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MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE:
www.playhousewhitstable.co.uk/auditions
Key Dates
Information Evening: Monday 26th May 2025, 7.30pm, in the Playhouse bar
Auditions: Friday 13th June 2025, 7.30pm, in the Playhouse bar
Performances: Wednesday 8th October 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
Entrance to the Playhouse for the audition and info evening is via the back gate (next to the red stage door) in Middle Wall at 7pm.
Plot Summary
This triple bill of one act, Agatha Christie, mystery thrillers, combines; The Rats (directed by Gemma Conway), a dark and chilling tale in which a pair of adulterous lovers find themselves lured to a flat, trapped like rats and gradually discovering they are in way over their heads. The Patient (directed by Will Cooper), a tense thriller in which a woman, after seemingly falling from her balcony, has been hospitalized and is being visited by her family …. and the police. And, finally, The Wasp's Nest (directed by Amy Harrington), which sees Hercule Poirot’s attempt to come between a bitter triangle of lovers, and prevent a sinister murder from taking place. This is also the order in which the plays will take place on the performance evenings.
Information Evening
The information evening will be your chance to find out more about the production; including the directors’ concepts, set design, how the logistics of the performance evenings will go ahead, the rehearsal process, and a refresher about how the auditions are going to work.
Auditions
The audition will be held in front of a panel of all three directors, and it will be done in an “in the round” style in the Lindley Room (Bar) in front of the other auditionees. The plays will be auditioned in the order of The Rats, The Wasp’s Nest, and finally The Patient. Due to the rehearsal schedule, no performer can be in more than one of the three plays.
Script Availability
Scripts are available from Dan Coles (Production Co-ordinator):
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