OLD ACTORS NEVER DIE…
Auditions will be held on Monday 17th February, 7:30pm at the theatre. If you are unable to attend but wish to be considered, please email enquiries@broadbent-theatre.org
The performance dates are 9/10th and 16/17th May 2025
The Mount Home for Retired Theatrical is an unusual place – more like a country house hotel than a home for the elderly. As Juliet Sullivan says “Waited on hand and foot – no meals to prepare – beds made. Heaven!” And the manageress positively encourages residents to carry on working as long as they can. So when Walter Neville (small part veteran of 212 films) arrives, he is overjoyed to find some of his best friends in residence. All is well until the serial womaniser husband of three of the residents (Mrs Sullivan 1, 2 and 3) goes missing – apparently on the run from Russian gangsters. The ladies decide that “He who pays the bills” must be rescued – but how to go about it? What follows is a truly daft journey into the world of eccentric luvvies that provides some of the best comic roles for senior actors you are ever likely to come across!
| CAST LIST | |
| ANN THOMPSON | the administrator of the Mount Home for Retired Theatricals – age – in her 40’s |
| WALTER NEVILLE | retired bit-part actor. Military bearing, very brisk. Age – 70+ |
| PHYLLIDA SULLIVAN | retired actress, first ex-wife of Edmund Sullivan – aged 70+- known as Phyl. Very clever and the leader of the women. |
| JULES SULLIVAN | retired actress, second ex-wife of Edmund Sullivan. Aged 60+. A bit bohemian and occasionally flirtatious. Known as Jules. |
| REBECCA SULLIVAN | retired actress, third ex-wife of Edmund Sullivan. Aged 60+. Slightly scatty. Known as Becca. |
| MARCIA | the housekeeper. Very chatty. Obsessed with actors. Age 30-40 |
| DANNY STILLER | a wealthy retired actor. Very neurotic and timid. Used to be very confident – even arrogant. Aged 60+ |
| MIKE MOLINSKY | a vicious, unhinged, but comical Russian gangster. Sharp dresser. Carries a scalpel around with him. Aged 30+ |
| EDMUND SULLIVAN | still appearing in major movies. Very confident and charming and has a long history of seduction and adultery. Age 70. |
| DMITRI | non-speaking part. Large, menacing bodyguard. Any age. |
| HINA | glamorous but menacing Russian woman of uncertain age. |
