Crowley & Co. and the Heritage Arts Company are holding a day of auditions for the lead role of Pip in their upcoming production of Great Expectations at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, 12th Dec 2017 – 6th January 2018.
We are specifically looking to audition BAME, male 18 – 26 years old actors for this performance. Great Expectations is set in a diverse, modern London and it’s crucial that this story of social mobility has a cast reflective of its message.
The casting call will take place at the Old Red Lion Theatre on the 12th October, 2017. Please see below for application details.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Great Expectations is a funny, fast-paced and moving adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens, catapulting Pip into the 21st century. The script, adapted by Tom Crowley (Shock Treatment, The Quentin Dentin Show) fully reimagines the classic story for the modern day, while capturing Dickens’s humour, his humanity and his sense of adventure. Great Expectations remains a story about the ageless themes of unrequited love, the divide between the rich and the poor, and what it means to be a ‘good person’.
Pip is a council estate boy with no money, and no hope for the future. His mother, widow Jo Gargery, is a police officer struggling to provide for herself and her son. Before long, Pip’s life is changed forever after he meets mysterious fugitive Magwycz, the beautiful but troubled Estella and the fearsome, wounded Miss Havisham. Pip’s whirlwind adventure takes him to the heights of big city success – and into more danger than he could have ever imagined.
Critically-acclaimed companies Crowley & Co. (Radioman, Greywing House) and The Heritage Arts Company (VAULT Festival, The Cement Garden) join forces to bring this thrilling, romantic romp to The Old Red Lion Theatre for Christmas 2017.
CONTACT DETAILS
Audition Date: 12th October, 2017.
Location: The Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John St, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4NJ.
To Apply: Please email casting@heritagearts.co.uk with your/your client’s headshot and acting CV by 5pm Tuesday 10th October. Please keep the day of 12th October free, and state whether you’d prefer a morning or afternoon audition. We will get back to all applicants as soon as we can.
Press Contact | Holly Casey | holly.casey@paperrosepr.co.uk | 07449 174 965
Further Info & Booking | www.heritagearts.co.uk/project/great-expectations
Crowley & Co. | www.crowleynco.com
Heritage Arts | www.heritagearts.co.uk