SLT Audition

Auditions: The Same Deep Water As Me

By Nick Payne

Audition one

Date: 9 Jul 2023

Time: 10:00 - 12:45

Location: SLT - SE27 9NS

Audition two

Date: 10 Jul 2023

Time: 20:00 - 22:00

Location: SLT - SE27 9NS

Had an accident at work? Tripped on a paving slab? Cut yourself shaving? You could be entitled to compensation. Andrew and Barry at Scorpion Claims, Luton’s finest personal injury lawyers, are the men for you. When Kevin, Andrew’s high school nemesis, appears in his office the opportunity for a quick win arises. But just how fast does a lie have to spin before it gets out of control? The Same Deep Water As Me is a social comedy by Nick Payne, the writer of Constellations. The Same Deep Water As Me was first performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, on 1 August 2013.

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Director: Guy Jones

Performances: 17 - 21 Oct 2023

First Rehearsal: 6 Aug 2023

Characters:

Andrew Eagleman: 30s, somewhat jaded by life having quit London to return home to Luton

Barry Paterson: 55, owner of Scorpion Claims, bereaved and finding solace in new varieties of tea

Kevin Needleman: 30s, former school contemporary of Andrew’s - a Luton wide boy

Jennifer Needleman: 30s, Kevin’s wife and the mother of his kids, but Andrew’s schooldays girlfriend

Anne / Georgina: 40s, Anne is a black cab driver and Georgina is a court lawyer

Guy / Jessup: 50s, Guy is a mobile DJ, Jessup is the court judge

Terri / Attendant: (20s) Terri is a cyclist without a bike and Attendant is the court attendant/clerk

The Same Deep Water As Me poster image of a Man standing in the centre of an empty, white office suite with bright strip lighting. He is wrapped in bubble wrap and parcel tape from head to toe and is flanked by an office fan, a pot plant and an office chair, all similarly wrapped in bubble wrap.