Welcome to open auditions for our one-act play: We Are Not Amused by Ulf Persson, directed by Ulf Persson and Graham Lees.

The auditions will take place onSunday 11 February 2018, 1–3 pm at FINNBRIT, Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9, 00120 Helsinki.

There will be performances at Höyhentämö between 20 August and 2 September 2018, as part of the Helsinki Fesitival and Night of the Arts. Rehearsals will be in held during the spring, with a break over summer and a 'refresher period' in August.

REGISTRATION
Please register for the auditions in advance, stating which role or roles you’re interested in auditioning for. Also let us know if you would be interested in joining the backstage crew. Please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You do not have to be a member to audition, but you must join if cast. Please arrive in good time to begin at 13:00.

PREPARATION
Please prepare for some light improv in character, in which you answer questions about your character’s life, such as its ups and downs, what they are proud of, what they regret, etc. In short, find out a little about the character or characters you intend to audition for!

ENTRY TO THE BUILDING
Press the FINNBRIT buzzer by the street door to be let in.

MORE INFORMATION & QUERIES
If you cannot attend on Sunday, or if you have any questions about the play, rehearsal schedule or other arrangements, please contact Ulf (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

THE PLAY
We Are Not Amused is a talkshow. It’s also a late show in the sense that all the guests are dead. Very famous and very dead. But here they are again to talk about their lives, their pleasures and disappointments, family affairs, loves and – why they are not amused.

THE CHARACTERS (3F, 1M)

Host (M) – a talk show host who knows how to ask probing questions

Elisabeth – Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, 1837-1898

Victoria – Queen of England and Empress of India, 1819-1901

Lady Diana – Princess of Wales, 1961-1997