Future productions

This is our production schedule for 2010. You can find out more about the productions by clicking on the links.

• 1 to 11 September 2010: The Three Musketeers adapted from the novel by Alexander Dumas, directed by Joy Hellyer
  Find out more about The Three Musketeers
• 3 to 13 November 2010: Silly Cow by Ben Elton, directed by Iona Anderson
  Find out more about Silly Cow or see below for audition information

Auditions

Silly Cow by Ben Elton

Directed by Iona Anderson

Season: 3-13 November 2010
Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, Toi Poneke/Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street
Auditions: 7 and 8 August, 10.30 am to 4 pm both days, Toi Poneke/Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street

Summary: Doris Wallis is a tabloid journalist who takes an indecent amount of pleasure in her work. 'I'm the nasty cow who slaughters the sacred cows' is her justification for what often becomes a heartless destruction of her subjects' acting reputations and careers. But, on the eve of what she plans to be a career coup of her own, the tables are turned.

Ben Elton's brilliant observational skills and wicked sense of humour come to the fore in this black, black comedy, one of those pieces where you find yourself wincing as you laugh. Silly Cow, featuring Dawn French in its extremely successful West End opening in 1999, was reviewed as 'crude, clever and killingly funny'.

Parts:

Doris Wallis: F, 30's to 40's - bold , brassy, blowsy and very, very ambitious. 'Economical with the truth'. Has skeletons in her closet, along with the handcuffs.
• Peggy: F, 30's - Doris's secretary/PA - competent, intelligent, acerbic, can 'freeze a man at twenty paces' and protects Doris as best she can... apparently.
• Sidney Skinner: M, 40's to 50's - Doris's prospective editor - slick and clever, can be venomous, especially with a few Scotches under his belt. Not known for his scruples.
• Douglas Robertson: M, late 50's to 60's - Doris's hardworking and honest accountant. Capable of a quiet, simmering anger and finds Doris's lifestyle somewhat confusing.
• Eduardo: M, early 20's - Doris's current toyboy. Good-looking, cocky and streetwise. Loves mirrors as much as he loves his drugs.

To book an audition time or for more information, call Iona on (04) 475 8434 or email her.