The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan, Directed by Lauren Milsom and Noel Harris

The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan, directed by Lauren Milsom and Noel Harris

(from the original motion picture screenplay by William Rose)

AUDITION NOTICE

Performance: Monday 25th February – Saturday 2nd March 2019

Rehearsals begin 5th November 2018 and will be mostly Mondays and Wednesdays with some Sundays towards the end of the schedule

Read through on Tuesday 25th September at 7.30

Auditions Sunday 7th October @ 6.30 pm and Monday 8th October @ 7.30 pm

Audition pieces available with Noises Off or on the website

Characters CONSTABLE MACDONALD (Kind, very patient Community Policeman. Any Age):

P2 (from “Mister Evans?”) to P4 (“Goodbye, Constable! Thank you again!”) P79 (“The ghost quad?”) to P80 (“Goodbye, Mrs Wilberforce! Always a pleasure!”) MRS LOUISA WILBERFORCE (Little Old Lady. Looks frail but is very tenacious with a strong sense of justice.): P5 (“Mrs Wilberforce?”) to P8 (“Oh yes!”) P44 (“I still don’t quite understand.”) to P46 (“And they shall have one!”) Both pieces feature both Mrs WIlberforce and Professor Marcus. MRS JANE TROMLEYTON (friend to Mrs Wilberforce. Similar age. Very small part): P50 to P51 PROFESSOR MARCUS (Criminal Mastermind. Quick witted. By turns charming and ruthless. The man with the plan. Ideally tall to accommodate visual gags with long scarf. Age 45+): P5 (“Mrs Wilberforce?”) to P8 (“Oh yes!”) P44 (“I still don’t quite understand.”) to P46 (“And they shall have one!”) Both pieces feature both Professor Marcus and Mrs Wilberforce. MAJOR COURTNEY (Ex Military Confidence trickster with cultured charm and secret transvestite tendencies. Age 50+): P58 (“Professor”) to P61 (“We may have been friends”) (Note: We will be ignoring the Prof Marcus/Louis part of this section for this audition piece). P29 (Music brings us back to Mrs Wilberforce’s sitting room) to P32 (“Look at the state of this place”) (With Harry & Louis)

HARRY ROBINSON (Wide boy/Spiv. Youngest member of Marcus’ gang with fondness for recreational drugs in tablet form and OCD cleaning habit (perhaps drug fuelled?) (Age 19-30): P29 (Music brings us back to Mrs Wilberforce’s sitting room) to P32 (“Look at the state of this place”) (With Major Courtney & Louis) P51 (“Harry, tell her your story”) to P52 (“... a little puppy…”) ONE-ROUND (Ex-Boxer. Big build, slow witted with heart of gold.): P65 (“No-one hurts Mrs Lopsided”) to P67 (“I certainly heard music”) P70 (“Ah, One-Round. Shall we away to the car?”) to P72 (“Cuz I really think I’m getting the hang of this.”) LOUIS HARVEY (Rumanian. Dangerous, experienced killer. Not much of a team player. Most ruthless and focussed member of the gang.): P29 (Music brings us back to Mrs Wilberforce’s sitting room) to P32 (“Look at the state of this place”) (With Major Courtney & Harry) P73 (“Bone to pick…”) to P75 (“Marcus, if I had any criticisms…”) Please also look at (for reading-in purposes): Mrs Wilberforce: P2-4, P51, P58-61 (upstairs only), P79-80 Professor Marcus: P16-18, P51, P65-67, P70-72, P73-75 Major Courtney: P16-18 Harry Robinson: P16-18, P51 One-Round: P16-18, P29-32 Louis Harvey: P16-18, P70-72