First produced in Melbourne in 1995, then at the National Theatre in 2003 and the West End in 2006, this modern classic brings a wrenchingly honest look at a familiar theme - the break up of a 30-year marriage. The play charts the shifting power balance between the four characters: George, the rather pompous literary critic; Honor, who gave up her writing career to to be the devoted wife; their fiesty daugher Sophie; and Claudia, the attractive ambitious young journalist who sets her cap at George. The play explores the nature of love, passion and commitment with honesty and humour and provides four cracking parts for actors. 

There are two audition dates: Saturday 25th February at 2pm and Tuesday 28th from 8pm. If possible, please come to the Saturday session when there will be more time to accommodate everyone.

The auditions will consist of an informal warm up, some group work and improvisation and then the chance to read audition pieces in pairs.

Five audition pieces can be downloaded from the links below. All except one - a monologue for Sophie - are duologues, but the main character featured is first in the filename. There is no need to learn the audition piece by heart but do familiarize yourself with the character and read the Audition Notes (use the download link below). It will be helpful if you have read the whole play before the audition.

• Audition Notes (PDF)
• 1. Claudia + Sophie (PDF)
• 2. Sophie (PDF)
• 3. Claudia + George (PDF)
• 4. George + Honor (PDF)
• 5. Honor + George (PDF)