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The Brookside Theatre Company are casting for their next production, the hilarious black comedy, The Ladykillers.

Playing dates: 15th to 28th February 2017 - 8pm plus 2pm Saturday Matinee
Venue: Brookside Theatre, Romford Essex RM1 3NH


The action takes place in the King’s Cross area of London from 5th to 9th November 1956, as a dastardly gang of desperate villains pose as musicians using a rented room in the crumbling house of sweet old Mrs Wilberforce. Little does she suspect that she is integral to their plot to commit a grand robbery at the nearby station. And as the house becomes a battleground between the crooks and the innocent old lady, who comes out of this alive?

Adapted from the classic Ealing film, this black comedy will give actors a great opportunity for larger-than-life characterisation and action.

All rehearsals will take place at the theatre in Romford (5 mins walk from Romford Station - 20 mins from Liverpool Street). Rehearsals will be 2 evenings a week and Sunday daytimes

Please note that this is an unpaid production as all Brookside Theatre Company productions support the Romford War Memorial Charity (Reg. charity no. 206748)

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

Mrs Louisa Wilberforce
A demure, eccentric little old lady with a strict moral code. Seemingly vulnerable, she has nerves of steel. Playing age: 70s (She was 21 the day Queen Victoria died)

‘Professor’ Marcus
Considers himself a genius of crime. Cunning, creepily charismatic, the leader of the gang. Playing age: 40s – 60s

Constable MacDonald
Solid, patient, dependable old school London bobby. Playing age: 30s-50s

‘Major’ Courtney
A con man posing as a stereotypical ex-army officer. Nervous, excitable, loves women’s clothing. Playing age 40s-50s.

Harry Robinson
A cheerful looking, pill-popping young spiv. Playing age 20-35

‘One-Round’ Lawson
A genial but deadly former boxer who looks and sounds punch-drunk. Playing age 35-50s

Louis Harvey
Curt, focussed, paranoid, vicious Romanian hit man. Playing age: 30s-50

Mrs Jane Tromleyton
Mrs Wilberforce’s best friend, a forceful figure with artistic pretensions. Playing age: 70s

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