News and Events
7 July 2010

Cambridge Storytellers at MAD Week 4
We're three for three for total sellouts for this year's Monologues and Duologues Festival. Escape the football this Sunday by coming along to our penultimate programme, featuring blistering family drama and social comedy. This week only, we also welcome two storytellers from the Cambridge Storytellers Group, telling local legends from the bogs and fens. Don't be disappointed - book early.

Programme, 11 July 2010

SAMUEL’S GHOST told by storyteller Anne French
Dark deeds and lost body parts underground in a Cambridgeshire graveyard.

CLOSE CIRCUIT LOVE by Phil Jacobs
Performed by Erica Dupuy and Ed Haines, Directed by Sarah Ingram
A comedy about love, theft and the surveillance culture.

FAREWELL FROM AFAR by Sally Scagell Peace
Performed by Trish Rawson and Ruth Sinclair, Directed by Jo Smythe
A story in verse of a daughter coming to terms with the decline of her elderly mother in a care home.

THE SPLIT GREY GOOSE FEATHER told by storyteller Marion Leeper
The adventures of a King, an old Fen Tiger, and a secret society.

GOODBYE DEAR by Miriam Johnson
Performed by Erica Dupuy and Alec Harris, Directed by Michelle Golder
A married couple at war.

A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by Trish Rawson
Performed by Simon Kelly and Ruth Sinclair, Directed by Clare Kerrison
Manchester 1848: Nancy and Joshua grieve for their son, killed in a riot, and try to discover who murdered him.

TO BE HONEST by Julia Bolden
Performed by Polly Watkin, Directed by Michelle Golder
Quite honestly, Sam has something to tell you that you would be a fool to miss.

WRiTEON's MAD Festival Week 4
Sunday, 11 July 2010
7 - 9.30 pm
ADC Bar
Tickets £5/£4
Book free online: www.adctheatre.com
Box Office: 01223 300085

Election of Officers/Committee - WRiTEON
Following the WRiTEON AGM on 1 July, the following officers were returned:

Chair - Michelle Golder
Secretary - Trish Rawson
Treasurer - David Monksfield
Membership Secretary/Webmaster - Richard Latham

Writing Opportunities

Pentabus Theatre Looking for a New Play
The award winning Pentabus Theatre invites playwrights from around the UK to submit a play for their 2012 season: We Are Here. Think you have an unproduced play that they might want to programme? Click Here for full submission guidelines.

About Pentabus
‘You never know where a Pentabus production might pop up. It might be on stage at the Royal Court or Dublin International Festival - but it could just as easily be in a pub, a village hall or even a cave 200 feet underground. Pentabus has a history of making eclectic and innovative work that, while firmly rooted in the soil of its rural locale, branches out to embrace issues of national significance...It all boils down to people and place: where we are affecting who we are and how we are - that's at the heart of everything '
Orla O’Loughlin interviewed for TIME OUT 2010

Deadline for submissions: 29TH OCTOBER 2010
To find out more about PENTABUS THEATRE visit: www.pentabus.co.uk

Acting Opportunities

Audition Notice - Cambridge Production of Murder Me Gently
In the classic tradition of Film Noir, Crossroads Theatre Company presents Murder Me Gently, a romantic thriller/comedy, which debuted in Tokyo in 2009 and now comes to Cambridge's Mumford Theatre, September 23-25th before transferring to London. Audition applications are sought for the following parts:

Harry Lime - Male, mid twenties, English, ethnic background not important. Con-man. Charm and presence more important than looks. Physically demanding role.

Victor Lazlo - Male, 30's-50's. Russian Mob Boss. Role demands someone who has both concrete comic timing and real menace. Physicality unimportant.

Eddie Mars - Male, 20's-50's. American, CIA agent. Any ethnic background. Strong. Assertive. A dangerous pawn.

Mr Hand - Male, 20's-30's. Russian Mobster/Lawyer. Physically imposing. Small but pivotal role with a series of stage fights.

Auditions will be held in Cambridge at the end of June.

Inquiries and Applications, with CV and Headshot, to Alec Harris: crossroads.alec@gmail.com
Unpaid - Profit Share

Call for Indian Asian Actors & Actresses, Leicester
MadRaj are developing a play called The White Surrogate Husband with the Curve of Leicester and are looking for a cast of four. The White Surrogate Husband is about an actor facing financial ruin and the prospect of moving back in with his parents. To maintain his lifestyle and avoid the maintenance payments Sal palms off his ex onto his geeky boss. But what happens when everyone finds out?

The play potentially will tour nationally after launching at Leicester’s Curve in Spring 2011.

Cast Required:

1 Indian male (to play 30 yr old), 1 Indian female (to play 26 yr old), 1 English male (to play 30 yr old), 1 Indian female (to play 50 yr old)

Closes Friday 9 July 2010
Contact: Sukie Virk: madrajcasting@gmail.com
Equity minimum rates paid (except no payment for the read through on either 21 or 22 of July at the Curve in Leicester).
www.madraj.co.uk / www.curveonline.co.uk

Community News and Events

CIFA Meeting Tonight

For those of you inspired by last week's Film panel, you may like to attend the weekly meeting of the Cambridge Independent Filmmaker's Association tonight, Wednesday 7 July, at the Snug on Lensfield Road at 8 pm. On the table for discussion - Comedy/Horror Shorts (as in short films, not illustrated undies).