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Our open auditions for FRACKED! will take place on 2 dates (you only need to attend one or the other):7:30pm on Tuesday 3rd December 2024
2pm on Sunday 8th December 2024
Audition details are available here :
https://www.millercentretheatre.org/index.php/auditions
PERFORMANCE DATES: 27th March - 5th April 2025 (including a matinee on Saturday 29th March).
REHEARSALS: Start in late January and are usually Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings with some Sundays nearer the performance dates.
Anyone can audition, including non members: in the interests of fairness, all auditionees will wait in the Green Room and be called in one at a time (although others may be asked read in where necessary). You will be seen by the Director and members of the Production Committee.
If you would like to audition but are unable to make these dates, please contact the director Gail Bishop (details on the audition notice) to arrange an alternative time/date to be seen.
We are also holding an open play reading on Tuesday 19th November 2024 where you can find out a bit more about the play - details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/548672594293727
We hope to see you there!
You do not need to be a member to come to a play reading or audition, but if you are cast in a play, you must join (membership is £30 per year).
GETTING HERE
Access to the theatre for Sunday auditions is around the back: This is at the end of Timber Lane, off Timber Hill Road - use the postcode CR3 6LZ or what3words: dollar.lights.budget
https://what3words.com/dollar.lights.budget
We are a few minutes walk from both Caterham train station (trains from London Bridge/East Croydon run every 30 minutes) and the 407 and 434 bus routes. Parking is available in local side streets.
SYNOPSIS
“Everything that people take for granted could end tomorrow. That dark nightmare, that awful thought: one day the lights are going to go out. What if you can’t read your email? Can’t charge your phone? Can’t iron your shirt? Can’t take a hot shower? And all because we failed to be self sufficient in energy.”
Professor Elizabeth Blackwood had hoped for a quiet retirement with her husband, Jack... but that was until Deerland Energy had earmarked their pretty village of Fenstock as a place to “explore for shale gas”. She’s now on a mission to stop them, by whatever legitimate means are necessary.
But Deerland Energy aren’t fazed by Elizabeth: she’s just another ‘mad old biddy’. Besides, they’ve hired smooth-talking PR guru Joe Boxberg to show the locals how fracking will bring them prosperity. The local Councillor and Chair of the Planning Committee is struggling to pay for his Mum’s care home costs; perhaps an offer that’s too good to refuse might be mutually beneficial? And how far will Elizabeth and a ragged band of protestors go to keep fracking out of Fenstock? A petition? A letter to their MP? A march? Or is the situation now so dire that it calls for full scale civil disobedience and rioting?
This is a sharp, funny and timely satire about the issues surrounding climate change and how we power our homes, vehicles and electronic devices. We live in a time of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion routinely disrupting our travel plans and throwing soup over artworks to draw attention to their cause. We’ve seen in the news where some politicians have put local and national interests aside for their own personal benefit. And when the energy companies promise us that they’re making commitments to building a sustainable future, how many unsavoury facts are being obscured by a glossy PR campaign? Academics, NIMBYs, hippies, politicians, businessmen and spin doctors all collide in this brilliant comedy with fantastic roles for a variety of ages.
Please note: Script contains frequent use of strong language
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
30 Godstone Road, CR3 6RA Caterham, United Kingdom, 30 Godstone Road, Caterham, CR3 6RA, United Kingdom,Caterham
