by William Shakespeare directed by Rob Jorritsma performed at The Phee Broadway Theatre May 18- June 3 Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm/Sundays at 2pm. Box Office opens 30mins before the show starts “Just saw, nay! – experienced As You Like It by The Castlemaine Theatre Company. It was brilliant! Flowing, effervescent, modern and accessible. If Read More
BLOOD WEDDING AUDITIONS
Saturday 4 August/Sunday 5 August 2018
For an appointment call Rob on 0428 379 879
Rehearsals starting 17 August, Tuesdays and Fridays 7 – 10pm
Performance Dates: Nov 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30 and December 1 and 2
Blood Wedding – one of Lorca’s famous rural tragedies
Another first for Castlemaine Theatre Company. This time we’re taking on one of the great plays in the history of theatre. Federico García Lorca (1898 – 1936) lived at a time when the art world was exploding in new directions. His friends included Salvador Dalí and film-maker Luis Buñuel. The composers Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg were his contemporaries.
Blood Wedding is a tragedy about a young woman and two men fighting for her love. The Bride is in love with Leonardo, but their families do not get along, so Leonardo marries another woman. The Bride has been promised to another man, whom she doesn’t love, but will marry to appease her family.
Although Leonardo is already married, he confesses to the Bride that he is still in love with her. At first she tells him to be silent, but then confesses that she still loves him too.
Despite these revelations, she goes ahead with her marriage to the other man, but on the night of the wedding reception, she elopes with Leonardo. When their disappearance is discovered, the Mother commands everybody to search for them. In the forest where the Bride and Leonardo have fled, the play takes a surrealistic turn. The Moon and Death work together to encourage the Bridegroom and Leonardo to kill one another. Leonardo and the Bridegroom then meet and kill each other in a knife fight.
At the end of the play, the Bride returns to the church hoping that the Bridegroom’s Mother will kill her, but she doesn’t. The play closes with both women reflecting on the deaths of the two men.
Characters
Blood Wedding has a reasonably big cast. It is likely that there will be some doubling up. Some roles are fairly big, but even the smaller ones will have their challenges. A basic level of health and physical fitness is required as quite a few scenes ask for physical activity.
Below, you’ll find a list of the characters. Ages given are only an indication.
The Mother 50 years old; widowed, well-to-do
The Bridegroom 30 years old; son of the Mother
The Wife 25 years old: married to Leonardo, mother to a baby, pregnant
Leonardo Male, 30 years old: married to the Wife, father to her child
The Mother-in-Law 50 years old: mother to the Wife
The Bride 25 years old: about to get married to Bridegroom, previously in a relationship with Leonardo
The Father 55: father to the Bride
The Neighbour Female, 50 years old; friends with the Mother
The Moon
Death as Beggar Woman
Three Woodcutters
A Servant
Young Men
Young Women
Audition Prep
Have a think about what character you would be interested in. We will do some reading from the script. Below is a link to some of Lorca’s poems in translation. Pick your favourite and be ready to speak it. (There is no need to memorise it)
