The Railway Children Pre-Audition & Auditons

Name: The Railway Children Pre-Audition & Auditons
Start: 2025-03-12T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-16T17:00:00+00:00
Location: St Ambrose Halls for All, Moss Lane, Leyland

Schedule

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sun, 16 Mar, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St Ambrose Halls for All, Moss Lane, Leyland | Leyland, EN

Fancy auditioning for this year’s summer play?! Now is your chance as we present a brilliant new adaptation of the classic family story: The Railway Children!
Synopsis and Characters Below.
A pre audition meeting will be held at the Hall on Wednesday 12th March where the production team will discuss the show/characters/rehearsal period and audition process.
Auditions will follow on Sunday 16th March 2-5pm at the hall.
This promises to be a brilliant show with a large cast of characters - there may be opportunities to double up some smaller roles depending on casting at auditions.
Characters:
Roberta (Bobbie) - Female - 16-20s
Peter - Male - 16-20s
Phyllis - Female - 16-20s
Mother - Female - 40s-50s
Perks - Male - 30s-50s
Mrs Perks - Female - 30s-50s
Mrs Viney - Female - 50s-60s
Old Gentleman - Male - 50 +
Father - Male - 40s-50s
Doctor - Male - 30s-60s
Mr Szezcpansky - Male - 30s-50s
Jim - Male - 16-20s
There are a small number of children in the show who will be playing the Perks Children and doubling up with schoolchildren and villagers. All children must be 8+ and will be auditioned. 5/6 children maximum.
Other roles in the production include the following which will be chosen following the auditions for the above roles.
Cook
Butler
Maid
District Superintendent
Railway Workers
Synopsis:
The play opens with Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis, now adults, remembering the time they lived by the railway. They then lead us back in time to the year they were the Railway Children.
When father mysteriously is called away and the family has to move from their mansion to a small cottage in the country, they call upon their kind hearts and vivid imaginations to entertain them while mother is busy. They make friends with Perks, the Porter at the railway, and the Old Gentleman who waves from the 9:15 train every day. The three of them save the day many a time, diverting trains from disaster, taking in Russian writers, and ultimately rescuing their father from his unjust imprisonment.
Director - Sarah White
Assistant Director - Kieran Smith
Show dates 19-22 August.