Auditions
Bloody Murder
By Ed Sala
Directed by Michael Heming
Season: 28th October - 2nd December 2017
Preview night 27th October
Friday and Saturday nights at 7.30pm
Sunday matinée at 4.30pm
Synopsis
A comedic twist on the murder mystery genre! Six guests have been invited to a soiree at the isolated country estate of the elderly Lady Somerset. When one of the guests is murdered before revealing a dark secret, Lady Somerset refuses to let her party be interrupted - even by the police! When the murderer strikes again, however, the remaining guests must work together to revenge themselves on someone who controls their lives - and deaths.
Script Reading
Date: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Time: 7pm
Venue: Genesian Theatre, 420 Kent Street, Sydney
Audition Information
Date: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2017
Times: By appointment
Venue: Genesian Theatre, 420 Kent Street, Sydney
Please email murder@genesiantheatre.com.au with headshot and CV to request an information pack and book an audition time.
List of Characters
(note, some roles will be doubled. Ages are indicative only.)
| Lady Somerset | Female, ages 60+ A woman of great wealth and social standing. Standard British accent. |
| Jane | Female, ages 50+ Lady Somerset's maid and head of staff. Standard British accent. Also plays the stranded Motorist and the Nun. |
| Emma Reese | Female, Late 20s-30s The far-too-innocent ingénue. Standard British accent. Also plays the Countess. |
| The Countess | Female, Late 20s-30s Quite strikingly well preserved. The femme fatale, a mystery woman who speaks with a strangely inconsistent, unidentifiable European accent. Also plays Emma Reese. |
| The Major | Male, ages 50+ Served with the military in India and constantly reminds everyone of it. Standard British accent. |
| Devon Tremaine | Male, ages 45-55 Formerly great tragic actor, now declining because of his fondness for single-malt Scotch. Standard British accent. Also plays Mr Woo and El Gato. |
| Charles Pomeroy | Male, ages 30-40 Her Ladyship's worthless nephew. Standard British accent. Also plays Chief Inspector Phelps. |
| Chief Inspector Phelps | Male, ages 40-50 The dim-witted policeman. 'Working class' British accent. Also plays Charles Pomeroy. |
| Mr Woo | Male, ages 45+ The mysterious foreign guest. Also plays Devon Tremaine and El Gato. |
| El Gato | Male, ages 45+ An international jewel thief, with a Spanish name and a French accent. Also plays Devon Tremaine and Mr Woo. |
| Motorist | Female, ages 45+ A rather bookish and mousy, middle-aged woman. Standard British accent. Also plays Jane and the Nun. |
| The Nun | Female, ages 45+ A Nun, collecting for the St. Finisius Children's Charity. Standard British accent. Also plays Jane and the Motorist. |