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The Muswellbrook Amateur Theatrical Society (MATS) is about to hold auditions for its latest production, Monsieur Goes A Hunting, and it needs local blokes to step up.
“We are specifically looking for eight men and three females ranging in age from 18-to-45 and the leading men could be anywhere from 28-to-48,” director Larni Christie said.
“There’s very little preparation or experience needed, we just want people to come along, read some prose from a novel and have fun.”
The play was written in the late 19th century by French dramatist, Georges Feydeau, whose comedies delighted Parisian audiences in the lead up to World War I.
“Georges Feydeau was France’s Oscar Wilde of the 1870s and his play, which has been translated into English, is very funny,” Ms Christie said.
Profits from amateur productions are put towards the purchase of new equipment, running theatre workshops for adults and children and sharing sound and lighting gear with local schools.
“In November, MATS donated the services of its audio technicians, all the equipment, and all the labour for the ‘bump in’ and ‘pull down’ at the Alex McKinnon fundraiser,” she said.
Ms Christie said the Muswellbrook Amateur Theatrical Society has been going for 55 years, keeping theatre happening and alive in the Muswellbrook region.
MATS productions were formerly staged at the Muswellbrook and District Workers Club Auditorium, but the auditorium’s conversion to a cinema complex means the society is now without a performance space.
The Muswellbrook Library has offered to help out, providing a temporary venue for the production.
Shelving and books in the Children’s and Junior Fiction section will be temporarily re-located for three weeks, making room for seating to accommodate an audience of nearly 100.
“We’re ready to do a period piece and we’re ready to do a comedy and a small venue is really going to suit this play,” Ms Christie said.
Auditions will be held on the evenings of February 3 and 4 at the Muswellbrook Library, with the play set to open in May.
Anyone wanting more information should contact MATS on 0422 331 981 or 0488 979 286.
