Amadeus

I looked on astounded as from his ordinary life he made his art. We were both ordinary men, he and I. Yet from the ordinary he created Legends - and I from Legends created only the ordinary!

In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realise his sole ambition, to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri’s envious grasp: genius.

A fictionalized account of the relationship between these two real life composers, Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus takes us on a wild ride through the trials and tribulations of genius, jealousy and revenge.

AUDITION DATES

Pre-audition workshop: evening of Thursday 7 July
First round auditions: daytime of Saturday 16 July; evenings of Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 July
Recalls: daytime of Saturday 30 July

The full audition notice will be released in due course. More information about all Sedos’ London auditions is available here.

Amadeus plays at the Bridewell Theatre from 23 November-3 December 2022.

Peter Shaffer's greatest play