ACTORS REQUIRED - The Importance of Being Earnest: THE COMPLETE BUNBURY EXPERIENCE
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Wilde :-)
Actors required for:
Oscar Wilde's classic comedy...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
~ The Complete Bunbury Experience ~
Candlelight's 'The Importance of Being Earnest - The Complete Bunbury
Experience' returns, after a sold out season last year.
New Season: 27th March - 6th April (Melbourne International
Comedy Festival)
Venue: Chapel Off Chapel
The same cast is returning but we're looking for a dozen people to
provide fun pre-show, post-show and interval entertainment for our
audiences: "The Complete Bunbury Experience".
Imagine this...
You buy your ticket to see the show, a doorman opens the main door for
you and announces your arrival to the entire crowd. You find yourself
in a 19th century Victorian ballroom and are instantly invited to play
croquet (with actors who invariably cheat), go ballroom dancing to
live period music, or receive lessons in etiquette and elocution.
Those who are less daring will have the chance to view painted
portraits of the cast, sip tea in a lounge area or be served cucumber
sandwiches by roving butlers and maids.
This is 'The Complete Bunbury Experience'.
It's all included in the ticket price. And it all happens before the
show has even begun.
And this is your chance to get involved.
THE COMMITMENT
The season: 27th Mar - 6th April
Performances: Thur-Sat nights 7.30-10.30pm (you'll be required
6.30-11pm) and Sun nights at 6pm.
Rehearsals: Saturdays from 16th Feb - 15th Mar (5 weeks). Most likely
10am-2pm.
For this season a separate director has been engaged for the Bunbury
Experience.
A convincing English accent is highly desirable. Training with our
linguistics coach will be available.
You will be in costume and will be required to have a fitting in
advance
Hospitality experience is a bonus, but not essential.
Servant hearts (and a fun attitude) required.
N.B. - There is a bit of room to move (by negotiation) if you cannot
make it to all the performances.
For any of you who are not currently in a show, this will be an easy,
potentially impressive addition to the CV, requiring minimal time on
your part. And you'll get to join a lovely, tight-knit team of people
and hopefully have a whole lot of fun while you're at it. There'll be
a big focus on characterisation and audience interaction - no scripts,
potential chaos. A great chance to build community.
Auditions are being held this Saturday 19th Jan. Please forward your
CV and headshot, (or just an email if you don't have them) to
eug...@candlelightproductions.com.au or call 0402 410 513 for more
details.
If you would like to subscribe to our mailing list, just email me your
contact details - Name, address, email, phone numbers, and I'll
arrange it. If you don't want to be contacted about acting
opportunities in the future, please let us know.
If you can't be involved but would like to book tickets, visit
www.beingearnest.info or drop us an email.
Kind regards,
Eugene*
--
Director
Candlelight Productions
COMMUNITY | CREATIVITY | SERVICE | EXCELLENCE
0402 410 513
eug...@candlelightproductions.com.au
PO Box 256, North Balwyn VIC 3104
www.candlelightproductions.com.au <http://
www.candlelightproductions.com.au/>
Candlelight Productions is an arts & entertainment, education, media
and merchandising community. We aim to build healthy community, nuture
creativity and encourage an attitude of service in the arts, whilst
striving for a high standard of excellence in our work.
As a company we seek to lead the arts community in social and
environmental responsibility. We make efforts to use recycled paper
and green printing technology, sweatshop-free clothing, Fair Trade
coffee, tea and chocolate, and free-range eggs and meat. All
performances of The Importance of Being Earnest will be carbon
neutral, thanks to carbon offsets purchased from Easy Being Green.
And FYI...
A few of the audience responses from the first season:
'portrayed a well known classic
in a fresh and intriguing way'
'These people are of a good enough standard to perform at the Princess
Theatre.'
'I Enjoyed every second.
Performances were
impressive beyond expectations...
to the point it was hard to
harshly pick a favourite actor.'
'a performance of sustained brilliance... all members of cast and crew
should
be thoroughly commended'
'Absolutely brilliant - wonderful fun'
'A wonderful performance...
....and the cucumber sandwiches were most welcome'