Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. Rehearsals are currently scheduled for May 2012.
Actors with both text and movement based / physical theatre experience are especially encouraged to audition.
Synopsis: A Counting and Cracking of Heads follows the uprooting and resettling of a family over four generations from Sri Lanka to Australia. Through their journey, we see a Sri Lanka riven by, but by no means surrendering to, violent divisions - and an Australia transforming of, but also transformed by, the people that fee to its shores. This is a stylised, epic drama about love, violence, silence and hope in families – all from the perspective of the insiders.
Four actors required for development of Asian-Australian play. - NSWA play about a Sri-Lankan - Australian family over four generations. - Paid
Casting no. 311557 New South Wales, Australia
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Location: New South Wales, Australia
Payment details: Payment details will be provided privately.
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Sid
The great-grandson of the family is Siddhartha. An Aussie born and bred, but of Sri Lankan appearance, Sid is the lead for the second act and reconnects with his heritage, with dramatic consequences, over the course of the play.
Males, aged 18 to 30 from New South Wales, Australia| Ethnicity: | Asian |
| Acting experience: | Previous unpaid speaking roles - Previous paid speaking roles |
| Skin colour: | Brown |
Lily
Lily is a supporting lead for the second act, set in Australia. She is of mixed heritage appearance (Aboriginal Australian / European / Asian) and has a strong, independent spirit.
Females, aged 18 to 30 from New South Wales, Australia| Acting experience: | Previous unpaid speaking roles - Previous paid speaking roles |
Radha
NEW ROLE ADDED: Radha is a lead in act one, set in Sri Lanka. She has to manage a traumatic transition from Sri Lanka to Australia, leaving the family history behind and starting a new chapter in Oz.
Females, aged 18 to 40 from New South Wales, Australia| Ethnicity: | Asian |
| Minimum Acting experience: | Previous paid speaking roles |
| Skin colour: | Brown |
Apah
Apah is the lead for act one of the play, set in Sri Lanka. He is a social conservative but a political rebel. An epic role.
Males, aged 40 to 70 from New South Wales, Australia| Ethnicity: | Asian |
| Acting experience: | Previous unpaid speaking roles - Previous paid speaking roles |
| Skin colour: | Brown |
Aacha
Aacha is the supporting lead for act one of the work, set in Sri Lanka. She is the real ruler behind the patriarch of the family, Apah - but she rules from behind the scenes. She doesn't get involved in his politics and concentrates on family and community.
Females, aged 40 to 75 from New South Wales, Australia| Ethnicity: | Asian |
| Minimum Acting experience: | No previous acting experience |
| Skin colour: | Brown |
Listing created: 27 January 2012
Applications closed: 5 March 2012
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