Auditions 2018-04: Spider’s Web
THE ROYAL CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY
presents
| Spider’s Web | |
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| Runs: | 2018: Oct 18th to 26th (approximately!) |
| Location(s): | Surrey & New Westminster |
| Rehearsals: | 2018: MID August – in Surrey, BC |
| Callbacks: | 2018: May 5th |
| Auditions: | 2018: MAY 2nd & 3rd |
| Deadline: | MUST submit by 2029: May 1st |
| Directed by ELLIE KING |
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| Contact name: Ellie King |
| Electronic head-shots & bios will be accepted. Only those invited to audition will be contacted. |
| Email applications to: production@rctheatreco.com |
| Royal Canadian Theatre Company is committed to intersectionality in all areas of casting, production staffing and management. |
| Equity actors will be hired under the terms of the DOT agreement. non-Equity performers will receive an honorarium commensurate with the size of the role. |
| Sides available on google drive. |
| NOTE: this play is set in 1950s England, and we require professional level English RP (upper class) for all roles marked with *. Other roles could work with other British dialects. |
| Character | Description |
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| *SIR ROWLAND DELAHAYE | 50+ – Clarissa’s Guardian, fine English gentleman, kindly, clever |
| *HUGO BIRCH | 50+ – can be somewhat short-tempered, but really very kind. |
| *JEREMY WARRENDER | 30’s – upper-class charming, not all he seems |
| ELGIN | 40+ – the butler, as you would expect |
| OLIVER COSTELLO | 30’s+ – unpleasant man, drug dealer |
| *HENRY HAILSHAM-BROWN | 45+ – Clarissa’s husband, kind, loving but somewhat absent minded |
| INSPECTOR LORD | 40+ – clever and personable detective |
| CONSTABLE JONES | 20 – 55 – the Inspector’s right hand man |
| *CLARISSA HAILSHAM-BROWN | mid 20’s – mid 30’s – imaginative, full of fun |
| *PIPPA HAILSHAM-BROWN | 12-13-ish – Clarissa’s young stepdaughter |
| *MILDRED PEAKE | 40+ – the gardener, jolly hearty soul, typical English country-woman, hiding a secret. |
Synopsis:
In her second most popular and long-running comedy thriller, the Grande Dame of Mystery bring us a lively young woman whose imagination can sometimes get away from her, and who finds a real dead body. Who is he? Where did he come from? Secret panels, a mysterious caller, a priceless object – all ingredients in this fun and entertaining show.