Play name
Charley’s Aunt
By Brandon Thomas adapted by Rob Madge
Director
Playing dates
Thursday 1st July to Saturday 10th July (first Thursday is a private Charity show; not Sunday 4th July; matinee Saturday 4th July)
Get-in and Strike
13th June; 11th July
Venue
BLT Main House
Audition
1:00pm Sunday February 7th 2027
About the play
Two lovestruck students need a respectable chaperone for the day but when she fails to arrive, one friend steps into the role with an outrageous disguise with gloriously chaotic results. Rob Madge’s joyful new take on Charley’s Aunt gives the classic farce a fresh twist, celebrating love, identity and the sheer fun of getting splendidly carried away.
Time
Slightly anachronistic 1890’s
Location
Oxford, England
Style and Genre
Fast-paced, high-spirited farce
Characters
Rob Madge’s adaptation is a decidedly queer version of the play, and I very much want to celebrate that, and honour their request to cast a gender fluid person in the role of Babbs.
JACK CHESNEY Early 20’s. Student at Oxford, terribly posh
CHARLEY WYKEHAM Early 20’s. Student at Oxford, equally posh, and Donna Lucia’s nephew
KITTY VERDUN Early 20’s. Ward of Lord Spettigue, also a little posh
AMY SPETTIGUE Early 20’s. Niece of Lord Spettigue, quite posh as well
BABBS 20’s. Lord Spettigue’s butler – played by a gender fluid actor
LORD SPETTIGUE 50’s – 60’s. Amy’s uncle, Kitty’s guardian, certainly posh
DONNA LUCIA D’ALVADOREZ 40’s – 60’s. Charley’s aunt, Eli’s guardian
ELI DELAHAY 20’s. Donna Lucia’s ward
Audition pieces
TBC