Auditions

Shakespeare in Love

I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all.

 

Directed by Sue Mortimer

 

Shakespeare in Love is a play with music that was adapted for the stage by writer Lee Hall (Tony & Olivier Award-winner), based on the screenplay by writers Marc Norman (Academy Award-winner) and Tom Stoppard (Tony, Olivier & Academy award -winner).

 

This stage adaptation of the 1998 film is a wildly playful, funny, energetic and romantic work of historical fiction set in Elizabethan London with rival theatres and a demanding queen who very much wants, “a comedy – with a dog.”

 

It uses many of the plot devices commonly found in plays of the Elizabethan
era – cross-dressing disguises, mistaken identities, suspicions of adultery, sword fighting, a comedic nurse and even visions of ghosts plus a play within a play… and a dog.

Open Auditions at Mana Little Theatre are on Sunday 2nd of November 2025 from 1 pm till 5pm.

 

Show dates are May 13 – 23 2026.

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This is a non paid community theatre event.

All are stage ages ONLY, all are positively encouraged to audition.