Save the dates for Assassins auditions! The full audition notice will be released very soon and the show plays 23-27 September at the Bridewell Theatre.
KEY DATES
Pre-audition workshop: evening of Thursday 1 May at The Boury Academy Studios near Vauxhall
Deadline for self-tape auditions (all roles): midnight on Sunday 25 May
First round dance call for those auditioning for dancing chorus only: evening of Tuesday 10 June at Wheatsheaf Hall near Vauxhall
Recalls (by invitation): daytimes of Sunday 15 June (balladeers and assassins) and Sunday 22 June (ensemble and dancing chorus) at St Gabriel’s Halls, Pimlico
Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday daytimes, 15 July onwards, mostly at Theatre Deli Leadenhall Studios
Do check out the notice once it’s released even if you know the show well – our concept includes extra parts open to female-presenting actors, non-traditional casting with virtually all roles open to actors of all ethnicities and a chorus for strong dancers as well as the traditional ensemble.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Assassins, by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical" that explores the dark side of the American experience.
The show combines Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing, and alarmingly funny, Assassins has never been more relevant in these turbulent political times.
Our version of Assassins takes us away from the traditional fairground setting and relocates us to an American political convention – AmeriCon. Political conventions are at their heart about being chosen and celebrated by the masses. They are opportunities for political and public figures to get up and pitch why you should choose them, to tell their story, to be the centre of attention for a primetime moment – essentially, why their way is right, and any other way is wrong. This is what our assassins crave, for people to understand and celebrate why they did what they did.
MORE AUDITIONS
All our current London auditions and other events.
