Casting Call: we're looking for two young actors for our youth grows in a wasteland

We’re looking to work with two young actors on our new small-scale audio project, our youth grows in a wasteland.

We’re looking for:

  • two young actors aged 18-21

  • Stoke-on-Trent or Staffordshire based

  • newly arriving - trained, or untrained if you have relevant performance experience.

  • With a local accent or confident delivering a local accent

  • Strong voice work and text skills

  • We are particularly interested in working with actors from under-represented backgrounds. Please let us know in your application if this applies to you.

About the project:

our youth grows in a wasteland is a small-scale audio project, featuring three short (5-10 mins) audio dramas inspired by young people’s experiences in outdoor spaces in Stoke-on-Trent. The pieces will be written by Potboiler in response to conversations with young people. They will be set in Hanley Park and audiences will be encouraged to listen to them onsite from September 2020. Two will be fictionalised and performed by actors, the third will be a verbatim piece by a local young person.

We understand the current circumstances have proved particularly challenging for young actors and those graduating and want to offer this opportunity as a chance to gain a first professional credit.

Timeframe:

  • Apply by Friday 7 August

  • Role cast and applicants notified by Tuesday 11 August

  • 1.5 days including online rehearsal and recording onsite in Hanley Park w/c 24 August (dates tbc). We would need you to be as flexible as possible during this week.

Production will be a mixture of online rehearsals and recording on-site in Hanley Park. Recording will be delivered safely and in compliance with social distancing requirements.

Fee:

In line with our company rate the total fee will be £200.00 inclusive of all expenses. The working time will be approx. 1.5 days.

Apply:

Please submit the following via email to potboilertheatre@gmail.com with "“Wasteland Casting” in the subject heading. Please submit by end of play on Friday 7 August:

  • Link to Spotlight profile or CV of relevant performance experience

  • Link to showreel - ideally including audio work as well as video

  • Contact details

  • A few words on why you are interested in working on the project

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Kat B and Kat H

Kat Hughes