WONTHAGGI THEATRICAL GROUP
AUDITIONS
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Auditions
Willl be held on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 February in the WTG building, "The Shed", at the State Coal Mine, Garden St, Wonthaggi.
The play will be performed in The Shed in July 2026.
If you will be auditioning please be sure to read the Audition Information thoroughly, complete the Audition Form, and bring it and the script extracts for the role(s) you're interested in to the audition.
All audition information including character descriptions
Background to the Play
Home, lm Darling is a 2018 dark comedy by British playwright Laura Wade,
premiering at Theatr Clwyd before transferring to the National Theatre and then the West End.
It won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
Synopsis
The play examines nostalgia, gender roles, domestic ideals, and the tension between fantasy and reality.
It follows a married couple who deliberately adopt a 1950s lifestyle-complete with period clothing, d6cor, gender expectations, and technology restrictions'.
As their financial their financial pressures increase, cracks begin to appear, exposing the emotional and psychological toll of clinging to the past.
Characters: (see Audition Information PDF below for full character descriptions)
2 x female 30-40 age group
1 x male 30-40 age group
1 x male 40-50 age group
1x female 60 +
1 x female 20-30 age group
Audition Structure
Round 1 - Monologues/Solos
Auditionees can read the selected passages for the particular character. There will be person/persons available to read in the other parts. Ideally, if there are several auditions at hand, the director may get you to read together.
Notes for Auditionees
This is a modern play with retro aesthetics, so 'period' 50's accents are not required. But it is an English play with references to English name-places. So a 'Mid-Atlantic' accent may be in order rather than trying to imitate a specific English dialect.
Movement may be used in auditions (e.g., period-inspired gestures) but is not required.
You do not need to bring props.
Please familiarise yourself with the script's themes and get a feel for life in the 1950's
Audition form to be completed and brought to your audition.
Individual character script/audition requirements