Are you a young person aged 16 – 24yrs in Kilkenny interested in performing in a super exciting immersive theatre production on the streets of Kilkenny City this summer? If so, Barnstorm Theatre Wants You!
We are thrilled to announce that we are holding Open Auditions for young people from aged 16 – 24 years for our upcoming summer production ‘Home’ by Anna Ní Dhúill.
‘Home’ uses the city as its backdrop, inviting the audience into the world of 18 year old Eimear as she grapples with the reality of moving to Berlin, leaving her friends, and her Home behind. This is an innovative and exciting theatre project born of Kilkenny, exploring the life of a Kilkenny teenager and friends on the cusp of adulthood.
Anna has been supported in writing and developing this play over the last number of years through Barnstorm’s Triptych Project for emerging writers. Following a very successful work-in-progress showing in 2024, we are delighted to bring the work to fruition with a full production as part of AKA this August.
Young people, their voice and experience are at the heart of this production and the community cast will be fully supported by a professional team with Barnstorm’s Artistic Director, Janice de Broithe, at the helm.
This is an ensemble piece with a wide variety of roles up for grabs and the audtions are open to anyone aged 16 – 24yrs.
Rehearsals will take place from July 14th with the performances on 14th and 15th August.
Auditions will take place on the 25th & 28th June in Barnstorm Studio, 3 John Quay, Kilkenny.
To register for auditions please fill in THIS FORM
For more information contact info@barnstorm.ie or call 0567751266
Anna Ní Dhúill is a Barnstorm Youth Theatre Alumnus and an exciting emerging writer across film and theatre with work presented in Ireland and the UK. They have been awarded places on the BBC Writersroom Programme, Screen Ireland’s Spotlight Scheme and the Liverpool Everyman’s Playwrights’ Programme. Their Irish language theatre show Ní Liomsa an Teach Álainn Seo ran in An Taibhdhearc during Galway Theatre Festival to rave reviews in 2024 and was revived for UK and Irish tour earlier this year. Anna is also the Creative Director and co-founder of Cult Collective, a company dedicated to providing opportunities to emerging artists from and living in the south-east of Ireland.