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Talent offer chance to appear in major
new adaptation of The Canterbury Tales
The
大象传媒 is searching for actors or aspiring actors to appear in their
epic new drama serial The Canterbury Tales, to be screened on 大象传媒
ONE later this year.
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Talent, the 大象传媒's unique initiative to find and develop new broadcast
talent in the UK, is beginning its search this year with open
auditions in Kent for 大象传媒 Drama's modern interpretation of Chaucer's
classic tales.
On
offer at the six separate auditions are a variety of small speaking
parts in each of six individual Canterbury Tales including an airport
check-in assistant, a pub regular and a prison guard.
The
tales are more than 600 years old but the themes of sex, greed,
romantic love, religion and race have been preserved and adapted
by some of the countries leading dramatists to reflect Britain in
the 21st Century.
The
roles are on offer to aspiring actors, professionally trained actors,
or actors wanting to return to the profession.
Those
auditioning must fit the character description for the roles and
will be seen by a panel of industry experts including executive
producer Franc Roddam (creator of Auf Wiedersehen Pet and director
of the cult British Film Quadrophenia).
Roddam,
who is known for discovering new acting talent, said: "These
updated versions of Chaucer's classic stories capture the essence
of what he was writing about and we are looking for local people
to add more colour to the dramas.
"I
hope everyone who thinks there might be a role for them comes and
gives it a go."
The
open auditions are being held along the route Chaucer's pilgrims
travelled 聳 the journey beginning in Southwark, then Blackheath,
Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham and finally Canterbury.
The
first audition, for the role of a West African female airport check-in
assistant, is being held in Chatham on Friday 7 February.
Other
auditions follow over the next few weeks - see Notes
to Editors.
Further
information can also be found on the 大象传媒 Talent website: .
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Talent will be revealing details of some of this year聮s other
schemes in March.
Notes to Editors
Man
of Law's Tale by Olivia Hetreed
The
Tale: is set between Nigeria and Chatham and commences when a young
Nigerian refugee is found in a small boat in Chatham.
The
Role: Check-in assistant at the airport. Female, 30+, West African.
She has been living in the UK for six years and is married to a
British Nigerian pilot.
The
Audition: will be held on Friday 7 February at The Brook Theatre,
Old Town Hall, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4SE. Those auditioning will need
to register between 9.00 and 10.00am, and between 1.00 and 2.00pm.
The Miller's Tale by Pete Bowker
The
Tale: is based around a pub in window twitching suburbia outside
of London. A stranger arrives at the Local pub initiating a bizarre
chain of events.
The
Roles: A
young man to be thrown out of the pub. A 25 year-old local boy who
works in a small independent record shop.
Dave, a pub regular. In his mid thirties, he is a painter and decorator
and married with three children.
The
Audition: will be held on Thursday 27 February at The Trafalgar
Tavern, Romney Road, Greenwich, London (situated by the river next
to the Royal Naval College). Those auditioning will need to register
between 9.00 and 10.00am, and between 1.00 and 2.00pm.
The
Sea Captain's Tale by Avie Luthra
The
Tale: Based in the Indian community in Gravesend this tale explores
the themes of money, power and materialism within the Asian community.
The
Role: Chauba, a 54 year-old Indian woman. Widowed, living in a large
house in Gravesend, has never worked and lives off the large inheritance
of her dead husband who ran a successful haulage business.
The
Audition: Gravesend 聳 details to be confirmed.
The
Knight's Tale by Tony Marchant
The
Tale: A tale of two young friends, both prisoners and in love with
the same woman, a teacher at the prison.
The
Roles: Mick,
in his late forties, originally from Deptford. Spent most of his
life in and out of prison. He's coming out after a long stretch
for burglary. A prison guard. 55, a South Londoner who has done
this job for the last 30 years. A prison guard. Early twenties,
also from South London. Nervy, this is a new job for him, recently
left the army.
The
Audition: Southwark 聳 details to be confirmed.
The
Wife of Bath's Tale by Sally Wainwright
The
Tale: A vibrant and larger than life woman in her forties falls
in love with a younger man following the death of her husband. Her
story reflects upon society聮s obsession with youth and women's
relationship with their physical appearance.
The
Role: to be confirmed.
The
Audition: Rochester 聳 details to be confirmed.
The
Pardoner's Tale by Tony Grounds
The
Tale: Set in Canterbury three homeless men journey to find glory
and the respect of society through capturing the abductor of a local
girl.
The
Role: to be confirmed.
The
Audition: Canterbury - details to be confirmed.
Jane
Tranter announces two new drama commissions for 大象传媒 ONE - Pride
and The Canterbury Tales (16.12.02)
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