The Vicar Of Dibley
Directed by Jamie Harris and Sarah Elliott
Audition Date - Monday 9th December 2024
Audition Panel - Jamie Harris, Sarah Elliott, Gary Starkie & Bob Booth
Rehearsal Days - Mondays and Wednesdays from 16th December
Performance Dates - Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th March 2025 (6 shows)
*Louth Playgoers Gold Membership required to perform (can be purchased after audition)*
**£10 performance fee**
Louth Playgoers are proud to be producing a stage version of the much loved and admired Richard Curtis & Peter Mayhew-Archer sitcom "The Vicar Of Dibley."
We'll be taking on 3 episodes of this family favourite comedy (The Arrival, The Easter Bunny & Engagement) and we are looking for a cast of 8 performers to join us and bring the iconic characters we all know and love to life.
Roles available
(please note playing age is a rough guide)
Geraldine Granger (playing age 25 - 50)
Geraldine is the bouncy, bubbly, curvy female Vicar of Dibley. She has a keen sense of moral correctness and will stand up for injustice; she also has a deep love of the people of Dibley despite their many flaws! She has an even greater love of chocolate and ice-cream... especially when upset or angered.
David Horton (playing age 50+)
David is one of those people who enjoys being in charge and assumes he is: he might even be described as being a bit power-trippy. He's a Cambridge educated, upper-class, multi-millionaire and although divorced, an upholder of stern traditional family values. He longs for tradition, law and order and the status quo.
Hugo Horton (playing age 20-40)
Poor Hugo is the veritable puppet of his controlling father. He was brought up only by David for the majority of his childhood, and it becomes quickly apparent that that upbringing was emotionally abusive. He aims to avoid conflict, and always aims to please
Alice Tinker (playing age 20-40)
Alice is a few sandwiches (and cakes, and pork pies, and sausage rolls...) short of a picnic. She has a heart of gold but doesn't understand many of the common issues of life, nor Geraldine's jokes.
Owen Newitt (playing age 30+)
Owen is the local farmer, and has a slightly too close relationship - if not often a sadistic one - with his animals. He regularly suffers with gastric health complaints and describes these in disgustingly graphic detail. He's a bachelor with broad tastes... he often hints at both desiring after and having had previous relationships with animals, as well as women.
Frank Pickle (playing age 50+)
Frank is very "English" and very "public school" in appearance: highly eccentric in both manner and dress, and outstandingly well-spoken. However, whilst he speaks exceptionally well linguistically, most of the Dibley inhabitants wish he would speak a little - no - a lot less, for he's intensely verbose and pedantic, and has been known to bore people to sleep and even to suicide when he speaks!
Jim Trott (playing age 50+)
Jim has a very unfortunate stutter, insofar as he precedes almost every statement with "No, no, no, no, no...". Needless to say the other residents find this annoying, time-consuming and confusing when trying to gain a straight answer from him! This aside, Jim spends a lot of time generally dithering anyway and so rarely manages to achieve much.
Letitia Cropley (playing age 50+)
Letitia is a very caring lady who longs to provide nourishing refreshment and sustenance to her close friends and neighbours, and ensures the church is full of attractive flower arrangements during Sunday worship.The problem is her creativity could be described as rather eccentric: her mourning flower arrangement included pineapple! Her palette is a bit odd too, as she's created countless dishes which require, shall we say, an acquired taste?
Audition Pieces
Audition Piece 1 - Geraldine, David, Hugo, Jim, Frank, Owen Mrs Cropeley
Audition Piece 2 - Geraldine, David, Hugo, Jim, Frank, Owen Mrs Cropeley
Audition Piece 3 - Geraldine & Alice
Audition Piece 4 - Geraldine & Alice
If you have any further questions in regards to the auditions, rehearsals or shows please contact either Jamie Harris on jamieharris807@googlemail.com or by phone to Sarah Elliott at 01507 304252