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Have you seen Sir Walter Ralegh?
Winchester based theatre company 2TimeTheatre is looking to cast its next professional production, Sir Walter’s Women.
Winchester-based 2TimeTheatre’s new production, Sir Walter's Women, re-imagines scenes from the life of charismatic adventurer, Sir Walter Ralegh, within a one-act play.
Staged in the 400th anniversary year of his execution, the drama looks at the influence of two extraordinary women in his life; one domestic, his wife Bess, and one political, Elizabeth I.
Did you know?
Just over 400 years ago the dashing Elizabethan hero, explorer and poet, Sir Walter Ralegh, was tried and convicted of treason in the Great Hall in Winchester.
He was beheaded 29th October 1618 in London.
This one-act play, a world premiere, requires a cast of three and 2TimeTheatre are seeking professional actors ideally from or near Winchester where the play will be performed over two evenings - 14 &15 September - as part of Heritage Open Days.
The venue is The Great Hall, a unique and atmospheric space that has featured in The Crown and Wolf Hall.
Meetings with potential cast members will take place 10 and 18 July at the Discovery Centre, Winchester. If you would like to be considered, please email your CV and headshot to 2TimeTheatre@gmail.com by 15 July 2018.
Cast requirements:
Sir Walter Ralegh – playing age 45 – 55, ideally tall and slim with classical stage experience.
Queen Elizabeth – playing age 50 – 60.
Bess Ralegh – playing age 30 – 40.
There will be a dance sequence so movement skills would be useful.
This is a paid opportunity and rehearsals will take place in the week of production. More information about the production can be found on our website: www.2timetheatre.com
About 2TimeTheatre
2TimeTheatre's performance arm was launched in October 2013 with a theatre production of Young Jane, short plays based on the early writings of a young Jane Austen and adapted by Cecily O'Neill. Young Jane is the first publication from 2TimeTheatre (September 2016), followed by Drinking with Dorothy (January 2017). Meeting Miss Austen, the second collection of plays based on the Juvenilia, was published May 2017 and performed as part of the Winchester Festival in July 2017. Jane Austen and The Waterman, was written by Cecily O'Neill and Philip Glassborow for the SO: To Speak Festival, October 2017. 2TimeTheatre is co-producing new musical Lucky Petra and producing The Honest Soldier, written by Philip Glassborow for performance in July 2018. www.2timetheatre.com
Extraordinary Women are coming to Winchester!
Winchester Heritage Open Days is one of the city’s most popular festivals, running over four days from 13th to 16th September and offering free events for the whole community.
In September, as part of the national celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which granted suffrage to women over 30 in the UK, the Winchester Heritage Open Days team has organised more than 40 free events in and around Winchester. These events will be putting the spotlight on some of the national and community heroines whose history has been overlooked or forgotten and Extraordinary Women will be honoured through talks, walks and exhibitions. The gathering of many of the speakers and event organisers at the Great Hall on Friday 22nd June saw the launch of this year’s festival programme.
Extraordinary Women - Photo Shoot
Winchester Heritage Open Days is one of the city’s most popular festivals, running over four days from 13th to 16th September and offering free events for the whole community. This year will feature guided walks, wine & cider tastings, craft workshops, pop-up performances, living history, exhibitions and the much loved behind-the-scenes visits to some of Winchester's historic buildings, many of which are not normally open to the public. Festival Director, Nicky Gottlieb commented:
“This year’s Heritage Open Days festival is bigger than anything we’ve put on so far. We’ve grown year on year, and the support from the local community is overwhelming. Last year, over 10,000 attended our events, and this year, with more than 100 free events, we hope many more will enjoy what’s on offer. We are very grateful for the support of Winchester College, the City of Winchester Trust, our local councils and many other businesses and volunteers who help make this happen.”
Details of all the events can be found here and the printed programme is available from Winchester Tourist Information Centre. Festival highlights include:
A chance to see and hear about Winchester's very own Shakespeare First Folio at Winchester College
Medieval Knights at The Westgate, Anglo Saxons & Vikings in the Cathedral Close, and the Sealed Knot at Oram's Arbour
Radio 4 Women’s Hour presenter Dame Jenni Murray in conversation with The Very Revd Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester about 'A History of the World in 21 Women'
General Sir Anthony Walker KCB leading a talk on 'What did you do in the War, Mummy'
2TimeTheatre's world premiere of ‘Sir Walter's Women’ at The Great Hall, and Blue Apple's 'Fragments of Winchester' at Pilgrims’ Hall