Welcome to our Relationslips
information page!
So what’s it all about?
It’s another comedy play by Chris Sandiford and Sara Morris
Love is in the air! But sometimes on the floor. The ups and downs of everyday relationships is brought sharply into focus through a humorous lens in this brand new comedy play.
Pensioners John and Hilary, lifelong members of the Phoenix Amateur Theatre Group have found love in the Autumn of their lives and have decided to tie the knot.
But as you'd expect, not everything goes smoothly, surrounded by their friends who aren't really setting the best of examples with all their squabbles, fallings out, misunderstandings and arguments. If relationships were ever to be tested, none of them would pass!
We first met the Phoenix characters in If It's Not One Thing It's The Mother in 2018 and this is a loose "sequel" which picks up on those same characters but is unrelated to the first story, so it can be enjoyed by everyone. It explores the themes that test all of our connected lives from time to time. Raising kids, jealousy, dishonesty, love and trust can all cause friction but if our bonds are strong, surely we can overcome them and be even stronger? We're sure you'll find some connection yourselves with our characters as they fall in and out of love and friendship!
Who’s in it?
Hopefully you, if you’re successful! But here’s the full cast of characters.
Rather than running individual auditions, we’ve picked some scenes in which we can audition a few people at once, to see how everyone interacts. Beneath each character is a list of audition packs with a short character bio. Some may seem long but don’t worry! Every character has at least one feature scene in blue with a fair amount of dialogue but also appear in supplementary scenes in white with just a few lines. You don’t need to learn everything, just have a read through and get to know the character(s) you’re going to try out for. All characters are colour-coded per scene.
Sophie Hardy - Society member; local caterer, friends with Claudia and Stephanie
Scenes: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
Hilary Caunce - Costume mistress/secretary; good hearted, short-sighted, absent-minded
Scenes: 5,6, 8
Roger McGill - Society member; painter and decorator, dry-witted, sardonic
Scenes: 6, 7 , 8 , 9 , 11, 12 ,14
Alan Trent - Society member; Mortgage advisor and Roger’s best friend, similar humour
Scenes: 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14
John Stoke - Society committee member; handy man; proud, righteous, kind
Scenes: 6, 8
Tony Cope - Society member; Allegra’s husband, was a ladies' man, enjoying fatherhood
Scenes: 8, 11, 14
Allegra Cope - Society member; diva, Abigail’s daughter, married to Tony, fragile
Scenes: 4, 8, 13, 14
Felicity Pointer - Society member; Keen, outdoorsy, happy-go-lucky
Scenes: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
Abigail Fanshaw - Director of Phoenix Theatre Group; proud, determined, stubborn
Scenes: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 ,9 ,13
Stephanie Moore - Society member; busty, flirty, over-confident, brash
Scenes: 2,3,4
Claudia Lewis - Society member; Stephanie’s best friend, similar to her but simpler and with better morals
Scenes: 2,4,9
Cain Pennywise - Former rogue turned businessman, trying to be something he isn't
Scenes: 3,4,10
Frank Baxter - Abigail's new man. Nice on the surface but with shady secrets beneath
Scenes: 7,8,12
Skylar Withenshawe - Cain's ex-bit of rough. Bimbo, a chancer, out for all she can get
Scenes: 9 ,10
When can I audition?
Glad you asked!
We have an audition prep night on 13th April, open to all so if you missed the launch night, it’s your chance to join us for questions, pick up some info and do a bit of pre-reading. It’s basically a second launch night with no nibbles!
The auditions will be held on 20th April and 27th April. If you want to take part, fill in the form below. We’ll be back in touch with a date and time so please keep both these days free if you can!
Audition pieces can be found under the characters in the previous section.
If successful, rehearsal nights will be Mondays, commencing 20th June.
And when is it on?
We are looking at the second week in November, currently at one of two locations. Either Thornton Little Theatre or Our Lady Star of the Sea in St Annes.
Dates and location will be confirmed very soon as we are still in discussions with the venues.
Anything else?
Email us at nodramaslive@gmail.com
Either fill in the form in the audition section above or feel free to talk to us about anything else at the above address.