Upstart Theatre Company
Open call for auditions
6th February and 7th February
Venue: St Vincents Secondary School
Time: Every hour on the hour, last workshop at 5pm.
Workshop duration: 1 hour
Following the spectacular success of Upstart Theatre Company’s productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Animal Farm, we are excited to announce auditions for our upcoming production of Macbeth. The show is to be performed in the Tain Theatre in mid-spring and will be an innovative and physical take on Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.
Auditions are being held in St. Vincents Secondary school, Mill Road, Dundalk on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of February. Audition scripts available to download here:
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Porter
We are looking for a wide age range of actors, from 15 years old upwards, so age is no barrier. Similarly no previous experience is necessary.
Please note that auditions will take place in a one hour workshop format.
The workshops will be facilitated by Conor Honan and Anna Simpson. Conor is an established actor and co-founder of Upstart Theatre Company. His acting credits include Messiah in the Project Theatre Dublin, Hora Prima’s production of Purple Path to the Poppy Field and Fionn MacCumhaill in the New Vision Festival, St Petersburg, Russia. Anna is an award-winning director/actor, and her most recent production was an adaptation of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas. She has worked with a number of theatre companies across Europe including England, Ireland, Barcelona and St. Petersburg, Russia. Companies she has worked with include LiveStages Theatre, Hora Prima, Connected Theatre and Glasthule Opera Society. Acting credits include the Fool in King Lear, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex and Lady Teazle in Sheridan’s School for Scandal.
Workshops will run form 12pm on the hour every hour till 5pm. Participants are asked to have a short speech from Macbeth prepared (a selection of speeches are available from the Arts Office, Town Hall, Dundalk). Comfortable clothing recommended. Please e-mail the address or ring the number given to book which workshop time slot you would like.
Join us for an exciting, fun workshop experience with a difference: Whether you’re a potential power-hungry Lady Macbeth, Wicked Witch or Murderer Number One, we look forward to working with all interested parties in the workshops.
For further information and to book a workshop slot please contact:
upstarttheatre@fastmail.fm
or Conor at 087 270 8906.
Directors and actors alike are constantly seeking the thrill of a creative challenge within which to immerse themselves and ultimately overcome. It is through this process that they may not only progress as artists but produce theatre that inspires and entertains an audience in equal measure.
Upstart, founded in 2008, was created to allow its players to have control over their theatrical destiny by allowing them the forum to generate their own creative challenges, rather than relying on others to provide them.
The core values of Upstart are:
Physical experimentation – to reclaim the actor’s body and utilize its power in performance
Innovation – to make use of unusual settings, costumes, staging, styles etc. to challenge both players and the audience
Play – to shatter inhibitions, unleash the imagination, and revel in the joy of performing
Ensemble – to draw on the power of the collective, on the talents of everyone involved, elevating them from interpretive artists to artists in their own right, with true ownership of the work they produce
By staying true to these values we hope to create theatre that is enjoyable and challenging for both audience and players and transcends the classic social boundaries such as language, age and class.
