PLEASE NOTE: AUDITION APPOINTMENTS NEED TO BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE!!
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Directed by Steve Thompson
Performances dates: 9th – 14th March 2026
‘Titus’ is a play about two warring tribes: Romans and Goths. It’s brutal but it’s thrilling – an edge-of-your-seat revenge drama. This production will be updated to contemporary Britain – a blood-feud between two rival gangs. (One benefit of updating the show is that many of the leading roles can be played by either men or women.)
THE STORY: Titus returns from the war with the Tamora, the Queen of the Goths, and her children as his captives. Tamora’s eldest child is murdered by Titus’ sons as a sacrifice for the soldiers they have lost. The distraught Queen vows revenge on the whole family of Andronicus. Tamora’s two remaining sons, Chiron and Demetrius, avenge their mother by raping and mutilating Titus’ daughter, Lavinia. When Titus discovers he achieves his revenge in a spectacularly twisted fashion…
CAST (16 actors)
TITUS ANDRONICUS (m/f) – Roman General
MARCUS (m/f) – His brother (or sister)
LUCIUS (m/f) – His eldest child
LAVINA (f) – His daughter
MUTIUS, MARTIUS, QUINTUS (m/f) – His other children
YOUNG LUCIUS (m) – His grandson
SATURNINUS (m) – Emperor of Rome
BASSIANUS (m/f) – his younger sibling and rival
TAMORA (f) – Queen of the Goths
AARON (m) – her lover
DEMETRIUS, CHIRON (m) – her sons
ALARBUS (m/f) – her eldest child
A NURSE
Other roles will be doubled by members of the company
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