UPCOMING AUDITIONS
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Audition Dates and Times:
Thursday Dec 11, 2025 - 6.30pm
Sunday Dec 14, 2025 - 4pm
Production Dates: 18-28 March 2026
If you are unavailable for this day please indicate on the audition registration form
Written by: Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Directed by: Toni Sullivan
Produced by: Centre Stage Taupō Inc
Production Managed by: Sharon Shanks
Synopsis:
Shakespeare may be turning in his grave, but the show that’s become a cult classic contains all 37 plays (plus sonnets) in just 97 minutes. As the comedies aren't anywhere near as funny as the tragedies, all sixteen have been condensed into Four Weddings and a Transvestite , the history plays are transformed into a game of American football, Othello is performed in rap and Titus Androncius becomes a TV cookery programme. For the finale, Hamlet is staged first as a psychological exploration of Hamlet’s Ego and Ophelia’s Id, then performed in a matter of minutes and, for the finale, performed backwards. It “appears” to be improvised (there are elements of improvisation in the audience participation interactions) but is in fact a well drilled performance. Using 3 actors to play all the characters using props, hats, jackets etc to differentiate between said characters.
Please contact Toni Sullivan with any questions: