CaSTING CALL
Green Carnation Theatre is seeking two actors for a powerful original short duologue by the winner of the Picador Books & Green Carnation Theatre new writing competition to celebrate the paperback release of Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings. The script will be performed and filmed, to be shared by Green Carnation and Picador.
Location: Manchester (local actors preferred)
Deadline for applications: Friday 22 August, 12pm midday
Rehearsal: Evening of Thurs 28 September (plus online meeting with writer prior to rehearsal – to be arranged around availability)
Filming: Daytime Monday 1 September
Fee: £280 (inclusive of rehearsal and filming)
We would expect actors to be off script ready for the filming day.
The Roles:
- Nikki aka Nik (she/her, 25-35), a Black masc-presenting lesbian. A stage performer and the driving force of the piece. She is fighting to be heard and recognised in a world that constantly challenges and erases her and people like her. This is a powerful moment where her frustration spills over.
- Jess (she/her, 25-45), a white, cis, femme-presenting queer woman. A stage manager and Nikki’s close friend. Sees herself as a committed queer ally, but when confronted with a real-world incident, her support proves conditional.
We’re looking to cast local actors based around Manchester as filming will take place locally.
How to Apply
Email greencarnationcastings@gmail.com with:
- The role you wish to audition for in the subject line
- Your Spotlight link or a CV and headshot
- Any additional information on why you want to work on this project
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit a short self-tape (script extracts provided by email).
Deadline for self tapes: Sunday 24 August
Website: greencarnationcompany.com/opportunities
About the Script
Nikki aka Nik, a Black masc-presenting lesbian performer, is rehearsing a monologue about her experience being harassed and misgendered in a theatre bathroom. What begins as a performance soon unravels into a reckoning. Jess, her white, cis, femme-presenting queer female friend listens but her well-meaning support quickly gives way to subtle doubt, and complicity.
The script examines how, even in LGBTQ+ spaces — places meant to offer belonging and safety — Black queer women are often unaccounted for. The piece explores the tension of being both invisible and hyper-visible, and the harm caused by exclusion and misunderstanding.
(T/W: The duologue will include descriptions of racial, homophobic harassment. Performers should be comfortable discussing and performing these themes).
New Queer Writers – we want you!
Green Carnation are looking for stories.
It’s been a long couple of years and we’re itching to get to know some new queer writers who have a play (or an idea) that they are wanting to explore.
Our mission is to tell queer stories through quality theatre. Do you have an original story or a new idea for a play that you think fits our mission? We’re especially looking for stories that are a little bit different – stories that give a new perspective, or a queer twist.
If you’re interested in sharing some of your work and potentially getting to know us, please email greencarnationsubmissions@gmail.com with one of the below:
- If it’s an existing script then a 6-10 page extract and summary/outline
- If it’s still in the ‘idea’ phase then a summary/outline of your story and up to 10 page extract of some of your previous work
No pressure or expectation, we’d just like to get to know you and your work a bit more and go from there!
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