Casting call for open roles in 2 Free-Rain shows

24 March 2025

Free-Rain Theatre Company have announced the very talented casts for their three shows on at ACT Hub in 2025.

• The Beauty Queen of Leenane – cast announcement
• Lend Me a Tenor – cast announcement
• Equus – cast announcement

Excitingly, there are still a few roles yet to be cast, so if you’re keen to tread the boards with the amazing talent already cast, we’d love you to send your expression of interest (EOI) to freeraintheatre@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Please indicate which role you are interested in, and attach your theatre CV and headshot.

Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig

A classic farce with the usual menu of silly situations, mistaken identities, mistakes, mishaps,
miscommunication, misperception, misconception… It is a delicious piece of nonsense that
charges at full speed towards resolution.

CAST:

• Max: John Whinfield
• Maggie: not yet cast – EOI opportunity for casting
• Saunders: Michael Sparks
• Tito: not yet cast – EOI opportunity for casting
• Marie: Christina Falsone
• Bellhop: Justice-Noah Malfitano
• Diana: not yet cast – EOI opportunity for casting
• Julia: Sally Cahill

Equus by Peter Shaffer

Equus by Peter Shaffer is an electric play about passion and worship. Equus is very confronting and sets out to shock, excite and captivate its audience. It is an exploration of the human condition with its confusions, paradoxes and unanswerable questions, blending the naturalistic with the surreal.

CAST:

• Martin Dysart – Arran McKenna
• Alan Strang – Jack Shanahan
• Frank Strang/ Harry Dalton – Bruce Hardie
• Dora Strang – Janie Lawson
• Hesther Salomon – Crystal Mahon
• Jill Mason – Kat Dunkerley
• A Nurse – Caitlin Bissett and Lily Welling
• Nugget/Young Horseman – Sam Thomson
• Horses – James Morgan; Chips Jin; Robert Wearden; Lily Welling
• Horse – not yet cast – EOI opportunity for casting

CREATIVES:

• Director – Anne Somes
• Associate Director – Crystal Mahon
• Movement Director – Amy Campbell
• Set Design – Cate Clelland
• Director of Marketing – Olivia Wenholz