Director: Adam Bunting-Smith

Audition date: Sunday 18th August 2024 at the Stables Theatre, Hastings.

Auditions will start at 10:00am

Performance dates: Friday 8th November – Saturday 16th November 2024

Synopsis

“You’re the woman I watch from my train. I call you Jess. He’s Jason and you’re Jess. You have everything I lost. You’re everything I should have been.”

Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

A new stage adaptation based on Paula Hawkins’ international bestseller and the blockbuster DreamWorks film, The Girl on the Train is a gripping mystery/suspense thriller.

KAMAL ABDIC (Male) Playing age: 25-40

Please audition in your own accent.

AUDITION PIECE

Kamal is Megan Hipwell’s therapist and has been helping her to work through her troubled past and find her sense of self. He is reserved and professional but can portray a fatherly kindness and calm. His scenes are predominantly with Rachel Watson, who is posing as a client to try and uncover the truth about his relationship with his former client after she sees them together through the window of her train, but we see his relationship with Megan through flashback.

Appearance: Kamal is of Bosnian heritage and is incorrectly referred to as ‘Asian’-looking in the play, so dark features would be useful. Any body type.

Content: Kamal will be required to kiss Megan Hipwell.

Commitments: 2 of 3 rehearsals a week.

Rehearsal dates: Monday and Wednesday evenings 7pm to 9.30pm and Sunday mornings 10am to 12.30pm.

Start date: Monday 2 September 2024.

Full company must be available to attend all rehearsals 3 weeks prior to opening.

Being off-book isn’t mandatory, but a familiarity with the text is encouraged in case you are given some light direction.

Please contact Adam – adambuntingsmith@outlook.com if you have any questions or need to discuss anything regarding auditions or the production.