CALL TO AUDITION:

WIFE

by Samuel Adamson

“The truth is we have to give up parts of ourselves if we want to be with someone.”

A love-letter to the power of theatre, and a decade-hopping investigation into marriage, queerness and gender.

Daisy is at a crossroads. Her moral compass tells her to go one way, society the other. What she chooses to do next will have consequences not just for her and her husband, but for four couples over the next ninety years.

With Ibsen’s classic drama of marital discord, A Doll’s House, as its unifying device, the play ranges across the fifties, the eighties, the present and the future.

We meet intertwined characters, gay and straight, over generations, all invested in some way with the concept of ‘wife’, Ibsen’s rebellious Nora being the benchmark against which they judge themselves.

“Challenging and thought-provoking, brimming with pathos, politics and laugh-out-loud moments” Diva Magazine

CREATIVE TEAM & CREW
Director Darrin Redgate
Assistant Director Caroline George
Set Designer David Marshall-Martin
Lighting Designer Jay Murrin
Sound Designer Matthew Forbes
Costume Designers Aibhlinn Stokes & Burley Stokes
Dialect Coach Benjamin Purser

PERFORMANCE DATES
8 Oct – 2 Nov 2024

REHEARSALS
Rehearsals will commence Sun 25 Aug with a combination of weekend days & week evenings. Exact times and dates tbc, subject to cast availability.

ROLES AVAILABLE (actor cast will play all three roles)
Peter, Ivar at 58, and Landlord: Male late 50s, English accents.
Peter is an old English actor, protector and in love with his co-star Suzannah.
Ivar at 58 has lost his spark since his 20s, has settled for a less-than-ideal relationship, has worn himself out through life and lives with regret making the most of the world he currently inhabits.
The Landlord is the homophobic owner of a bar, uncomfortable with gay clientele in his establishment.

We very much encourage and welcome submissions from people who identify as First Nations, PoC, CaLD, queer and/or gender diverse.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION
It is essential to read the script BEFORE applying. There is a perusal copy of the script available for viewing here.

Email your EOI to wifent24@gmail.com with AUDITION in the subject line.

In your email, please:

Include an up-to-date headshot and CV.
Indicate if you are currently a New Theatre member.
Indicate if you are unable to audition in person – submission of self-tape or meeting via Zoom can be arranged.
Indicate your rehearsal availability (days and/or evenings).

PLEASE NOTE
New Theatre an amateur theatre company and a volunteer-based organisation. There is no for payment for this production.

If cast, you will be required to wash your own costumes and assist with production bump out.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Darrin Redgate is an actor and director who has run his own theatre company since 1993, producing theatre in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Boyslikeme Productions has primarily focused on bringing queer stories to the stage, his first production was Barry Lowe’s camp farce Seeing Things at the now defunct Edge Theatre in Newtown with his most recent being Cock by Mike Bartlett at Flightpath Theatre in May this year. In between there have been twelve other full productions and five rehearsed readings with several award nominations along the way. Darrin’s Director credits include: Retro Me (1997 Sydney), Seeing Things (2006 Sydney), Love Valour Compassion (2014 Melbourne), Still At Risk (2019 Sydney), Next Fall (2021 Adelaide), An Unseasonable Fall of Snow (2022 Adelaide), Cock (2022 Adelaide) and Cock (2024 Sydney).