Heidelberg Theatre Company
Author: Mike Bartlett
Director: George Werther
Genre: Comedy
Agent: ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company
Synopsis
Sandra and Kenneth are born into the optimistic “baby-boomer” generation, ready to “change the world”. We follow their lives from the heady 60’s into the challenging 90’s, with their adolescent children seeking new directions. We then meet them in the new millennium, as they and their now adult children have very different needs and conflicting world views. The baby-boomers discover life is not a bed of roses.
Mike Bartlett has brilliantly and humorously painted the story of the highs and lows of the post-war generations, leaving us with clever insights, much food for thought, and many unanswered questions.
Love, Love, Love has “a galloping satirical wit that pulls you along, happy and appalled, through the decades.”
Characters
Acting Roles:
HENRY: Henry is twenty-three years old. He is Kenneth’s older brother, who owns his flat. Born at the end of WW2 he is serious and predates the optimism and flippancy of the 1960s. He represents the hard-working and frugal mindset of his generation. He is resentful of Kenneth’s laissez-faire attitude and hedonistic lifestyle.
• Supporting role
• Age: 18-25
Genders: Male
Ages: 16-20, 20-30
KENNETH: Kenneth is 19 years old at opening, when he meets Sandra, to embark together on a hedonistic lifestyle. He is brash and optimistic in contrast to his brother Henry, and shares Sandra’s approach to life. He ages to 40 in Act 2, now comfortably settled in a middle-class home with Sandra and their two challenging teenage children. In Act 3, he ages to 62, now sharing a country estate with Sandra, their children resentful and blaming their parents for their losing their way in life.
• Lead role
• Age: 35-45 – able to age down and up
Genders: Male
Ages: 30-40, 40-55
SANDRA: Sandra is feisty and 19 years old at opening, dating Henry, when she meets Kenneth and they immediately hit it off, she leading them on their hedonistic life adventure. By Act 2, now aged 40, she and Kenneth are settled in their middle-class home but tensions abound with their teenage children Rose and Jamie, particularly between Sandra and Rose. In Act 3, aged 62, now well-to-do in their country estate, Sandra is opinionated and still feisty, as their now adult children throw resentment and blame at them for their perceived failure to achieve their goals in life.
• Lead role
• Age 35-45 – able to age down and up
Genders: Female
Ages: 30-40, 40-55
ROSE: Rose is an energetic and often angry teenager, appearing in Act 2, as the daughter of Kenneth and Sandra. In many ways like her mother, she is mostly at odds with her, both being strong personalities. By Act 3, now aged 34, and somewhat lost in life, she is resentful of her parents’ success and blames them for her own perceived failures.
• Supporting role
• Age 18-30 – able to age down and up
Genders: Female
Ages: 16-20, 20-30
JAMIE: Jamie is a lively young teenager when he appears in Act 2, bantering with his father and clashing with his sister Rose. In Act 3, now in his early 30s, he has settled into a comfortable and lazy life with his father Kenneth, but with ongoing resentment between him and his angry sister Rose.
• Supporting role
• Age 18-30 – able to age up and down
Genders: Male
Ages: 16-20, 20-30
Precast Characters:
None
Audition Venue & Dates
Audition Dates and Times:
7:00pm on:
- Sun 16th Mar 2025
- Tue 18th Mar 2025
Audition Venue Name: Heidelberg Theatre
Audition Venue Address:
36 Turnham Ave. Rosanna, Vic
(opposite Rosanna Railway Station)
Audition Enquiries Contact: George Werther; email: werther110@gmail.com; phone: 0402 222 090
Performances
Season Dates: 4 Jul 2025 - 19 Jul 2025
Showtimes:
2:00pm on:
- Sat 5th Jul 2025
- Sun 6th Jul 2025
- Sat 12th Jul 2025
- Sun 13th Jul 2025
8:00pm on:
- Fri 4th Jul 2025
- Wed 9th Jul 2025
- Thu 10th Jul 2025
- Fri 11th Jul 2025
- Sat 12th Jul 2025
- Wed 16th Jul 2025
- Thu 17th Jul 2025
- Fri 18th Jul 2025
- Sat 19th Jul 2025
More info
Other Information
Other Information:
AUDITION INFO
• Auditions are strictly by appointment
• To apply for an audition, please email the director (werther110@gmail.com). In your email nominate the session that you wish to attend (see page 1) and the part(s) that you are interested in auditioning for.
• Each accepted applicant will be emailed a perusal copy of the script and an audition form to complete. It would be helpful if the completed form is emailed back prior to the audition
• We request each auditionee include a named, recent photo (passport-size is ideal) in the email with your audition form, or when you attend the audition.
• All auditionees, when they present for the audition, are expected to be fully familiar with the text and the character(s) they are auditioning for. Audition pieces will be provided well in advance of the audition.
• While it is expected that auditionees will be particularly familiar with the audition pieces, auditionees are not required to be “off book”.
• For other queries, including arranging for a perusal copy of the script, contact the Director:
email: werther110@gmail.com
phone: 0402 222 090
REHEARSAL INFO
• All cast members are expected to fully commit to the rehearsal and performance schedule, providing notification at the audition of any potential unavailable times
• Read-through of the play with all cast: Tuesday April 8, 7:30 pm
• Rehearsals begin on May 1 then every Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30pm and Sunday evenings at 7.00pm.
