Auditions for The Winter's Tale
Join us for our highly anticipated 2025 outdoor production of The Winter’s Tale in the beautiful grounds of Canford School, Wimborne. This poignant tale weaves together themes of jealousy, redemption, and the transformative power of time, merging tragedy and comedy in a unique exploration of love and loss.
A 'Winter’s Tale' is a story told of fantasy, of ‘sprites and goblins’…………. This one, however, tells of a king, Leontes, who is stricken by sudden jealousy. Convinced that his best oldest friend, King Polixenes, has been having an affair with Leontes’ pregnant wife Queen Hermione, Leontes plots to have Polixenes killed and Hermione imprisoned - and once born Hermione’s child is to be taken away and abandoned!
This is perhaps the most popular ‘romantic adventure’ to emerge from Shakespeare’s quill – and it transitions from drama into more traditional comedy as it ages sixteen years from its dark beginnings in Sicilia to scenes of comic celebration and song in Bohemia, with the shepherds who adopt the baby found in the woods sixteen years before – where now the young Perdita has fallen for Polixenes son, Florizel…………
Whether you’re an experienced performer or just beginning your theatrical journey, we welcome your talent. Open auditions will take place on Thurs 23rd - Fri 24th January 2025, at The Centre, Ferndown, BH22 8XH.
If you can't make the open evening or audition dates but would still like to be considered for cast or crew, please contact [email protected]
Open Evening and Auditions
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th January 2025
The Centre, Barns Road, Ferndown, BH22 8XH
Audition Downloads
Before auditioning for a role please read the character descriptions and prepare the relevant audition pieces.
YOU SHOULD ALSO DOWNLOAD THE AUDITION INFORMATION SHEET BELOW FOR FULL INFORMATION
Open evening for crew
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th January 6pm - 9pm
Join the Backstage, Front of House, Costume, Props, Sound, Lighting or Set Building and Painting teams.
Come along at any time between 6pm and 9pm and have a chat with us. The Heads of Department will be there to meet you, answer any questions, give you a clearer idea of what is involved in each department, and will find out your special interests and experience.
TO SAVE TIME ON THE DAY, PLEASE FILL IN A SIGN UP FORM ONLINE IN ADVANCE.
If you have access to a Google / Gmail account
Crew Sign-up Form (with Google account)
If you DO NOT have access to a Google/Gmail account
Crew Sign-up Form (without Goolge account)
Auditions for cast
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th January 5:30pm - 9pm
To audition for a role in The Winter's Tale you should fill in a Cast Sign-up form and book an audition slot in advance. You can specify your preferred audition date and time on the form and you will then be allocated a slot. Please note - there are only a limited number of the pre-booked audition slots available
If you have access to a Google/Gmail account
Cast Sign-up Form (with Goolge account)
If you DO NOT have access to a Google/Gmail account
Cast Sign-up Form (without Google account)
Anyone turning up without pre-booking will be seen if a slot becomes available before 9pm. There may be some late availability at the end of the night.
Auditions for young male cast member (age 6 to 14)
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th January 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Email [email protected] to register
There is one role in The Winter's Tale for a young male actor (Mamillius). To audition for this role, you should fill in a Cast Sign-up form and book an audition slot in advance. Slots between 5:30pm - 6:15pm will be reserved for young actor auditions.
If you have access to a Google/Gmail account
Cast Sign-up Form (with Goolge account)
If you DO NOT have access to a Google/Gmail account
Cast Sign-up Form (without Google account)
Amazing dedicated and inspiring team to work with
It's just superb and quite unique