We are once again returning to the Royal Scots Club in August as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! We’re putting on a Double Bill of Georgia Smith’s Fools Errand and Noël Coward’s Still Life. The Double Bill is now live on the Fringe website and we’ll be performing from the 24th to 29th August at 7:30pm.

But first we need two casts, and that’s where you come in. We’ll be hosting auditions on 5th and 7th May, 7:30pm in the Club Rooms.

Fool’s Errand by Georgia Smith
Director: Georgia Smith
Synopsis: Fool’s Errand is a one-act play about a thief who breaks into a seemingly ordinary house, occupied only by a woman and her cat. Unbeknownst to him, she is a witch, and doesn’t take kindly to her belongings going missing. Determined to teach him a lesson, she enlists the help of her sharp-tongued cat and her strangely sentient home, turning his simple robbery into a night he won’t soon forget.

Characters:

• Nick - male, 20+

• Annie - female, 20+

• Cat - male or female age: timeless (20+)

Still Life by Noël Coward

Director: John Scott Moncrieff

Synopsis: The basis for the 1945 film Brief Encounter. Still Life follows the chance meeting and subsequent, doomed love affair of Laura Jesson and Dr. Alec Harvey, both married to others. Set in a railway station café, the play highlights the tension between romantic passion and duty, culminating in their bittersweet, forced separation.

Characters:

• 5 women, variety of ages

• 6 men, variety of ages

If you have any questions about the auditions please let us know.