Audition Notices Archive - The Queen Mother Theatre

Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter

Directed by Emma Northcott Studio Production – 29th October to 2nd November 2024 The Play Although written in the 70s all of the themes explored within the play remain relevant, such as religion, power, trust, class, race, despair and belief in miracles. Written by Dennis Potter (The Singing Detective, Pennies from Heaven, Blue Remembered Hills) […]

Silly Cow by Ben Elton

Directed by Matt Gray Performance Dates: 23rd to 28th September 2024 The Play Set in 1991, Doris Wallace has everything a tough tabloid columnist could want: a toy boy with a handy supply of drugs, a lovely PA who bends over backwards to make sure she has all she wants, and the prospect of her […]

Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

Directed by Matt Gray Rehearsal nights: Tuesdays and ThursdaysPerformance Dates: Tuesday 25th – 30th June About The curtain rises on a late evening in the future. Krapp, an old man, is sitting in his den in the dark, lit by a light above his desk. On his desk are a tape recorder and a number […]

Present Laughter by Noël Coward

Directed by Nicki Pope Audition Dates March 11th and 13th at 7.45pmPerformance Dates June 10th to 15thRehearsals Monday and Weds with some Sunday mornings up to the run What’s it all about? ‘I’m always acting,’ declares Garry Essendine, Noël Coward’s famous, in demand and occasionally overwrought protagonist in Present Laughter. In a blur of people, […]

Low Level Panic by Clare McIntyre

Clare McIntyre’s play Low Level Panic is considered a modern feminist classic, examining the effects of society’s objectification of women. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust on 11 February 1988, winning the Samuel Beckett Award the following year. The play is set in a […]

Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations is a Dickens spoof described as “the story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin”. It started life as a BBC Radio 4 series but has now been re-written as a stage play. However, we plan to return it to its original roots and stage it, with some liberties, as […]

Elsie & Norm’s Macbeth

Elsie & Norm’s “Macbeth” by John Christopher Wood. A QMT Studio Production directed by Russ Hurn. Audition dates: 30th October and 1st November 2023 – 7:45pm Rehearsal nights: Mondays and Wednesdays Performance Dates: Tuesday 23rd – Saturday 27th January 2024 You may think Shakespeare’s plays are long and on the wordy side with too many rhyming couplets, unnecessary characters, confusing language, and lacking a jolly […]

Peter Pan

I am very excited to bring this wonderful tale to life and thrilled to be able to work with adults, alongside the very talented, Big Spirit Youth Theatre. Performance Dates: We are using the National Theatre’s script which was first performed in the Olivier Auditorium in 1997, with a star studded cast. My vision is […]

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

A studio production directed by Hannah Conway The Vagina Monologues has been heralded by The New York Times as one of the most important plays of the past 25 years. It’s a show that has rocked audiences all around the world – ground-breaking, poignant and hilarious all at once! Written in 1996 the play in […]

Height of The Storm by Florian Zeller

Andre and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch of flowers arrives, but who sent them? A woman from the past turns up. But who is she? And why does Andre feel like he isn’t there at all? The Guardian says… Height […]