'Allo "Allo - book your audition
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Based on the hugely successful British television series and adapted for the stage by its original writing team, this uproarious comedy relates the adventures of Rene, a hapless café owner in occupied France during World War II.
The show's premise is not to make fun of the war but to spoof war-based film and TV dramas, in particular the BBC1 drama ‘Secret Army’.
Many of the elements and characters are directly taken from Secret Army, such as the café owner (René) having an affair in the restaurant under the nose of his wife (Edith), the enmity between the Gestapo and the German military, a valuable hidden painting, and a pair of British airmen trying to evade the Germans and get back to England.
René (who occasionally directly addresses the audience to explain the plot’s many twists and turns) spends the entire show trying to navigate around these and many other unlikely road-blocks, resulting in a never-ending series of farcical situations.
Content warning: Like most British farces, ‘Allo ‘Allo includes mature themes and sexual innuendo. Please talk to the production manager to discuss further if you have any concerns.
Auditions
Auditions are being held on Sunday 21st June from 9:30am to 4:30 pm.
Additional auditions / call backs if required will be Monday 22nd and/or Tuesday 23rd June from 7.00 to 9:00 pm
Location: Wendy L Beckett Studio, of 350 Bengworden Road - turn left at the Bairnsdale Airport sign and drive to end of road.
BPTLC is committed to diversity and inclusiveness in casting for our productions including:
Auditionees are encouraged and welcome to apply for any role they choose, regardless of race, age, size, national origin, ethnic origin, gender identity or lived experience of disability**
Where a character is explicitly identified in a script as BIPOC, only BIPOC artists will be considered.
Where a character is explicitly identified in a script as LGBTQIA+, we will first seek to cast LGBTQIA+ artists.
Where a character is explicitly identified as living with a disability, we will first seek to cast artists with similar lived experience.
First Nations artists are strongly encouraged to apply for roles in our productions.
**We acknowledge that specific roles may have character descriptions / traits that need to be met as referred to in the script. When applying for roles, please consider any casting requirements stated with each character description.
If you have queries please contact the production manager (interim) Elaine Cope E: bairnsdaleproductionline@gmail.com | M: 0408 307 418.
'Allo 'Allo will be performed in October 2026 - five performances over one week from 15th - 18th October.
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