Gas Light
By Patrick Hamilton
An Amateur Production by Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical, on behalf of Sandgate Theatre Inc – Directed by Catherine Radbourne
Gas Light is a 1935 thriller play, set in 1880s London, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. Hamilton’s play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in order to steal from her.
Audition Details
Auditions will be approximately 1 hour and held at the Sandgate Town Hall (Cliff and Seymour Streets, Sandgate, QLD) on Wednesday 28th August from 6:30-9:30pm & Sunday 1st September from 1-4pm, 2024.
There are opportunities for people of all genders, abilities, backgrounds and ethnicities.
Each audition will be in groups with up to 6 people per slot. Please add your name and contact details to the spreadsheet.
Audition Requirements
Please wear comfortable clothing that you can easily move in.
Please prepare a 1–2-minute monologue of your choice. Please don’t prepare a monologue from the play Gas light.
Cold Reads will also be performed on the day.
The play is set in London and Mr and Mrs Manningham must have British accents (Received pronunciation e.g. Princess Catherine). It is preferable that the other characters have British accents, but they can be regional.
Rehearsal and Performance Season
There will be 3 rehearsals a week – Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons or evenings (times vary – see schedule below). Some days may change due to venue availability (see schedule below)
Rehearsals will start on Wednesday 4th September and performances are the evenings of November 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16
Technical rehearsal will Saturday 26th October from 2-10pm and Full-Dress rehearsal is Sunday 27th October from 6-10pm and another on Wednesday 30th October.
Rehearsals will be at the:
Sandgate Town Hall, Cliff and, Seymour St, Sandgate QLD 4017
Banyo Library, 284 St Vincents Road, Banyo, QLD, 4014
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Cast:
MR. MANNINGHAM: tall and good-looking, aged 40s or 50s. He is heavily moustached and bearded and perhaps a little too well dressed. His manner is suave and authoritative, with a touch of mystery and bitterness.
MRS. MANNINGHAM: aged 30s or 40s. She has been good-looking, almost a beauty – but now she has a haggard, wan, frightened air, with rings under her eyes, which tell of sleepless nights and worse.
ELIZABETH: a stout, amiable, subservient woman of 50+.
NANCY: a precocious, pretty, cheeky girl of 19-25.
ROUGH: former police detective; middle-aged or older, greying, short, wiry, active, brusque, friendly, overbearing. He has a low, warm chuckle and completely dominates the scene from the beginning.
Please note that you must join Sandgate Theatre Inc. if you are cast in the play. Membership is $25/year on a pro rata basis.
Full details including the rehearsal and performance schedule are available at this link.