A CHESHIRE-BASED playwright has announced auditions will take place for a new play about the Liverpool blitz which is due to be staged at the Storyhouse's Garret Theatre in November.
Gail Young's play Waiting follows on from Bouncing Back, Head Over Heels, Bothered and Bewildered and Cheshire Cats as the latest of her works to make the leap from the page to the stage.
A reading of the play which is set in Liverpool during WW2, will be held at Tarvin Community Centre, Meadow Close in Tarvin on Wednesday, February 15, at 7.30pm followed by auditions on Sunday, February 19, at 7pm.
The play will be staged at Storyhouse from Thursday, November 9 - Saturday, November 11, 2023 and will be directed for Gail Young Productions by award winning theatre director Yvette Owen.
Tickets for Waiting will be available from April 2023, via the Storyhouse website.
Speaking about the play, which is loosely based on her own family's history in Liverpool, Gail said: "Waiting is a WW2 drama about a hard-working Liverpool family trying to cope with the challenges and heartache that World War 2 and the Liverpool blitz bring. The family is ripped apart by the war and there is a growing feeling of helplessness in the face of an approaching enemy.
"As time passes, they wait, wait for letters from beloved children, wait for news of a son, a brother, a sweetheart now fighting for King and Country. They wait for instructions from the Government, wait for the sirens to sound and the bombs to fall."
Gail added: "As this drama is relevant to millions across the world still being forced to flee from their homes due to war, violence and persecution, all profits from the November 2023 premier will go to UK for UNHCR. The agency works to provide the essentials these refugees need to survive, aiming to provide vital support from when an emergency breaks, until it is safe to go home."
Full details of the public reading, auditions, synopsis and characters can be obtained from Gail Young via email at younggail2@aol.com.
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