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The Sewell Barn Company
Auditioning for the Sewell Barn
Audition notice: Love Love Love by Mike Bartlett
In October 2021, we plan to launch what we hope will be our first full season since 2018/19 with this sharply satirical tragicomedy which is both incredibly funny and squirmingly real.
‘The personal is political’ started out as a feminist rallying call in the 1960s but became a defining slogan for an entire generation. Mike Bartlett’s 2010 drama Love, Love, Love sets out in this era of free-
The pair meet, get married, have children, divorce and settle into retirement over the course of the play. We follow their trajectory in three acts that take place in 1967, 1990 and 2011, each capturing a specific moment in family life and British politics.
Clare Williamson will be directing and she writes, “I am very excited to be directing this ferociously sharp satire. As a baby boomer myself it has succeeded in making me question both the ways in which the ideals of the 60s have impacted on the following fifty years and my parenting skills!
The play has a cast of five, one of whom is only present in Act One. The four other actors need to be versatile enough to age throughout the play. The dialogue is fast, furious and witty. I look forward to seeing Barn regulars and newcomers at auditions."
The cast is as follows:
Kenneth – 19 year old Oxford student in Act 1; aged 42 married to Sandra in Act 2; 63 and divorced in Act 3
Sandra -
Note – for Kenneth and Sandra, I’m looking for actors aged between 50 – 70
Henry – Kenneth’s brother. Appears in Act 1 only. Aged 24 but I’ll be looking for an actor aged between 50 -
Rosie -
Note – for Jamie and Rosie I’ll be looking for actors aged between 25 -
Performance dates will be 14–16 October & 20–23 October 2021 with a matinee on the final Saturday. Rehearsals will start week beginning 30 August.
Auditions will be held on Sunday 11 July at 7:00pm and Wed 14 July also at 7:00pm. If any interested actors are unable to make either of those dates, we will do our best to arrange an alternative.
If you’d like to audition, please email cwilliamson197@gmail.com and you’ll be sent full details of the audition pieces.