Director: Hugo Trebels

Assistant Director & Stage Manager: Jamie Seaton

Audition date: May 17, 2025 at the Stables Theatre, Hastings. Auditions will start at 10am.

Performance dates: Sep 09, 2025 to Sep 13, 2025.

Open Auditions (all are welcome to attend).

The running of the day will be as follows:

10am till 1pm – first auditions

2pm onwards – call backs

Rehearsal dates: Mainly Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7pm to 9.30pm. There will be a couple of Mondays instead of Tuesdays and please expect some weekendrehearsals. Rehearsals currently are scheduled to start on July 01, 2025.

Production week – cast call time will be at 6.00pm on performance days (1pm for the matinee performance). There will be a company warm up which is compulsory, and we will strictly adhere to ‘the half’. Please bear this in mind when you audition.

Synopsis

The creative team behind last years’ musical ‘The Last Five Years’ at The Stables Theatre, come together one final time to present A Single Man. Helmed by director Hugo Trebels and assisted by Jamie Seaton, the playpromises to be another exciting and thought-provoking evening at the theatre. 

California, 1962. College professor George is grieving the death of his long-term partner Jim. As a middle-aged gay Englishman living in the Los Angeles suburbs, he is an outsider in every way. Haunted by his past and unable to move forward, we follow him on one very ordinary day. But for George, this is going to be a day like no other…

Powerful and sexy, A Single Man is a darkly amusing study of grief, love and loneliness from the celebrated writer of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for the musical Cabaret.

A Single Man features in The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels Written in English, where it is described as ‘a work of compressed brilliance.’ Known to many through Tom Ford’s film, Christopher Isherwood’s masterpiece is now given a wry and compassionate retelling in Simon Reade’s new adaptation for the stage.

A Single Man opened at The Park Theatre in London in 2022 and our production will be the first time this play is presented outside London.

Characters (all ages are indicated for guidance)

Main Cast:

George Falconer

A literature professor who is grieving the loss of his lover, Jim. 40s-50s

Charlotte “Charley” Roberts

George’s best friend, who is also a glamorous and somewhat dramatic woman who has romantic feelings for George. 30s-40s.

Kenneth “Kenny” Potter

One of George’s students who seems to be curious about him beyond the classroom setting. Early 20s, physically fit.

Jim

George’s deceased lover, who died in a car accident. 30s-40s

Supporting cast (could double up)

Female Paramedic / Mrs Strunk – 30s

Maria / Doris – 20s

Male Paramedic / Mr Strunk – 30s

Alex / Nurse / Bartender – 20s-30s

Please note: US accent coaching will be provided.

For the audition, please prepare a monologue of your own choosing. For the call backs you will be asked to read scenes from A Single Man with a scene partner.

Please contact Hugo on htrebels@aol.com if you have any questions or if you need any help choosing a monologue.

Please do not audition with any scenes from the play.

Scripts are available from The Stables Theatre.