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Icon Theatre are looking for a performer for The Ballad of St John’s Car Park, a new immersive theatre production that celebrates the positive power of community protest and activism in Medway.

Taking inspiration from true stories of local activism, The Ballad of St John’s Car Park explores the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020; Trans and LGBTQI+ activism and the establishment of Medway’s First Pride March in 2019; the Sikh community’s support of local protestors and the Sikh concepts of langar and seva; and local young people who took part in the Greta Thunberg climate protests in 2018.

Performed at the Ballroom in the St George Hotel (Chatham) and featuring karaoke, a choir and spectacular projection, this immersive theatre production is created and performed by a core company of 4 professional performers alongside an ensemble of over 100 local residents and young people.

The Role

Asha is a recently separated Sikh GP, age 25 – 50, who has moved to Medway in the last six months. Her character, who starts the play stuck on a bad blind date, explores her changing relationships with family and community and celebrates the concepts of positive communal action and selflessness within Sikhism, particularly through the tradition of the ‘langar’ (community kitchen).

The character of Asha has been devised through an R&D process with Harveen Mann ARAM and Ravneet Sehra, both performers/writers from the Sikh community.

Applying
Please send CV/headshot/showreels to nancyh@icontheatre.org.uk by Tues 28 June 5pm

Production dates
Contract dates: 12 Sept – 8 October Rehearsals: 12 Sept – 4 Oct 5 Performances: Weds 5 – Sat 8 October.

Production location
The Ballroom, St George Hotel, Chatham, 7-8 New Rd Ave, Chatham ME4 6BB , United Kingdom

Director
Nancy Hirst

Producer
Tania Holland Williams

Contract info
Equity/ITC rates & terms plus £30 per day travel /accommodation.

Icon Theatre are looking for a performer for The Ballad of St John’s Car Park, a new immersive theatre production that celebrates the positive power of community protest and activism in Medway.

Taking inspiration from true stories of local activism, The Ballad of St John’s Car Park explores the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020; Trans and LGBTQI+ activism and the establishment of Medway’s First Pride March in 2019; the Sikh community’s support of local protestors and the Sikh concepts of langar and seva; and local young people who took part in the Greta Thunberg climate protests in 2018.

Performed at the Ballroom in the St George Hotel (Chatham) and featuring karaoke, a choir and spectacular projection, this immersive theatre production is created and performed by a core company of 4 professional performers alongside an ensemble of over 100 local residents and young people.

The Role

Andrea, a trans woman aged between 25-50, has recently inherited the St George’s Hotel. With warmth, humour and bon viveur she is launching the first ever karaoke night in the hotel bar, which she has styled as a traditional east-end boozer.

The show explores activism and social protest, and as part of that highlights Andrea’s story growing up in the Medway Towns, the increasing levels of transphobia facing the trans community and trans activism.

The role has been devised through an R&D process with Tabby Lamb, a non-binary writer and performer.

Applying
Please send CV/headshot/showreels to nancyh@icontheatre.org.uk by Tues 28 June 5pm

Production dates
Contract dates: 12 Sept – 8 October Rehearsals: 12 Sept – 4 Oct 5 Performances: Weds 5 – Sat 8 October.

Production location
The Ballroom, St George Hotel, Chatham, 7-8 New Rd Ave, Chatham ME4 6BB , United Kingdom

Director
Nancy Hirst

Producer
Tania Holland Williams

Contract info
Equity/ITC rates & terms plus £30 per day travel /accommodation.