Tour Guide / Actor, The Ruins of Earth

leo&hyde are a Manchester-based musical theatre company. We're a small and friendly team, who get excitable about new music, theatre and technology.

The Ruins of Earth is a theatrical twist on a walking-tour. The audience experience it as a typical walking tour - groups of up to 15, led by a tour guide around a city. But there’s a twist. The audience are asked to imagine themselves as futuristic being visiting the remnants of human civilisation. The tour guide, X2-729, gives them human bodies to wear and shows them through are construction of a human city, as they try to discover what humans were, why they lived in cities - and why they are now in ruins. The AI-generated script is full of hilarious observations - but peppered with more profound observations about our urban lives.

The Ruins of Earth is commissioned by Manchester Independents, a development scheme brought together by cultural organisations across Greater Manchester, to support and connect independent talent in the region.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Mancunian or Manchester-based tour-guide or actor to lead our audiences through Manchester. Some things we’re keeping an eye out for as well:

  • Walking tour experience - Ideally, someone familiar with the tropes and dynamics of walking-tours so you can bring this experience into the show.

  • Warm and comedic - Someone who can ensure the tour is funny and relatable whilst also create a safe, intimate space for the audience.

  • Sci-fi - A love for sci-fi will be great. The role will involve embodying a “fictional universe” so you can improv according to its roles where appropriate in the tour.

Rehearsals will be a mixture of self-led time learning the script, and time with Leo and team working to develop a route, and give directorial feedback and an outside eye on the script delivery.

DEADLINE: 14th July.

PRACTICALITIES

  • There is a flat fee of £1090 (no additional expenses) to cover:

    • 6 days rehearsal (late July / early August, flexible dependent on mutual availability)

    • 4 days of performances (5th / 6th August, 3 / 4th September)

Dependent on mutual availability and ticket sales, additional weekend performances will be added and paid at £100/day for 2-3 tours a day.

To apply

To apply, please contact our casting director Peter Noden at peter@peternodencasting.com who will send you a section of script for a self-tape.

We will be holding auditions on the week beginning 18th July.

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