authorship question of who wrote
the plays ascribed to him. What if in fact they
weren't written by him, what sort of person
would that make the person we know and
(perhaps) love? And if Shakespeare didn't write
them, who did?
Come and enjoy this story about a writer who
wants to write, but can't -- until he gets "a
bit of help".
"Very well performed piece, with deft comic
touches" - Marc Blakewill, Fringe Report
"...had to tell you how much I enjoyed it?a lot
of genuine belly-laughs in there as well as a
well-crafted and paced story." - an audience
member's email to Both Feet
info@bothfeet.co.uk
www.bothfeet.co.uk
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Educating Rita by Willy
Russell
Brockley Jack Theatre, SE4
2DH
Box Office 020 8291 6354
9th-14th March, 2004
£8.50, £6(concs)
Tuesday, 9 March all tickets £5
insight_theatre@ntlworld.com
www.insighttheatre.co.uk
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SEMBLANCE OF
MADNESS
By John H. Newmeir
Etcetera Theatre, Camden Town
Tues to Sat til 15th Feb. at 7.30, Sundays at
6.30,.Sat Mat. 2.30
Box Office 0207 482 4857
The use of drama as a form of therapy has long
been a concern of mine. Under the guidance of a
skilled, qualified practitioner it can be of
great benefit but used insensitively there is a
danger that the damage caused by, for example,
reducing participants to gibbering wrecks can
be counterproductive. A while back a number of
actors commented in “The Stage” that they felt
the regimes at certain well-known drama schools
to be unnecessarily brutal.
Semblance of Madness is not, thankfully, set in
a drama school but in a Psychiatric hospital
where three women have gathered for their
weekly drama lesson. Each participant, though,
claims to be the nurse and the puzzle for the
audience is to determine which of these
volatile, vulnerable women is actually not a
committed inmate. It is an intriguing premise
which, if less sensitively directed, could be
too painful to watch but Nic Paris has created
an atmosphere where although we may squirm at
some of the bullying we are never quite sure
until the play’s end as to much is real and how
much is semblance.
The performances are stunning examples of
ensemble playing as Kathryn O’Reilly, Jo Arber
and Toni Darlow weave their deceptive ways
around the stage with elegant timing and
energetic emotion. The pace of the play is
intensely fast; almost manic which, on
reflection, is appropriate. At just under an
hour in playing time a visit to The Etcetera
Theatre is an appropriate way to begin an
evening – especially with a group of friends
who will enjoy discussing the issues
surrounding this intense drama.
Review by CARRIE COHEN
(on day-release from
Woking!)
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SINGING IN THE
RAIN
Review By Carlos Ramos
Richmond Theatre
Box office 02089399230
If you think you have seen "Singing in the
Rain" enough times on screen then go to see the
Bros Theatre Company stage version at Richmond
Theatre. It will change your mind and
heart.
Exceptional choreography,well-looked after
costume design and careful American
pronunciation sums up for a fun, uplifting
experience. See Gene Kelly's solo number once
again by Bryan Cardus and Maria Waters hilarios
interpretation of costar Lina Lamont in the
play. Original combination of theatre and
cinema depicting the transition and evolution
of cinema to talking movies, the new discovery
of dubbing and its effect on the actors' lives
and careers. Not to be
missed.
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THE TRON
THEATRE
THE TRON THEATRE
in association with
SWEETSCAR
SWITCHBACK
Written & Directed by Adrian Osmond
Tuesday 10th to Saturday 14th February @
8pm
EVER CHANGING, NEVER RESTING
SWITCHBACK IS THE RIDE OF YOUR LIVES
This February the Tron has a Valentine’s treat
that’s certain to satisfy. A compelling love
story written and directed by Adrian Osmond,
Switchback will be one of the most talked about
shows this year. Adrian was last at the Tron
directing our smash hit Possible Worlds and
Switchback looks sure to repeat that show’s
creative and popular success. Uniquely staged,
Switchback is a different show every night,
twisting and turning to give every audience a
unique play that will never be repeated, and a
night at the theatre that will be
unforgettable.
“So often, events in our life seem arbitrary: a
glance can send our world off in an entirely
different direction. Yet we can also feel
trapped by what our environment has to offer.
It occurred to me: why not create a play in
which elements of the script could be
interchanged - that similar events and dialogue
would occur at every performance, but in a
different sequence each time?
During rehearsals for most plays, we make
decisions that limit our options, aiming to
give the audience the same “ideal” production
each night. This process creates many wonderful
works for the stage, but it can feel limiting:
time and time again, we find several thrilling
interpretations of a moment, and it can be
agonising to leave so many of these behind. We
want to give the audience as many permutations
as possible. With SwitchBack, we can.
Each night, over less than two hours, the
audience will see two unique, unrepeatable
versions of SwitchBack. The scenario is simple:
in a remote cabin, former lovers Chase and Hope
are reunited. They plummet through the past and
push towards a possible future, heading towards
new destinations every time. It is a deeply
tender, personal work; and I believe that
everyone will recognise some of their own
actions and choices within this story.
I’m thrilled that this production reunites some
of the talent behind Possible Worlds, and also
introduces some exceptional artists to the
Tron. We’ve embarked on this journey to
discover new possibilities, so it is apt that
SwitchBack also launches SweetScar. This
company has been created to seize chances that
some organisations may not be able to take.
SweetScar is here to leap into uncharted
territories, celebrating both the longings and
the wonders of life.
SwitchBack is a constant process of discovery.
I’ve been living with its ideas for over a
year, and its potential keeps surprising me.
Seeing this production should be an experience
that will last with you long after you leave
the theatre, and hopefully one that will grow
and deepen with time.’ - Adrian Osmond, January
2004
What the press had to say about Possible
Worlds:
‘Adrian Osmond directs a beautifully crafted
evening of crafty theatre and sleight of
mind.’
The Guardian Guide
“… rare to find such a complex story so
beautifully told.”
The Stage
* * *
Switchback runs from the 10th to the 14th of
February @ 8.00pm in the Tron’s Main
Theatre.
Tickets can be booked by phoning the Tron Box
Office on
0141 552 4267
www.tron.co.uk
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Midsummer
Mink
HATS Theatre Group perform Peter Coke's genteel
comedy, set in the 1960s.
25-27 March 2004, 7.30pm Thurs/Fri and 8.00pm
Sat, at St Hugh of Lincoln Parish Hall,
Glastonbury Road, Urmston, Manchester. Book
tickets on our website, or tel:
01617476183.
A group of amiable aristocratic middle-aged
women and a Brigadier become modern-day Robin
Hoods in a bid to raise cash for charity.
Website URL:
http://www.partridge.clara.net/
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ROMEO AND
JULIET
Taking theatre to audiences across
Scotland
Prime Productions is delighted to be opening
their tour of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet, at Perth Theatre. The show officially
opens the Perth Theatre Spring Season on Friday
30 January at 7.30pm prior to a two month
Scottish tour, which will play the length and
breadth of Scotland from Stranraer to the Isle
of Skye.
Romeo and Juliet follows Prime Productions two
enormously successful tours of Mary Queen of
Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off by Liz Lochhead
and Alastair Cording’s adaptation of Lewis
Grassic Gibbons’ classic work Sunset Song,
which was nominated for a TMA Award in October
2003.
Shakespeare’s best known play, with some of
theatre’s greatest love scenes and finest
poetry weaves themes of love, revenge and
reconciliation which are just as relevant today
as when it was first performed around 1596 at a
time of great change. The story tells the story
of two feuding families, Romeo and Juliet
blazing with forbidden love and one man hopes
to bring peace and happiness to everyone by
plotting with the lovers.
A strong ensemble cast includes Tommy Mullins
and Victoria Bolt as Romeo and Juliet, Ian
Grieve and Estrid Barton as Friar Laurence and
Nurse to Juliet, and Tim Barrow, Tom Freeman,
Sandy Grierson, Martha Leishman and Douglas
Russell.
The play, his third production for Prime
Productions, is directed by Benjamin Twist, and
designed by Evelyn Barbour with choreography by
Andy
Howitt.
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K-PAX
Actor
Helpdesk
All replies to the originator on the
website.
hi there!
I am 30 and would love to join a class or a
free theatre troup in central london in order
to start acting with beginners like me, any
suggestions? Thanks,
David
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Ikemol
February 2nd 2004
My friend has joined an agency where they
charge him 10, 15 and 20% and he thinks this is
fair. They don't charge for photos or work that
he gets himself and he seems to be able to call
them anytime, day or night - even weekends -
and still gets help. His agent even drove
photographs to the producer of a show he was in
on a Sunday to ensure that my friend was in the
promo material. Is this usual? Has he got a
good agent here? What constitutes a good
agent?
Ikey
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Comments -> Sorry - I got my friends
commisssion rates wrong in my last post. It
should have read 10% Theatre, 12.5% Film and TV
and 15% Commercials.
Ikey
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Coming soon......to this
planet.....the WORLD PREMIERE.....of
K-PAX......
Email kpax@uktheatre.net to reserve your
seat......
The lives of those living and working in a
mental hospital are changed forever by the
appearance of an enigmatic patient. He claims
to come from the planet K-PAX – but is the
mysterious Prot really a saviour?
Written especially for Act Provocateur
International, international best-selling
author Gene Brewer’s adaptation of his famous
novel premieres at the Bridewell Theatre on
11th February and continues its run at the
company’s home, the Lion and Unicorn pub
theatre in Kentish Town.
Send an email to kpax@uktheatre.net to register
your
interest.....
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