OPEN THEATRE AUDITIONS: ALL ROLES: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
/DEVON/ ANY GENDER OR ETHNICITY/
Download all audition information and sides at https://www.southdevonplayers.com/auditions.html
- Roles open for actors aged 16 to the Skys the limit.
- Most roles in our staging of this play are not bound by gender; we are looking for the strongest actor for each roles.
- Any ethnicity/ experience level equally welcome. What we are looking for are great performance skills, pleasant friendly teamwork, and the desire to be an active part of a really excellent quality show.
- The show is a period drama set in 1792-3, as a lively period drama. The show is suitable for all audiences .
- if you cannot make auditions Jan 25th please contact us to arrange an audition over the two weeks before.
- Actors should be based in, or have a base in, Devon because of attending rehearsals and performances. Sorry none of us who are regulars with the theatre team are in a financial or housing position to be able to put people up from further afield.
- Our show teams are diverse in terms of age, experience, ethnicity and we usually have several neurodivergent team members - everyone coming on board should be willing to work as a part of a diverse group of people.
- the show is profitshare for funding reasons. We cover rehearsal space/ costumes/ insurance etc by selling second hand bits on eBay and handmade jewellery in a couple of local shops. This is on an open book process where ticket sales reports and any venue costs are shown upfront for perusal, and the ticket profits are shared equally between each person in the show team. Sadly we cannot guarantee how much this is as it can very widely as is dependant on ticket sales . We constantly do our best to apply for funding to bring everyone up to equity rates but this cant be guaranteed and we don’t believe in promising what we can’t deliver.
- ALL cast and crew also are given access to portfolio photos and show video, copies of any press or promotional content featuring themselves, references on request (after completion of their first show run with us), and anything else that we find we can offer. Our show credits are usually spotlight eligible, so we are very pleased to confirm your role via Spotlight's paperwork, if you need this credit towards registering on Spotlight.
- and - in answer to a common question we get: nobody is ever charged anything to audition or perform with us.
Do please drop us a line on [email protected] with any questions not answered here or in the downloadable audition resources. We strongly encourage that you look at our website and social media to see all about us, prior to auditioning.
About The Scarlet Pimpernel:
In 1792, at the height of the French Revolution, in Paris, aristocrats destined for the Guillotine, begin to be
rescued, by a mysterious figure, who always eludes capture. This rescuer can never be found or identified,
except by little slips of paper featuring the image of a small English flower. Meanwhile, in London, Sir
Percy Blakeney; who is widely known to be the leader of London fashion, and a carefree, whimsical fop,
marries Marguerite, a beautiful, intelligent French actress and friend of the revolutionary government in
France, while Citizen Chauvelin, an agent of the French government, arrives in London, seeking the identity
of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel.
An engaging drama of disguise, adventure, and conspiracy set between London and Paris, during the
height of the French Revolution in 1792. Combining drama and humour, this is a production of pure
escapism and suspense.
Download audition details and sides at https://www.southdevonplayers.com/auditions.html