🎭 Auditions!
Dear Friend,
🔊 Once again, it's time for some good old Lisbon Players open auditions! 🔊
Play: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Directed by: Miguel Jesus Dates: 18th - 29th June 2025 Theatre: Teatro Variedades Ibsen's Hedda Gabler is a profound exploration of power dynamics and existential despair. The play examines the pressures placed on women, particularly the conflict between personal desire and societal roles, as Hedda struggles with the limitations imposed upon her. The play also delves into the destructive consequences of repressed ambition and unfulfilled longing. Hedda's yearning for freedom and influence leads her to manipulate those around her. Ibsen's sharp dialogue and psychological depth highlight the human desire for meaning and control, making Hedda Gabler a timeless commentary on individuality and the search for autonomy.
About the Director
Miguel Jesus has a degree in Performing Arts from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and for fourteen years worked at Teatro O Bando, where he was a member of the cooperative's board of directors and artistic direction team. He was assistant director and production coordinator for several shows directed by João Brites. As a director, he has directed shows with a strong musical component, from staged concerts to a children's opera, as well as outdoor shows and shows in unconventional spaces. As a playwright, he has created shows based on novels and poems by authors such as Manuel António Pina, António Maria Lisboa, Almada Negreiros, Vergílio Ferreira, Hélia Correia, Mia Couto, Raul Brandão, Luís-Bernardo Honwana and Dante Alighieri. As an author, he has written theatre plays, books of poems and the libretto Mautempo in Portugal, with music by Eurico Carrapatoso. He is co-founder of GALATEIA - Edição e Produção Cultural, where he has published several books of poetry and theatre, directed the shows As Mãos das Águias and Cidade do DestinoI, and organised several street events for thousands of spectators, including the Marcha Olá Futuro, an intercultural event with more than 300 participants from around 20 different countries that closed the Festival Todos in 2024 - with which he has collaborated regularly.
Auditions: 📆 March 1st 9am - 6pm 📍 Polo Gaivotas (Rua das Gaivotas 8) If you are interested in signing up, please fill in the form before February 26th. We are very excited to continue our legacy of putting on theatre in Lisbon in the English language! For this show, we are looking for a diverse group of actors! Ideally, we would like to find actors with experience in physical theatre and open to collaborative processes. We are looking for actors for the following roles: Hedda Gabler Tesman (Female, early 30s): a manipulative and disillusioned woman married to a man she does not love. George Tesman (Male, early 30s): a naive and ambitious scholar, Hedda's husband. Ms. Juliana Tesman (Female, 60s): George's caring but meddling aunt who helps maintain the household. Judge Brack (Male, 40s-50s): a manipulative family friend who seeks power and influence over Hedda. Eilert Lövborg (Male, 30s): Tesman's academic rival, an intelligent but self-destructive man with a troubled past involving Hedda. Thea Elvsted (Female, 20s/ 30s): a kind and nervous woman who has left her unhappy marriage to help Lövborg with his work. We are also looking for actors for this supporting role: Berte (gender and age non-specific): the Tesman family maid/ butler, loyal but wary of Hedda's moods. For more information, please check the form or contact the Lisbon Players directly. 💥Good luck with the auditions! 💥 | | | | |
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