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Audition Notice
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Moonlight and Magnolias
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by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Despina Sellar
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Despina Sellar
Set Design and Construction : Jo Staples and Keith Syrett
Costume Design : Nigel Martin
Lighting Design : Andy Peregrine
Sound Design : Colin Guthrie
Stage Manager : Margaret Ley
DSM : Moira McSperrin
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Performance Dates & Times :
Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th March at 7.30
Matinée Saturday 10th March at 4.00
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate
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Auditions are for Members only.
Click here for details.
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Audition Dates & Times :
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th November at 7.30 at the St Bride Institute (above the Bridewell Theatre), Bride Lane,
London EC4Y 8EQ.
There will be a read through of the play in December (date to be confirmed) and rehearsals will commence Monday 9th January.
The get-in will be on Monday 5th March and cast and crew will be needed all day on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th March for
technical and dress rehearsals.
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The Director writes :
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind,
a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel. The screenplay, you see, just does not work. So, what's an all powerful movie mogul to do?
While fending off the film's stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screen writer Ben Hecht
and pulls formidable director Victor Flaming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors,
closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labour over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the
blueprint for one to the most successful and beloved films of all time.
"A Hollywood dream-factory farce. At once a hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood
... just when you think it's all fun and games ... (Hutchinson) turns the tables. He has a gift for enveloping you in blackness, and
then, with a single line he also can lift the heavy cloud and get on with the hilarity ..." - The Chicago Sun Times
"Frankly, my dear, this is one funny play .. a rip-roaring farce (with) witty, pointed dialogue and hilarious situations." - The New York Daily News
The characters are :
David O. Selznick (40 - 50) : The Producer
Ben Hecht (40 - 50) : The Writer
Victor Fleming (40 - 50) : The Director
Miss Poppenghull (30 something) : The Secretary, attractive and classy
Playing ages are guidelines only.
Please read the play before auditioning. Contact the Tower Office if you
would like a reading copy of the play.
If you are unable to attend auditions on the above dates or have any queries regarding this production please contact the Director,
Despina Sellar on 07761 614715
Production Team
If anyone would be interested in assisting/operating in a technical capacity in this production please contact the Director. |
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