The Audience
By Peter Morgan
Directed by Meredith Jacobs
Audition Date: 28 July 2026, 7.30pm for a 7.45pm start
Call backs: Thursday 28th May 2026 (if needed / subject to change)
Location: The Pavilion Theatre, Doran Drive, Castle Hill (inside the Castle Hill Showground).
The Play
Peter Morgan’s acclaimed play The Audience takes you behind the closed doors of Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth II meets privately with her Prime Ministers in the most extraordinary weekly ritual in British public life. Bound by secrecy, these imagined conversations reveal the tension, wit, intimacy and power at the heart of leadership. From Churchill to Cameron, The Audience transforms history into gripping theatre—offering a fascinating, funny and deeply human portrait of the monarch and the Prime Ministers who shaped modern Britain.
Roles available
Queen Elizabeth II (one actor spans ages 26 – 84)
Young Elizabeth (anywhere between 12 -20 depending on ability to look young)
Equerry – any age
John Major (51) (Queen 64)
Winston Churchill (77) (Queen 26)
Harold Wilson (48) (Queen 38)
Bobo MacDonald (ageless) Scottish accent
Gordon Brown (56) (Queen 81)
Anthony Eden (57) (Queen 28)
Tony Blair (43) (Queen 71)
Margaret Thatcher (53) (Queen 53)
David Cameron (43) (Queen 84)
James Callaghan (64) (Queen 50)
As these are real people, I don’t need to describe them. Instead to register to audition please:
1. Click the Audition Form button to register your interest.
2. Read the play you NEED TO KNOW what you are auditioning for.
3. Prepare a 1-2min (no longer) monologue; this is primarily for me to see you at your prepared best including the appropriate accent/voice i.e. English, Scottish. We will also work from the script.
The Run
Rehearsal and Performance Information
- Rehearsals start August 31. Monday and Thursday evenings, 7.30–10.30pm, with Saturday sessions added closer to first preview.
- Set building and decorating is a shared effort, and everyone is expected to pitch in during bump-in weekends.
- Lines should be off-book by the second week of rehearsals, apart from Her Majesty due to the scale of the role.
- As most Prime Ministers appear for only one audience, I plan to involve actors in additional roles such as footmen, detectives, and dresser duties—so you’ll be more than just a PM.
- Again, due to the way the play rolls out, most actors will only be required one night a week until bump-in.
Previews: 9 & 11 November
Performance: Every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday between 13 November to 5 December.
If you have any questions about the audition process or the production and to ask for a script, please contact me on 0402 645 808 or at meredith.jacobs@icloud.com
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