Auditions for Ladies' Day

Thursday 23rd & Tuesday 28th January 2025

Audition Info

Thursday 23rd & Tuesday 28th January 2025
8pm, The Green Room at the Hall
(please enter via the side gate and head for the Green Room out the back)

Our auditions are an informal affair, you'll be asked to read for any of the roles you are interested in with the rest of the group playing the other roles. You are welcome to audition for as many roles as you would like to be considered for.

As always, if you are unable to attend the auditions but would like to be considered for a role please get in touch! Contact Linda on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You don't need to attend both auditions, but you're welcome to come along for both. As we always like to turn any audition into an excuse for a social and will be heading to the pub afterwards.

Rehearsals will start in early February and will most likely be on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8pm - though this sometimes changes due to cast availability.

The Play

We will be performing Ladies' Day by Amanda Whittington.

Synopsis

Ladies' Day is a comedy/drama about four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day trip to the races.

Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York. Out go the hairnets, overalls and wellies as the four ditch work, do themselves up to the nines and head off to the races for a drink, a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds, they could hit the jackpot - and more besides...

Character details

There are 4 main characters:

• Pearl (fifties)
• Jan (forties/fifties)
• Shelley (mid twenties upwards)
• Linda (mid twenties- early thirties

All fish packers from Hull

We can be a bit flexible with ages, but Pearl needs to be around retirement age and Linda needs to be younger.

Ideally all ladies will have Hull (or at least Yorkshire) accents.

There are six male parts which could all be played by the same actor or we can divide them up between several people.

• Joe the ladies’ supervisor
• Fred a ticket tout
• Jim McCormack a TV pundit
• Patrick an Irish jockey
• Kevin a gambler
• Barry a bookie

Joe should have a Hull/Yorkshire accent and Patrick should be Irish but the others not specific .

We have got scope to have a few non speaking parts (male or female) for passing race goers/bar staff etc if anyone would like to be on stage in a non speaking role.

The performances and other important dates

You'll need to be able to make all of the dates below to be able to audition:

Saturday 5th April - Set build - all day
Sunday 6th April - Tech & Dress
Tuesday 8th April - Dress rehearsal - arrive at 7pm
10th, 11th, 12th April - Performances - arrive at 7pm
Sunday 13th April - Set strike - 10am

If you have any questions about auditioning please contact Linda on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or if you'd like to find out more about joining ATG please contact our members officer Nicky at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

We look forward to seeing you at auditions.

Article posted January 2025.