Unfortunately, Lindesay is no longer able to be in the production - this is due to some financial/agent issues, and she was very kind and professional about it, even offering to pay for her costume.

I've offered the part to Mona Goodwin, who was spectacular at her audition, but she won't be able to let us know for four weeks, while she gets HER ( Read more... )

Alexander photoshoot!

We had to organise the whole thing on two days' notice, because Scott is going out of town for a three-month tour of, believe it or not, the "Thomas the Tank Engine" live show (he's on the crew, not in the cast) and our publicity deadline is in April, so we needed the Alexander/Hephaistion pictures before then.

I'd decided I ( Read more... )

I cast a girl as Philotas.  Because she was talented and cool and enthusiastic and read four different roles really well and I really wanted to use her in something.  Philotas has to be both an outsider and a traitor, a hanger-on and a rebel, and has some very cool dramatic moments with Cassander during his trial.

This is Constance Dalrymple, who'll ( Read more... )

We now have a Ptolemy.


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A story from an auditionee.

I'll paraphrase.

"I was on the Tube on the way over here, going over the audition piece.  This elderly bloke is sitting next to me.

'Are you on your way to an audition?' he asks, in a refined tone of voice.

'Yes,' I reply.

'What for?' he asks.

'A play about Alexander the Great.'

'Oh,' he says, and then pauses.  'I was in the ( Read more... )

I've cast three roles and had them accepted and offered two more.

I've also had an offer from a venue - but only for the first week.  So it's possible we may only be up there until the 8th of August rather than the 16th, or that we may be in two different venues for the two weeks.

So ... it's time to meet the cast!

First up, we have Ben Reeves as ( Read more... )

That post name is based on real mispronunciations I've heard in auditions.  The actors didn't seem to notice the mispronunciations or attempt to correct them.

(note: it was supposed to be "Persian" and "shucking") .

I've been blogging about Alexander a lot over on the regular blog, so I'll copy and paste the relevant bits here.

AUDITIONS AND MONEY:

But ( Read more... )

(only fans of Mets radio broadcasts in the 1970's will get the subject line, but that's okay - I thrive on being endearingly obscure and mysterious ( Read more... )