The Birthday Party (Postbox Productions)

Content Warnings: Psychological abuse, depictions of mental illness, implied sexual violence.

Venue/Dates of Show: BT Week 3

Deadline: Sunday 22nd February

Audition Type: Both

Meg and Petey run a lodging house by the sea, where Stanley resides. He becomes anxious when two mysterious men, Goldberg and McCann, arrive, and Meg decides to throw Stanley a birthday party despite his insistence it's not his birthday. The men subject Stanley to a relentless, surreal interrogation that breaks him psychologically while Lulu, Stanley’s friend, is strung about by them. The next day, Stanley is catatonic and taken away while Petey attempts to stop them.
With a play that leads into absurdism we hope to maintain a strong creative vision, especially in regards to the relationship between change and stagnation. We want to create a foreboding and increasingly terrifying atmosphere as facades break down. As Pinter is a master of silences in a play where many details are unrevealed, we also want to explore the things left unsaid with uncertain pasts.
Postbox Productions are looking for a cast to fill the following roles:
Petey
Meg
Stanley
Lulu
Goldberg
McCann

Link to Audition Pack: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DafcG0cK5M5o07ktnRqKdj6MzqYeMlDO?usp=sharing