GMDF Member Societies’ Acting Auditions, Plays, Musicals and Pantomimes

 

Laying the Ghost by Simon Williams
Directed by Lynda Kent

 

Laying the Ghost is a fast moving comedy set in a retirement home for a group of eccentric, charming and “growing old outrageously” theatricals.

 

Margot Buchanan is a witty ex-actress. Trying to forget her 70th birthday, Margot is less than pleased when she receives three unwelcome birthday visitors: her ex-husband Sir Leo Buchanan a well-known actor and philanderer trying to evade the tabloids, Leo’s second wife Lady Judy Buchanan, and Leo’s current mistress aspiring actress Sadie Croft. Then, to add insult to injury, Leo has the temerity to suffer a heart attack and die.

 

But even from beyond the grave, Leo is anxious to mediate his tangled relationships with the three women and, luckily for him, Margot’s friend, Freda, can see ghosts – if only she can pull herself away from her jigsaw puzzle of The Full Monty.

 

Character list:

Margot Buchanan (F 70s)
Freda Deacon (F 70s)
Sir Leo Buchanan (M 70s)
Mrs Kidd (F 30s/40s)
Lady Judy Buchanan - Leo's wife (F 50ish)
Sadie Croft (F 20s)
Superman (must look good in lycra  )
Orderly (M or F non speaking part)