Theatre In The Square
Auditions
Francis Bacon
and the Ghost Chicken
of Highgate
A couple of years ago, we produced All Change, an entirely devised play which was performed to great acclaim at the NW7 Hub in Mill Hill.
We are doing this again: Rosie Fiore Burt will be leading and directing again, and this time, we’re starting with a fascinating story: that of Francis Bacon and the Ghost Chicken of Highgate. We’ll delve into history, learn some research skills, consider location, and see what we come up with!
The piece will be performed from 17-20 July at the United Reformed Church in Highgate, on Pond Square, so an absolutely perfect venue – right where the action happened.
If you’d like to be involved as a deviser/ writer and/ or performer, please message the group and I will respond. No experience necessary! Workshops/ rehearsals will begin in late April.
For more details and to sign up for the workshops, contact the group on info@theatreinthesquare.org
All’s Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
Robert Alderman will be directing
one of Shakespeare's lesser-known comedies for performance in late Autumn 2024 and is looking for an enthusiastic cast and crew to join him.
Rehearsals will be taking place during September/October/November 2024.
Cast: 5F 9M.
Helena, the daughter of a recently deceased physician and ward of Countess Rosillion, is in love with the countess's son Bertram, who is indifferent to her. She follows Bertram to Paris where he is to replace his late father as attendant to the ailing King of France. Helena offers to heal the King if she may choose a husband from the court. She is successful and chooses Bertram, who rejects her because of her low status. The King forces him to marry her, but Bertram immediately goes to war in Italy, saying that he will only return to her if she carries his child and wears his family ring.
In Italy, Bertram is a successful warrior and seducer. Helena follows him to Italy, befriends Diana, a maiden with whom Bertram is infatuated, and they arrange for Helena to take her place in bed. Diana obtains Bertram's ring in exchange for one of Helena's. In this way Helena, without Bertram's knowledge, consummates their marriage and wears his ring.
Meanwhile Bertram’s confident, Parolles, a boasting coward, is tricked into revealing his disloyalty to Bertram and gets his comeuppance.
Helena fakes her own death. Bertram, believing he is free of her, returns home. Diana arrives claiming Bertram has seduced her. Helena appears and explains the ring swap, announcing that she is pregnant with his child thus fulfilling Bertram's challenge; Bertram, impressed by her determination to win him, declares his love to her. Thus all ends well.
Read Through
Monday 20 May at 8pm
Auditions
Sunday 2 June at 6pm
Friday 7 June at 8pm
Sunday 9 June at 3pm
At East Finchley Methodist Church
For details contact the group on info@theatreinthesquare.org
General Auditions
As one of the options available to becoming a Full (acting) Member of the group, we hold General Auditions. These are held every other month (or as needed) by Zoom.
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Last updated: 15 April 2024