(Our auditions are open to all – you do not need to be a member of Partington Players to read for a part.)

Season’s Greetings - a dark comedy by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Andrew Wilson

Performance dates 22nd – 27th November 2010

Audition/reading 2pm Sunday 12th September 2010

Half-a-dozen relatives and friends are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda. Petty and not so petty squabbles break out and Christmas presents are rifled. Hilarious highlights include a chaotically incompetent puppet show and a midnight love scene that sets off a fearful din amongst a number of mechanical Christmas presents.

CAST (as described by the author. Ages are flexible!)

Neville…..An easy-going man in his late 30s.

Belinda (his wife)…..An attractive woman in her late 30s.

Phyllis (his sister)…..Somewhat neurotic and occasionally drunk. Similar age.

Harvey (his uncle)…..Slightly military manner. 60s.

Bernard (Phyllis’s husband)…..Inept puppeteer, rather faded. 40s.

Rachel (Belinda’s sister)…..A little older than Belinda.

Eddie (Neville’s friend)…..Incompetent husband, father and businessman.

Pattie (Eddie’s wife)…..Seven months pregnant. Impatient.

Clive…..Rachel’s writer friend.

If you are interested but unable to attend the audition please phone Andrew on 01457 868849.