Directed By Garry Thomas

Auditions Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July.

Be My Baby, on stage from 2 - 12 October. The Guardian said "If this play was a person, you'd want to hold it and hug it". Returning to the Christchurch stage for the first time in over a decade, grab your audition time HERE: https://tinyurl.com/y66pk3a3

Directed by Libby Wilson.

Auditions Saturday 8th June. On stage 8th - 17th August. Grab your audition time for hilarious comedy! Full details and booking form HERE: https://tinyurl.com/y3dmespx

Audition time! We've got the plays locked in for ARRAY '19 (Elmwood Players' season of short plays and music) and now all we need is you! Book your time here:
https://goo.gl/forms/ifiM2WcbMu4P5FPH3

Registrations are now officially open for Calendar Girls Auditions. You can find additional information, and the booking form for an audition HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/5eCfNplUxTFxZuNb2

Elmwood Players' Kidz Theatre

Auditions Saturday 27 / Sunday 28 October (By appointment)

Elmwood Players’ Kidz Theatre returns in January with this loosely adapted take on the classic children’s tale of a gallant but slightly pompous Prince and his quest to rescue a fiery young girl with really, really, really long hair.

Further information and/or to book an audition time, contact Steve on 021 2322453

Adult cast required:
Rapunzel – A girl with really, really, really long hair
Prince Roderick – Brave but somewhat pompous
Sam – Prince’s Servant, the brains behind the Prince
*James – Rapunzel’s father
Grundelin – The evil witch
O’Malley – A woodsman; Grundelin’s henchman
*# Landlord – Of the Black Swamp Inn
Titania – A Good Fairy, slightly absent-minded, hippy-ish
Obron – A sharp thinking Forest Elf
Sholby – A not so bright Forest Elf
* can be doubled up
# or Landlord can be male or female
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Performance dates:

• Saturday 19th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Sunday 20th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Saturday 26th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Sunday 27th January 2019, 11am

Elmwood Players is proud to announce our first production of 2019 will be "RAPUNZEL" directed by Steve Millar.

​Auditions 27 October (further details closer to the time).

Performance dates:

• Saturday 19th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Sunday 20th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Saturday 26th January 2019, 11am & 2pm
• Sunday 27th January 2019, 11am

We are pleased to announce the cast for Elmwood's 70th anniversary production "Breath of Spring" by Peter Coke (on stage 3rd - 13th October 2018). Thank you to everyone who auditioned.

Nan - Melanie Turner
Brigadier - Ian Lester
Lilly - Libby Wilson
Alice - Jane Rollings
Dame Bee - Joanna Browne
Hattie - Leeann Apps
Det Sgt Pape - Scott Morrow
PC Kemp - Ray Mainprize

Director: Steve Millar
Prdn Mgr: Garry Thomas
Stage Manager: Sonya Cameron
Technical: TBA
Properties: Sonya Cameron
Costumes: TBA

“BREATH OF SPRING”
By Peter Coke | Directed by Steve Millar

Saturday 28 July, by appointment

On stage this October

3 Males / 5 Females

For further info or to book an audition time, contact Steve: 021 2322453

Characters:

• Nan (F) – Middle age. Singing teacher.
• Brigadier (M) – Middle age. Former army officer.
• Lily (F) – Young woman. Cockney housekeeper. Has a criminal past.
• Alice (F) – Middle age. Lady Miller. Upper class. Elegant but poor.
• Bee (F) – Middle age. Dame Beatrice Appleby. Eccentric in manner and clothes.
• Hattie (F) – Can be any age. Small, thin, untidy and birdlike.
• Detective Sergeant Pape (M) – Young man. Police officer.
• Police Constable Kemp (M) – Can be any age. A dour looking policeman.

Peter Coke’s play, “Breath of Spring” was a big hit when it was originally released, and was quickly adapted into the 1960 film, “Make Mine Mink”, which starred several great British actors, including Terry Thomas, Hattie Jacques, and a young Billie Whitelaw as the maid.

The title of this play may seem odd at first, but “Breath of Spring” was the name given to a naturally pale blue coloured, quite rare mink pelt, used in very expensive and exclusive clothing.

Dame Beatrice Appleby is a generous soul, but her money has run low and she has taken in paying guests, a rather disparate group, and Lily the maid, who is a reformed thief who has ‘done time’ in prison. Grateful for the chance that she has been given by Lady Beatrice, Lily presents her with a fur, opportunistically stolen from the neighbouring flat.

​The group put aside their differences and pull together to return the fur before it is missed. The excitement gets to all of them and they decide to steal furs to raise money to help those in need. Detective Sergeant Pape and P. C. Kemp turn up, and all Hell breaks loose as the gang try desperately to cover up every trace of their illegal activities …

AUDITIONS: Saturday 16 June (by appointment)

Elmwood Players return with a four night season of NZ short plays, on stage Weds 8 through to Sat 11 August.

Please note: These plays will not be entered in this year’s Theatre NZ Play Festival, and will only be performed at Elmwood.

“The Wonderful Miss Ward”
by Andrea Quinlan
Directed by Andrea Quinlan and Phil Dean

Cast: 1F (18 to 30)

Monologue. If you visit the Carnie Hill Goldfields historic park you may meet dancer Arabella Ward. Is she an actor in the living history theatre or is she someone who has a much deeper link to the area's history?

“Portraits”
by Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt
Directed by Susan Cameron

Cast: 2M 2F

Drama: Portraits tells of the rape and murder of a teenage girl in a small community. The play casts light on the family on both sides of the crime. This is the next play in the Verbatim series.

“The Fraud”
by Neil Troost
Directed by Libby Wilson

Cast: 1M (any age, at least 10ys younger than F) 1F (elderly – can be aged up)

Comedy: An antique dealer keen to own the find of his career at all cost, or preferably no cost. An elderly woman abandoned by her family and eager for company. A statuette that’s been in her family for years.

“Deadly Closure”
by Richard C Harris
Directed by Genna Kate Ryan and Garry Thomas

Cast: 1M (30+) 2F (1 x late 20’s early 30’s, 1 x 30+)

Thriller. On being accused of possession of a class A drug Tina is afraid that the news could exacerbate her father’s critical illness. So, when she is blackmailed she turns to a recent new friend for help. Together they hatch a scheme to get Tina off the hook and find closure. A closure that turns very deadly indeed.

Contact Gaz for more information and/or audition time. [email protected] or 021 453138