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Woolton Drama Group presents….🎲The Dice House!🎲
A play by Paul Lucas, inspired by Luke Rhinehart's novel ‘The Dice Man'. The Dice House unfolds in a commune run by maverick psychiatrist Dr Ratner where the patients are encouraged to surrender all their decisions to the roll of the dice. When Ratner's rival Dr Drabble hurls one of his own patients into the clinic to kidnap an inmate - his wife - a comic romp of Pythonesque proportions ensues. The Dice House is a glorious glimpse of how insane life could be if determined by the dice - and how ordinary it can be if it isn't!
Auditions take place on Monday 13th January 8-10pm at:
St Hilda’s Church Hall - Stuart Avenue, Hunts Cross, L25 ONN
No preparation or prior experience required. Those wanting to help with backstage/costumes/props/sets please attend the audition date to sign up.
If you are unavailable for the audition date but interested in auditioning or helping backstage, please send us a Facebook message or email Zoe on [email protected] before Monday 13th January as we will be agreeing casting that week.
Being cast in the production will mean the paying of membership subs to WDG - £30 (£15 subsidised).
Rehearsals will be every Monday up to performance week at St Hilda's, 8-10pm. Closer to performance, we may add extra Thursday rehearsals as well (TBC).
Tech rehearsal: Monday 21st April (Easter Monday)
Dress rehearsal: Wednesday 23rd April
Show performance dates: Thursday 24th, Friday 25th, Saturday 26th April. 19.30 – 22.00. You will need to be available for all performances.
Character list
Dr Drabble: Male (may be female). 30-50. Psychiatrist. Eccentric and manipulative. Blackmails his patient Matthew to kidnap his wife from The Dice House. Rival to Ratner. He very much opposes the dice philosophy.
Dr Ratner: Male. 30-50. Psychiatrist. Experienced and authoritative founder and owner of The Dice House. The embodiment of the dice philosophy. Often appears calm and composed amidst chaos. Rival to Drabble. Wears different costumes including a gold dress and school girl outfit.
Matthew: Male. 25+. Drabble's patient. Vulnerable and insecure. Gets blackmailed into kidnapping Drabble's wife. Recently cured of an obsession with ribbons. Lisa's love interest.
Polly: Female. 30-50. Ratner's 'star' patient. Drabble's wife. Bold and sharp. She embodies the free-spirited philosophy of dice living. Supposed to be wearing 'not much' throughout so needs to be comfortable.
Lisa: Female. 25+. Squatter. Compassionate and grounded. Lisa is trying to take the house from Ratner as she believes it's hers. Couldn't care less for dice therapy. Matthew's love interest.
Mr Smith: Male. 30-50. Ratner's very troubled patient. Undergoing dice therapy to help with his paranoid delusion that a group of assassins are out to get him as punishment for his previous callous actions.
Slow Assassin: Male (may be female). 25+. Supporting part. A mysterious and comedic character who is cloaked and masked for most of the show. His soul purpose is to make Mr Smith's life miserable.
Victor: Male (may be female). 30-50. Supporting part. Ratner's patient. Very erratic character who steals Ratner's car then pretends to be a policeman. Undergoing dice therapy to help with his kleptomania, pyromania, schizophrenia and more.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Hilda's Hunts Cross, Stewart Avenue,Liverpool, United Kingdom
