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AUDITIONS

Villanova Players welcomes the participation of any and all members of our community. We encourage people from marginalised groups and with diverse backgrounds, abilties and experience to apply.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

by

Director

Leo Bradley

Saturday 9 August 2025

Various Sessions - 10:00 am - 5:00pm

The Hut - Jean Howie Drive, Balmoral Park, Morningside

PERFORMANCE DATES: 

REHEARSALS: 

7th to 16th November 2025

Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 9:30pm , Sundays 11:00am - 4:30pm

Shakespeare's much-loved comedy.
Love and magic collide when four lovers and a group of actors enter a fairy-filled forest.
Chaos, spells, and mistaken identities will have you laughing as mischievous fairies meddle with fate.
Will love survive the enchantment?

This production will draw on the theme of a Dream – there will be happy dreams, and some nightmare moments. It will be a very active production. The action, dances and fight scenes will be carefully choregraphed but energetic. There is a lot of running around, chasing and being chased.
The forest will be created by the actors, using their costumes, bodies and props – and will use elements found in everyone’s bedroom. Yes there will be pillow fights! Running on mattresses, dressing in sheets and hiding under doonas.
The magic love-juice which causes many misunderstandings and misadventures will feature prominently.
And there may be a bit of ethnic dancing and Eurovision music … just so you are warned.

ROLES AVAILABLE

There are four main groups of characters. They often have scenes separately but then start to collide with each other and all end up in the final scenes. 

The Groups are

The Lovers

Hermia, young woman in love with Lysander but her family want her to marry someone else
Lysander, young man in love with Hermia, plans to elope with her
Helena, young woman best friend of Hermia, in love with Demetrius
Demetrius, young man who was in love with Helena but drops her for Hermia


The Court

Theseus, Duke of Athens
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons
Egeus, father to Hermia
Philostrate, master of the revels


Six Mechanicals

Nick Bottom, weaver
Peter Quince, carpenter
Francis Flute, bellows-mender
Tom Snout, tinker
Snug, joiner
Robin Starveling, tailor


Supernaturals- Fairies, Elves and Orcs

Oberon, King of the Fairies
Titania, Queen of the Fairies
Puck or Robin Goodfellow, Oberon’s servant
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed
Other servants

FOR MORE INFO:

Leo 0428 867 994

Let us know you're interested by completing the Expression of Interest above, even if you can't make it to the audition and booking an Audition Time

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