Three Weeks To Go
Rehearsals for Ophelia Must Die are in full speed at the moment. It’s a funny thing to see your work explode through creativity.
There have been a number of changes which James and I hadn’t really anticipated. Mostly this has come down to content and the potential to look beyond our original stimulus of just Ophelia as a character.
There are so many parallels between a whole number of female characters and Ophelia that our work soon explored beyond our central heroine.
Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf and Cathy from Wuthering Heights have now entered the playing field. Their fragile states of minds and sad deaths, mostly caused by mental breakdown and suicide, has created a wealth of inspiration for our work. Ophelia is still a central point but she is now made more tragic in light of the others.
For James and I it poses more questions as to how best to portray women on the verge of suicide whilst not coming across as men in drag! No easy feat, I tell you. This would be where subtlety is our friend, and we work well with it.
Three weeks until we perform… And each rehearsal we shape and mold the work further.
Auditions: Ophelia Must Die
Memory Implosion seeks 3 male performers/actors musicians
Their new piece ‘Ophelia Must Die’ explores the relationship between male performers and female literary characters. Ophelia Must Die looks specifically at Shakespeare’s Ophelia through a devised process.
Memory Implosion is looking to explore and further the work already established with the company through a devised ensemble based method of working.
We are seeking:
3 Male Performers
Musical Skills Required including own instrument
Some physical theatre experience
Must be available on all rehearsals (see below)
Workshop Audition: Monday 28th July, 11am, Rose Bruford College AND/OR Wednesday 30th July, 11am (BOTH TO BE CONFIRMED)
Ophelia Must Die
The Lion and Unicorn Theatre
as part of The Camden Fringe
Rehearsal Dates: 5th July - 6th August, Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, London.
Performance Dates: 9th - 11th August, The Lion and the Unicorn Theatre, 5pm
Additional Times required: 9th August, 9am - 5pm for Technical Rehearsal
If interested please email jakeyo@gmail.com with the title Ophelia Auditions to find out more information, and to send all relevant CV’s to.
Please note: This is a profit-share job.
