Auditions for Death and the Maiden

Auditions for Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman will be held at Progress Theatre on Sunday 28th March at 2:30pm & Wednesday 31st March at 7:30pm. 

This will be the fourth time that director Zsuzsi Kingsnorth has been involved in a production of Death and the Maiden but she says it is a play she could never get bored of.

There are only three characters, a woman who has been tortured in the past, her husband and the man she suspects is the torturer. It is passionate and spine-tingling and Zsuzsi particularly enjoys seeing audiences' reactions which can range from bewilderment, to sobbing, to anger but never indifference.

Zsuzsi says that she sometimes feels theatre has lost its edge and she loves producing shows that have an impact - positive or negative.She is certainly no stranger to controversial productions. In 2004 she directed Corpus Christi by Terence McNally which led to a complaint of blasphemy to the local police. Last summer a production of The Laramie Project she directed as part of the first Shanghai Pride week was cancelled by the Shanghai authorities.The play, which deals with the murder of a gay student in Wyoming, was later performed at a new venue. 

Since 2001 Zsuzsi has run Zuloo, a small production company. Zuloo has produced plays in Scotland, China and America and can now be found here in Reading.  They are currently running weekly workshops at the Rising Sun Arts Centre Be Part of Part of a Play! 

If you want to be part of a passionate play with a director clearly passionate about the power of drama then come along to auditions for Death and the Maiden.

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Coming up ….

The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Mon 22nd & Weds 24th March 7.45 pm, Saturday 27th 5.30 and Travesties by Tom Stoppard Tues 23rd, Fri 26th March & Saturday 27th 7.45 pm 

Auditions for Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman. At Progress Theatre, Sunday 28th March 2.30 and Wednesday 31 March 7.30

Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn 14 - 24 April 2010

See www.progresstheatre.co.uk for details of all our productions and auditions.