Job Opportunities

Though we tend to prefer groups of artists we have worked with before, we strive to create a rolling pool of theatre professionals, working with groups of them at a time on each project.
Below is a list of areas we are specifically recruiting.

So you wanna be a Theatre Producer?

Are you hungry, brave, and passionate about drama?

Do you want to find out if you have what it takes to become a brilliant Producer but don't know where to begin?

Icarus is looking for additional production staff for its upcoming productions with a view to train and develop the successful candidate to work as a creative leader/producer on future projects.

THIS IS A TRAiNING PROGRAMME! WE CAN GIVE YOU THE SKILLS YOU NEED!

Please send a CV and cover letter to . The cover letter is far more important than the CV.

Icarus is unique as a small scale theatre company in that it functions as a Collective. A team of Producers lead the company under the measured Artistic Direction of company founder. Each Producer will lead one project per year and act as support for the others. In this way many projects can happen simultaneously and the company maintains a clear, strong Artistic Vision.

The only pay is training and fees on a project-by-project basis. Come on board to help us change this. We want your ambition.

This will be hard work and intense involvement. We expect to give you a chance and for you to prove yourself by asking questions, getting help, and getting the job done.

The one thing we CAN'T give you is a sharp wit and initiative. Both are vital. Bring them yourself.

Casting Breakdown

The Time of Your Life - FOUR WEEK RUN AT THE FINBOROUGH THEATRE

by William Saroyan
Directed by Max Lewendel

1939.  Nick’s Pacific Street Saloon: a seedy San Francisco honky-tonk, and way-station welcoming lost souls of all kinds.  In strides Kitty Duvall: internationally renowned Burlesque dancer… or “two-dollar whore” (no one can be quite sure).

While open-hearted, open-handed Joe sets up his flunky, Tom, to woo the angelic Kitty, he also helps a would-be dancer to fulfil his lifelong dream. We meet a lovelorn young man searching for love at the end of a telephone, a longshoreman with the soul of a poet, slumming society swells, and a boozy old coot muttering in the corner about the abyss the world may fall into at any moment…

A rich tapestry of human life, peopled by a profusion of wistful dreamers, pining lonely hearts, and beer-hall-philosophers.

Profit Share (with 25 actors, assume this will be nil).

We do not accept submissions via email since large file attachments from dozens of actors only irritate the recipient. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIND OUR PERSONAL OR OFFICE EMAIL ADDRESS WITH RELATION TO CASTING. THIS WILL NOT HELP YOUR APPLICATION.

Closing date for submissions: 02 September 2008

Auditions & Recalls first two weeks of September

Rehearsal from 26 October 2008, daytimes, five days a week

Four Week Run in the FINBOROUGH THEATRE 26 November – 20 December 2008.

All characters speak with a West-Coast America accent unless otherwise stated.

JOE: Male, 40s/50s, calm, quiet, contemplative.  Eager and bored, a superiority that comes from a lifetime of riches.  A loafer with money and a good heart.

KITTY DUVAL: Female, Late 20s, a small, powerful girl with that kind of delicate and rugged beauty which no circumstance of evil or ugly reality can destroy.  Yet evil has tried to destroy her, and it has left its scar.  She is an international burlesque dancer… or two-dollar whore… no one can be too sure.

TOM: Male, early 30s, hansom, dumb, innocent, troubled, and a little bewildered.  A great big man, a gentle giant, a child in a man’s body.  Some grace and a sense of rhythm enough to slow-dance.

NICK: Male, 30s/40s, large, American-born Italian.  Runs the bar the play is set in.

ARAB: Male, 50s/60s, lean, quiet, middle-eastern.  Middle-East accent.  Muslim, pessimistic, mysterious, philosopher.  MUST PLAY HARMONICA.

SAILOR: Male, early 20s, drunk, aimless.

NEWSBOY: Male, 15, cheerful, filled with youthful exuberance, excellent singer.

DRUNKARD: Male, 60s.

WILLIE: Male, 18 – 20, the marble-game maniac.  The last of the American pioneers, always up against the world, the lone soldier fighting for what is right.  In this play, that means defeating a marble-game machine based on chance.

DUDLEY: Male, mid 20s, ordinary yet extraordinary.  Recently drafted.  Educated but without the least real understanding.  His desire for a woman, for love is what elevates him to the point of greatness.  Passionate, exasperated, his ego is disjointed and epileptic.

HARRY: Male, 20, eager, desperate, dances as awkwardly as he dresses himself.  A dumb young fellow, but with ideas.  In the end he finds an inner grace.  Requires an extremely skilled actor with some dancing skill who is a gifted enough comedian to play the worst comedian in the world.

WESLEY: Male, 15, black African, comes in starving and plays a mean boogie-woogie piano.  Only basic piano skills needed.

LORENE: Female, 37, overbearing and overweight.  Funny-looking.

BLICK: Male, 40s, ordinary in appearance with a menacing aura.  The weakling who uses force on the weaker.

MARY: Female, 20s.  An unhappy woman of quality and great beauty.

McCARTHY: Male, late 30s, swift, charming.  A big, lean man with a powerful voice who looks younger than his years. An intelligent and well-read dock-worker who enjoys people and the mess the world is in.

KRUPP: Male, 37, out-of-place, naïve, honest, and essentially good.  A waterfront cop with a good heart who hates his job but doesn’t know what else to do with himself.  A friend of McCarthy.

NICK’S MOTHER: Female, late 50s, early 60s, Italian, warm, chatty.  MUST SPEAK FLUENT ITALIAN.

KIT CARSON: Male, late 60s, bold, slightly senile.  A relic of the 19th century, he hunted Native American Indians, killed bears with his bare hands, and became a legend of the old west.

ANNA: Female, late teens, early 20s, soft, like a baby deer.  Nick’s daughter.

ELSIE: Female, early 20s, beautiful, elegant, sorrowful.  Loved by DUDLEY.

STREET WALKER: Female, early 30s, a killer

OTHER STREET WALKER: Female, late 20s, STREET WALKER’S side-kick.

LADY: Female, 40s/50s, society lady.

GENTLEMAN: Male, 40s/50s, society gentleman.

For more information, please visit:
www.icarustheatre.co.uk

Please send Covering Letter, CV, and 8 x 10 Headshot to:

Icarus Theatre Collective
c/o Max Lewendel
105 Bell Street
London
NW1 6TL

Please mention how you heard about this casting.

Voluntary Positions

Internships

We are always looking for young professionals or university students to join our team, working with us for a term or more. You can learn about the production process, administration of a young company, and be an active part of a team that brings a play from conception to actualisation.

Work Experience

Students can find out what it means to collaborate as part of a team, usually helping with administration of the company. Seasonal opportunities to help our designers, directors, and other artists are available as well. Please send a CV and cover letter to icarustheatre.co.uk.

Other Positions

We always accept CVs for consideration on future productions, however you are probably better off joining our Newsletter so that you are informed whenever a position becomes available and can apply for specific opportunities. We do not accept unsolicited CVs by email.

Address:

Icarus Theatre Collective
105 Bell Street
London
NW1 6TL