Casting Call-Out for 4 Performers for Flaming Theatre’s Lulla

Flaming Theatre is casting 4 performers for its ACE-funded 2-week run at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, London of Lulla, a new LGBTQ+ dream play by queer and non-binary writer Ben SantaMaria, directed by Martha J. Baldwin.

Experience in physical theatre/movement and interest in surreal and experimental work is essential.

Roles

Performer 1 - MARIN

Playing age 16. Performer must be over 18. Female or non-binary AFAB. Experience in physical theatre/movement and interest in surreal and experimental work is essential. MARIN has her first sexual experience with another girl. When her parents disapprove, she flies out of her bedroom window to escape into a dream world. There she confronts her deepest desires and nightmares, journeying from self-doubt to new confidence in her emerging queer identity. The role involves scenes of sexual intimacy, which will be rehearsed with a qualified intimacy coordinator and do not involve nudity.

Performer 2 - DOLORES + others

Playing age 16. Performer must be over 18. Female or non-binary AFAB. Experience in physical theatre/movement and interest in surreal and experimental work is essential. Romantic interest of MARIN, more confident than her. Shares the gender-shifting fantastical character of LADY NIGHTSHADE and multi-roles a range of other ages/types in the dream world: FANTASY, MARIN 2, BULLY, MUM 2, DAD 2 and FOX. The role involves scenes of sexual intimacy, which will be rehearsed with a qualified intimacy coordinator and do not involve nudity. 

Performer 3 - MUM + others

Playing age 40-55. Experience in physical theatre/movement and interest in surreal and experimental work is essential. MARIN’s mum, judgemental and self-pitying when she discovers her daughter’s sexuality. Has a religious faith – she quotes/sings a hymn. Shares the gender-shifting fantastical character of LADY NIGHTSHADE and also multi-roles other ages/types in the dream world: GRAN and NIGHTINGALE.

Performer 4 - DAD + others

Playing age 40-55. Experience in physical theatre/movement and interest in surreal and experimental work is essential. MARIN’s dad, usually warm and caring but controlling and threatening when he discovers his daughter's sexuality. Shares the gender-shifting fantastical character of LADY NIGHTSHADE and also multi-roles other ages/types as the nightmarish DOLLMAKER, TEACHER and PEACOCK.

Self-tape sides for all roles and full guidelines are in this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LnYem19xfyyNvWWo1XaCYmUXRnJE7ZEE

We welcome applications from a diverse range of performers, including those who are LGBTQ+, of the global majority and/or working-class. We are open to cisgender characters being played by trans/non-binary performers.

Fee

5 weeks (3 weeks of rehearsal + 2-week run) at £631 per week = £3155 + 12% holiday pay (£378.60) = £3533.60 total fee

Project details

Rehearsals near Norwood Junction: 8-26 June, Mon-Fri. Get-in/Tech/Dress: 28-29 June.

Performances at Omnibus: 30 June-10 July: Tues-Sat 7.30pm, matinees at 2.30pm on 4 July and 4.00pm on 5 July. Livestream of 2 July performance. 

Lulla is a dizzyingly surreal journey into the dream world of a 16-year-old queer girl. This funny, scary, wild new play reached the Verity Bargate Award top 100 longlist and was awarded a Peggy Ramsay Foundation grant. It follows Flaming Theatre’s UK tour of Ben SantaMaria’s award-nominated hit show, Really Want to Hurt Me.

Marin just met the girl of her dreams. When her disapproving parents find out, she escapes them by flying out of her bedroom window into the underworld of her subconscious, where birds are gods and choices are infinite. There she faces her deepest dreams and nightmares, guided by the mysterious, gender-shifting Lady Nightshade. This poetic play for audiences aged 16+ powerfully explores the pressure to conform and the shame forced upon many young LGBTQ+ people, through Marin’s battle to define herself and ultimately embrace her emerging desires.

Application process

Please apply with self-tape as a link to YouTube/Vimeo or similar (not as a download), and your CV or Spotlight profile link, by email to: flamingtheatre@gmail.com.  

Deadline: Thursday 14th May at 12pm (noon).

Shortlisted performers will be invited to an in-person audition workshop on Thursday 21st May in Battersea, London.