THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE AUDITION NOTICE

The Lieutenant of Inishmore webTHE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
By Martin McDonagh

A staged, rehearsed reading as part of NT Ed 2017

“Mad Padraic” cares about one thing, and one thing only, and – despite his title as the lieutenant of Inishmore’s Irish National Liberation Army – it’s not the fight for Irish independence. It’s his cat.

When Padraic learns that ‘Wee Thomas’ has been killed, he rushes home to the island of Inishmore, much to the relief of the Belfast drug-pusher whose nipples he was about to remove.

As Padraic pursues revenge, bodies pile up in his wake. However, fierce though he may be, Padriac’s soft spot for ‘Wee Thomas’ is the Achilles’ heel his enemies are targeting.

This brazen and unapologetic farce combines comedy and violence in a dark and bloody portrait of internecine rivalries among terrorists for whom killing, torturing and bombing are just jobs. Northern and southern Irish accents required.

DIRECTOR
Mark G. Nagle

PERFORMANCES
Wednesday 29 March 11:30am and 7:30pm

REHEARSALS
First read Wednesday 22 March 6pm – 10pm (approx)
Sunday 26 March 10am – 3pm (TBC)
Monday 27 March 6pm – 10pm (approx)
Tuesday 28 March 6pm – 10pm (approx)

ROLES AVAILABLE
Padraic: (Male. Age: 20 – 25)
Davey: (Male. Age: 17)
Donny: (Male. Age: 45 – 50)
Mairead: (Female. Age: 16)
Christy: (Male. Age: 30 – 50)
Brendan: (Male. Age: 18 – 25)
Joey/James: (Male. Age: 18 – 25)

AUDITION DATES
Sunday 19 March 10am – 3pm
Monday 20 March 6pm – 10pm

TO BOOK AN AUDITION
It is essential that you read the play before submitting an Expression of Interest. To request a perusal copy of the script, please contact manager@newtheatre.org.au

Email your EOI to inishmore2017@gmail.com  with AUDITION in the subject line

Please include:

  • a current headshot and resume
  • the role/s you are interested in
  • your preferred audition time/date (no guarantees, but we will try to accommodate you)
  • state if you are a current New Theatre member

PLEASE NOTE
New Theatre is a volunteer-based organisation and there is no payment for this reading.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Mark spent his early years in community theatre and then trained at Theatre Nepean (performance & production). University productions include The Frogs (costume design), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (lighting design), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (assistant production manager), The Balcony (assistant director) and Glycerine Tears (director). Mark has travelled extensively throughout Europe and The Americas. He has held various theatre roles as stage manager, assistant director, production manager and designer in London, Sydney, Barcelona and Mexico City, in which city he tutored and directed English language students in Shakespeare at The British Council. While in Mexico, he worked as a voice over artist (English and Spanish) for the Unesco World History Project. Mark has also performed in Sydney and London: Volpone, Cloud Nine, The Bacchae, Mad Forest, Our Country’s Good, The Visit, Habeas Corpus, Richard III, Frankenstein, Northanger Abbey, The Philistines, and The Marriage of Bette & Boo at The Edinburgh Festival (1996)

Mark has studied directing at Nepean, Bondi Rock Surfers workshops and through NIDA OPEN program in 2012 & 2017. He has also performed and directed at the Sydney Short + Sweet Festival (2014 & 2015) and with Crash Test Drama. Mark directed Simpson, J. 202 at The Genesian Theatre for the 2015 ANZAC centenary. He is now preparing that play for a short season (late May) at Casula Powerhouse for schools/general audiences.

Previously for New Theatre, Mark has been assistant director on Dinkum Assorted in 2015, stage manager on Deborah Mulhall’s production of Britannia Waves The Rules (Sydney Fringe 2015) and Production Manager for The Cherry Orchard in 2016. He also directed the Australian premiere of Young Pretender as part of the 2016 Sydney Fringe Festival. Recently he was assistant director on Much Ado About Nothing at The Genesian Theatre.