We would love to see lots of you at our auditions on Sunday 28th November – including those of you who weren’t able to make the help night; we can assure you that we are building in plenty of time during the day to go over all the singing and movement to ensure you are as confident as possible. Please note, this includes any of our youth membership who are 16 years and over
The audition day will be structured as follows:
Morning session: Rotherfield Memorial Institute (RSM)
nb. – anyone who only wants to audition for any of Harry, Jamie, Mrs Hopkins, Georgie, Flower Girl and Policeman and no other parts we can do this dialogue in the afternoon.
Afternoon session: Rotherfield Village Hall
Character |
‘Stage’ Age |
Name |
| Eliza Doolittle | 20s | A cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become ‘a lady’ becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering |
| Mrs Pearce | 30+ | Higgins’ housekeeper. In charge of Higgins’ household and staff. Also, part of Higgins’ “servants’ chorus” |
| Mrs Higgins | 70+ | Higgins’ long-suffering mother |
| Mrs Eynsford-Hill | 50+ | A friend of Mrs Higgins and Freddy’s mother |
| Mrs Hopkins | Any | A lively cockney woman who is always interested in everyone else’s business |
| Georgie (Bar Landlady) | Any | Landlady of Doolittle’s ‘local’ |
| Flower Girl | 20s | Friend of Eliza who works at Covent Garden |
| Higgins’ Maids (x 3) | Any | Maids who work for Professor Higgins. Singing parts |
| Ensemble | Any | A variety of Cockney and “well to do / upper class” characters |
| Character | ‘Stage Age’ | Name |
| Professor Higgins | 40s / 50s | British, upper class professional bachelor, world famous phonetics expert, teacher and author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet” |
| Colonel Pickering | 60+ | Retired British officer with colonial experience and author of “Spoken Sanskritt” |
| Freddy Eynsford-Hill | 20s / 30s | Upper class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza |
| Alfred Doolittle | 50+ | Eliza’s father; a lively dustman and ‘philosopher!’ |
| Harry & Jamie | Any | Drinking companions of Alfred Doolittle |
| Zoltan Karparthy | 40+ | A bearded Hungarian; former phonetics student of Henry Higgins |
| Higgins’ Butler & Footman | Any | Servants of Professor Higgins. Singing parts |
| Policeman | Any | Policeman who works around Covent Garden |
| Ensemble | Any | A variety of Cockney and “well to do/upper class” characters |
Eliza, Freddy, Mrs Higgins and Mrs Eynsford Hill
Higgins, Pickering, Mrs Pearce and Eliza
Mrs Hopkins plus Georgie, Flower Girl, Jamie, Harry and Policeman
Eliza singing "I could have Danced"
Freddy singing "On the Street Where You Live"
Higgins singing "I've Grown Accustomed"
Pickering singing "You Did It"
Mrs Pearce, Harry, Jamie and Higgins Servants (Butler, Footman and Maids)
Doolittle singing "Get me to the Church"
Eliza and all singing " Wouldn't I"