Auditions

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                                            Lovesong written by Abi Morgan and directed by Vicki Smith

 

A playful, heartwarming and inspiring play about love, time and memory, that takes us through 40 plus years of marriage with Maggie and Billy. Their sometimes bumpy relationship is drawing to a close as Maggie’s illness and increasing frailty forces the couple into making a difficult decision. As they prepare for the end of their love story, their younger selves appear, revealing the ups and downs of a happy, childless marriage, the little betrayals, the thoughtless chatter of friends, the need to sometimes escape another person even if you love them, the lack of legacy, and the terrible fear of turning into one of those couples facing one another over a cup of coffee with nothing left to say.

 

Past and present collide in a house full of memories, as old remembers the past and young imagines the future. 

 

Inspired by TS Eliot’s poem The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, Lovesong is a play that speaks to all generations.

 

Characters

 

Billy – male, 65 – 75

William (younger Billy) - male, late 20s/30s

Maggie – female, 65 – 75

Margaret (younger Maggie) - female, late 20s/30s

 

Actors will need to have a reasonable degree of physical agility as there will be some choreographed movement incorporated into the blocking.

 

Auditionees will be expected to have read the script and have a good understanding of the storyline and the character they are auditioning for. Audition pieces do not need to be memorised.

 

The characters are scripted to have moved from their home country to America to live. We will likely set the home country as Australia so no special accent is required.

 

Audition Details

Saturday December 6, at 15 minute intervals between 10am and 4pm

Williamstown Little Theatre

2 – 4 Albert St, Williamstown

 

Auditions are by appointment only. Please contact the director Vicki Smith at stagestruck58@me.com to book an audition or for a copy of the script. Reach out if you have any questions about the play or the audition. 

 

Performance Dates

April 22 to May 9, 2026

 

Rehearsals

Subject to cast availability rehearsals will likely be held on a Sunday afternoon and one night during the week commencing early March 2026. This may extend to three rehearsals a week closer to production dates.

 

There will be some preliminary rehearsals during the early part of 2026 for the choreographed movement which will be rehearsed separately to normal stage blocking. Timing will be subject to cast and theatre availability.