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Auditions: Leaves (Direct Approach)
June 14, 2023 - June 19, 2023
We’re delighted to announce that The Direct Approach is back for 2023! This time around we will be performing Natalie Roe’s Leaves, which will be directed by Josie Connor in the Black Swan pub in York.
Roles
- Ellen/Allan – late 30s, jaded, capable, sarcastic
- Joe/Jo – early 20s, enthusiastic, loves poetry
- Bryony/Bryan – 30s/40s, caring, talented, optimistic
- Martin/Martina – 50s/60s, bureaucratic, frustrated
- Voice of Computer, extremely perky
All characters are written to be gender-swapped if required.
Audition information
Venue: Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 1NX
Dates: Wednesday 14 and Monday 19 June
Time: 7.30pm – 9pm
To book your audition, please email directapproach22@gmail.com. Please specify what day you would like to audition, and what part/s you would be most interested in auditioning for. Auditions will be in 15 minute slots, so please also specify what time you would like to audition for (please note last available slot is 8.45pm). You will be asked to read an extract from the play; there’s no need to prepare anything, but if you would like to see the extract beforehand, please email directapproach22@gmail.com and we will happily send it to you.
If you would like to audition but cannot make the above dates, please email directapproach22@gmail.com and we will try to offer an alternative.
If you are successful in auditioning, please note that you will be required to join YSCP – annual membership is £15. Rehearsals will take place on weekday evenings, twice a week.
About the play
“The settlers won’t accept anything less than perfect. It has to be just as they remember it. Do it again.”
The not too distant future. Humanity has had to vacate Earth and start again on a less hospitable planet. A team is tasked with trying to recreate the seasons in order to keep people’s spirits up, but it’s not particularly easy…
Leaves is a gripping sci-fi thriller that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat and give you something to think about.
Performances
Monday 4 – Wednesday 6 September 2023 (evenings) at the Black Swan pub in York.