AUDITION FOR "THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE"

Audition specifications: All characters require an English (not Australian) accent. Each performer, apart from the Aslan puppeteers, will be given a 15-minute time slot. Please arrive early to fill in required paperwork and to familiarise yourself with the audition pages if you have not done so already.

Note for children auditioning: Auditions are in two rounds with the first being individual and if successful will be asked to attend a call back. It is from the callback the final casting for the children will take place. There will be two groups of children playing the four children, performing 5 performances each.

Synopsis: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is a stage adaptation of the book of the same name by C. S. Lewis, the first installment of The Chronicles of Narnia. The play follows four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who evacuate wartime London to stay in the countryside, where they find a wardrobe leading to the fantasy world of Narnia. They learn that their arrival was prophesied and they must rally its inhabitants under Aslan to defeat the forces of the White Witch.

Characters:
- Lucy (Age 12-15) - Female
- Edmund (Age 13-17) - Male
- Susan (Age 14-18) - Female
- Peter (Age 15-18) - Male
- White Witch - The evil snow “Queen” – 18+, Female
- Mrs Macready - Will also play the White Witch. 18+, Female
- Professor – 40+, Male
- Aslan (Actor role) – 40+, Male
- Aslan Puppeteers (x3) No dialogue. 18+
- Mr Tumnus – 18+, Male
- Mr Beaver - (Puppeteer role), 18+, Male
- Mrs Beaver - (Puppeteer role), 18+, Female
- Maugrim - (Puppeteer role), 18+, Male
- Dwarf – 18+, Any gender
- Father Christmas (Minor role), 40+, Male
- Ensemble - will play passengers, white witch army, faun guards, older Pevensie children as adults, stone statues.

To book an audition: please book your audition through Trybooking by visiting https://www.trybooking.com/CZWWP

For further information please contact director Jason Triggs 0497 159 474 or email amFzb24gISB0cmlnZ3MgISBtIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=

Rehearsals will be held at The Basin Theatre generally on Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7pm to 9pm and on Sundays 1pm to 5pm.

Performance dates: Thur 27 Nov - Sun 7 Dec 2025

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• This November, 27th November, 10:00 am, "The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis adapted Glyn Robbins & Directed by Jason Triggs in Bayswater

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