Actors (and backstage crew) are needed for our next show. There are outline details below and we invite anyone interested to come along to our launch event on June 9th.
Our November 2027 show will be
Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
Five adult actors are needed to play all the roles in this fast moving, funny, seasonal play by multiple Tony and Oliver award winner Ken Ludwig.
There are multiple roles to chose from – 3f, 2m or vice-versa.
Read Through & Audition
There will be a show launch and audition on Tuesday 9th June 7:30pm, at Ditchling Village Hall.
Come along and try a role (or two) on for size!
This is an open audition and there is no need to register in advance, but if you would like to let us know that you plan to come (and which role or roles you would like to read) for, then please fill in the short form here.
(It will also save you filling in a paper slip on the night!)
You can read part of the script via this file on the Concord Theatricals website.
The Roles
Nine of the ten characters are played by four actors (doubling or trebling).
Overall we need 3 male and 2 female or vice versa
- EMILY — The unstoppable girl on a mission who refuses to let Santa off the hook. (Emily is 10 years old and played by an adult actor.)
- AMOS (the mouse/mice) — A hip-hop dancing, wisecracking mouse and his identical rather confused, but brave, twin! (can be played by either a female or a male.)
- CALLIOPE / BRITANNIA SNEED — The sharp, secretly heroic elf who becomes the gang’s unlikely secret agent / The just as dotty wife of Wendell Sneed.
- SIR GUY OF GISBOURNE/UNCLE BRIERLY — An OTT sword-wielding villain determined to ruin Christmas, / Emily’s warm and bumbling uncle
- MULCH / WENDELL SNEED / SANTA CLAUS — A loyal elf who keeps the workshop running / A clueless sidekick to Sir Guy / Just Santa – but Is he really in charge?
Whether you’re drawn to playing the determined heroine, a scene-stealing mouse with rhythm, a bumbling elf with hidden depths, or a swashbuckling villain, there are roles here to get your teeth into.