Actress - open call - F 40-65 - Radio and Stage Play - London - Short notice

Actress - open call - F 40-65 - Radio and Stage Play - London - Short notice

Green Man Productions Closing date: Sun, 05 Apr 2026

Artform: Theatre
Role: Performer
Contract: Contract
London
South West

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

Casting call for actresses aged 40-65 for a radio play recording, and for future stage productions at UK festivals and theatres in 2026.

Job Description

Fixed fee for radio play recording - £100. Further payment to be arranged upon development of the piece for theatres and beyond.

FORMAT: Radio play (with script/book) and subsequent stage play; new writing
SETTING: Ancient rotting house
TONE: Hieratic, stiff, frozen, venomous

Character: Mary
Gender: Female
Age: 40-65
Role: Co-Lead

Timeline
Registration of interest and extract to producer: Sat 4 April (midnight)
Auditions: Tuesday 7 April. 6-10pm zoom/in person tbc
Rehearsals: availability depending, 12 Apr (zoom) and 15/16 Apr in person.
Audio recording: Fri 17 April or Sun 19 Apr 3-4 hour session in studio, SE London. With book. So lines will not need to be fully learned.
Fixed fee: £100 & expenses for audio recording, & tbc on further development with theatres.

This playscript is being initially developed for radio and a video recording, and then taken subsequently to theatres, and festivals this summer and in 2027.

Job Requirements

Character Description and Arc
Mary is an ageless, force of nature. Eternally vigilant in the house she came to as a young woman, she has now spent so long seated in darkness her skin has welded to the sofa on which she sits. Throughout the course of the play, which is a single argument instigated by an unexpected, haunting visitation at the door, she must wrestle with life, death, family, duty, love, hate, and the brutal act of childbirth. Think Miss Havisham, if she survived the fire…

Job Responsibilities

Character
Brutally sharp, unvanquishable, physically frail yet with an iron will, she has spent her entire life serving the men in her family. Despite her bitterness, a deep, frightening streak of love and protectiveness runs through her.

Notes
The actor must sustain a series of long, emotionally layered monologues. Her development runs from bitter recrimination, to haunted premonition, to prophetic disembodied vision, to heartbroken loss and release. Initially a radio piece, so voice is key; should be sharp as ice.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Actress - open call - F 40-65 - Radio and Stage Play - London - Short notice
  • Salary: Under £10K
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Theatre
  • Role: Performer
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Sun, 05 Apr 2026
  • Location:
    London
    South West

How to Apply

Queries on role/times to Julian at [email protected]

Before audition you will be asked to send a short voice recording of an extract from the play, issued upon receipt of interest, by 23:59 on Saturday 4 April.