Name: Auditions - God of Carnage
Start: 2024-05-25T09:00:00+08:00
Location: Melville Theatre Company

Melville Theatre Company presents
Yasmina Reza’s
The God of Carnage
Directed by Thomas Dimmick
If you have any questions about anything in this audition pack or would like further explanation, please send the question to [email protected].

About The God of Carnage
Before the play begins, two 11-year-old children, Ferdinand Reille and Bruno Vallon get involved in an argument because Bruno refuses to let Ferdinand join his 'gang'. Ferdinand knocks out two of Bruno's teeth with a stick. That night, the parents of both children meet to discuss the matter. Ferdinand's father, Alain, is a lawyer who is never off his mobile phone. Ferdinand's mother, Annette is in "wealth management" (her husband's wealth, to be precise), and consistently wears good shoes. Bruno's father, Michel, is a self-made wholesaler with an unwell mother. Michel's wife, Véronique, is writing a book about Darfur. As the evening goes on, the meeting degenerates into the four getting into irrational arguments, and their discussion falls into the loaded topics of sexism, racial prejudice and homophobia.

Production Information
Production dates: 13-15, 19-22, 26-28 September 2024. 7.30 pm performances except Sundays at 5pm.
Performance location: Melville Theatre
Rehearsals commence: 16th July
Rehearsals: 1pm – 4pm on Saturdays and 7pm – 10 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Auditions:
Auditions will be held on the 25th and 26th of May. Auditions will be done in a group format, working on two different excerpts from the play in a group and then presenting them. Each audition window will go for approximately an hour. During this window, you will be paired with different people, do different scenes and potentially read for different characters.
Excerpts will be decided during the audition, but they will come from a selection included in this page. You are not expected to learn lines for this audition, but a familiarity with the wording is expected. There will be printed copies of the extracts at the auditions.
You will need to be available for potential callbacks on the 2nd of June, 10am - 12pm
To book an audition time, please go to https://www.slottr.com/carnage

Roles & Requirements:
There is not age set for any of the characters. For this show I am just after four actors who look like they are upper middle-class people who would have an 11-year-old child. If you feel you can portray that, then you are encouraged to audition.
Alain
Male
The Father of the “attacker”, a lawyer, who is too busy for this meeting and thinks the two boys should just hash things out “man to man”. Obsessively focused on his work and cell phone. A true ‘alpha male’. Secretly proud of his bully son. He often implies that women have a host of limitations.
Annette
Female
Mother of the “attacker”, higher class, a wealth manager who presents herself as an elite member of the one percent. She attempts to keep the peace and constantly keeping her husband in check despite feeling abandoned by him. Unfortunately, the pressures of motherhood and household have eroded her self-confidence. Annette feels abandoned by her husband who is eternally preoccupied with work.
Michel
Male
Father of the “victim”, a self‐made wholesaler of domestic hardware. Tries to play peacekeeper for as long as possible perhaps even bond with the Reilles. He is quick to agree with the Reilles, even making light of the violence, commenting on how he was a leader of his own gang during his childhood. Passed off as a liberal by his wife despite being a “raging Neanderthal.”
Veronique
Female
Mother of the “victim”, a writer who works part-time in an art and history library. A caring earth mother‐type who turns into a wild‐woman warrior. She appears like the most benevolent of the bunch believing that they can all come to an agreement about how Ferdinand should make amends for his attack. She is fiercely judgmental though always posing to behave with the utmost courtesy.