Auditions for the comedy "Art"

Come and join us for our auditions for the award-winning comedy play Art, written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton.

Date Thursday 17 July
Time 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue The St Neots Conservative Club, 12 New Street,
St Neots PE19 1AE

Cast 3 men (any age)

The play will run on 26 and 27 September at the St Neots Conservative Club and rehearsals will be on Monday and Thursday evenings.

The story
Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. Marc hates it and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides.

If your friendship is based on tacit mutual agreement what happens when one person does something completely different and unexpected? The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?

Yasmina Reza's dazzling comedy received the Molière Award for Best Play, Best Production, and Best Author and ran for 18 months at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Paris, from October 1994.

Art, winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year, received its British premiere at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in October 1996. And in February 1998 it opened on Broadway at New York City's Royale Theatre where it ran for 600 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Play.

“Art not only brings to the stage a topical debate, it makes it invigorating, touching and finally disturbing. This dark comedy, translated from the French by Christopher Hampton in sparkling form, explores its themes through a rift between friends.” Sarah Hemming, Financial Times

“A remarkably wise, witty and intelligent comedy… Art has touched a universal nerve.” The Times

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