by Caryl Churchill

Saturday 13th 10am – 5pm and Sunday 14th Dec 10am – 1pm.

Top Girls offers an incredible opportunity for an all-female cast to wrestle with one of the most brilliant and challenging plays.  The production will be directed by Chris New.  Actors of all ages are encouraged to audition as the casting may not be totally naturalistic.

We are especially keen to welcome actors of an Asian Heritage for the role of Lady Nijo.

The production will be rehearsed on a weekday evening and on Saturday Mornings.  The production will begin tech April 19th 2026 and will run until 1st May.

***Please note –  actors must be confident in line learning – this is a very technically challenging play***

Please bring to the audition a section of the play that you would like to read and discuss with Chris.

To secure an audition slot please email with your CV and an image of yourself.  info@stablestheatre.co.uk

Characters in the play –

• Marlene: The protagonist, a successful manager at the Top Girls Employment Agency.

• Lady Nijo: A Japanese courtesan who becomes a Buddhist nun.

• Pope Joan: A legendary female pope who disguised herself as a man.

• Dull Gret: A woman who leads a crowd of women, from a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

• Isabella Bird: A 19th-century female traveler and writer.

• Patient Griselda: A character from Chaucer’s “The Clerk’s Tale,” known for her obedience.

• Joyce: Marlene’s sister and the adopted mother of Angie.

• Angie: Joyce’s daughter and Marlene’s biological daughter, who is a teenager at the start of the play.

• Win: An employee at the Top Girls Agency.

• Kit: Angie’s younger best friend.

• Mrs Kidd: A woman who fights for her husband’s job.

• Nell: A perceptive and ambitious employee.

• Louise: Another character who works at the agency.

• Shona: A coworker.