AUDITIONS FOR LADIES DOWN UNDER

Oct 31, 2022


Following on from the great success this summer of Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington, we will be staging the sequel Ladies Down Under at the Broadbent Theatre from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th May 2023.

An audition will be held on Wednesday 9th November 2022 at St Mary le Wigford Church Hall, Lincoln LN5 7EQ.

Unusually for us, not all parts will be up for grabs. The original cast will be reprising their roles, but we need at least one more male actor to join them. The roles, which involving doubling, are:

Tom, a volunteer firefighter
Bill, a flight attendant
Ben, a flight attendant
Shane, a surfer
Danny, a traveller
Koala Bare, a drag queen
Bondi Bitch, a drag queen

An Australian accent will be required for most of these roles. There are no defined ages in the script, so come along and convince us that you have got what it takes!

If you would like more information or cannot make this audition, please email the director Su Toogood: stoogood1946@gmail.com.

Gaslight postponed

Oct 30, 2022

With regret we have had to postpone our upcoming production of Gaslight.

We had a short rehearsal timescale to begin with and Covid affected various members of the cast and crew, with the result that we lost three weeks from the rehearsal schedule.

Rather than go on stage undercooked we have postponed the production until 2nd to 4th March 2023. For more details and how to book tickets visit our Forthcoming Productions page.

Cast announced for Gaslight

Aug 19, 2022

Director Julia Ross has announced her cast for Gaslight, which will be on stage at the Broadbent Theatre in Wickenby at the end of October.

The cast is as follows:

Jack Manningham – Stephen Gillard

Bella Manningham – Laura Turner

Elizabeth, the housekeeper – Vicky Ashberry

Nancy, the parlour maid – Flo Harrison

Sergeant Rough – Jez Ashberry

Many thanks to everyone who attended the audition; it was very heartening to see such a lot of interest, and overall the standard was very high!

Auditions for Gaslight

Jul 25, 2022

Our next production will be Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton at the Broadbent Theatre in Wickenby in October.

An audition for this production will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 16th August at St Mary le Wigford Church Hall on
St Mary’s Street in Lincoln (LN5 7EQ) – next to the railway station.

Gaslight is a psychological thriller set in the late Victorian era. Characters are as follows:
 
Bella Manningham (F, mid 30s) 
Jack Manningham (M, mid 40s)
Sergeant Rough (M, 60s) 
Elizabeth, the housekeeper (F, 40s/50s)
Nancy, the parlour maid (F, 19)
 
Everyone is welcome to attend the audition whether you are a member of Common Ground Theatre Company or not. You might be vastly experienced or a complete novice!
 
If you have any questions please contact the director Julia Ross by emailing jlross51@gmail.com .

New committee elected

Jul 25, 2022

A new committee was elected at our annual meeting on 13th July 2022:

Chairman: Jez Ashberry
Secretary: Su Toogood
Treasurer: Fraya Grove
Technical: Kev Gillingham
Safeguarding & performing rights: Vicky Ashberry
Ordinary members: Tegh Ahuwalia, Anita Quigley.

Thanks to Elaine Howell who has stood down from the committee but is still involved in the company.