A huge progression, and one that has left us three both emotionally drained and hugely excited. With a total of 70+ auditions, cutting it down first to thirty callbacks, and then to eight choices was no mean fete. Each of us agreed that we easily could have cast at least three separate plays of a decent quality without much trouble.
The auditions themselves took a simple shape. After introductions, we split the dauntingly large group into two more manageable ones and played a couple of 'drama games'. Call them childish, call them done-to-death, but they broke the ice and gave everyone a chance to warm up. We then handed out scripts and designated temporary characters to each person, before sending them away to practice their scenes.
The range of acting styles was brilliant, and transformed the scenes in ways we never even considered. From the hilarious to the offbeat to the occasionally moving, each group brought us something new which left us note-scrawling frantically from the moment they left and the door shut behind them.
Callbacks took a similar structure, but with a couple of games of improvisation to get things moving before the auditions themselves. With less people to audition and us three even more keen to see what range the actors possessed, each group was given more time to go through and repeat their scenes. Consequently, we took AGES. And to those of you who auditioned who are reading this, we apologise and thank-you for sticking it out!
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| directors Daisy and Bea exhausted after a long day of callbacks... |
And, after a lot of praising, arguing, defending and stressing, we came to our amazing final eight:
NICK BECHAM as Chadwicke Meade
ANNA DISKI as Lilly Cahill
JO LANGDON as Tanya Gleason
DYLAN MARSH as William Carlisle
DAVE REESON as Dr Richard Harvey
JACK BAXTER as Bennett Francis
BEN NORTHFIELD as Nicholas Chatman
LILY HALL as Cissy Franks
It's been exhausting but we cannot wait to get started.
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