Auditions

Audition dates are published as soon as they are confirmed. This will be several months before the play is due to be staged.

For the latest auditions, click on the link for the play you want to audition for below. There you can find additional information about the piece (e.g. proposed rehearsal dates, cast of characters, playing ages, etc.) and details about how you can register your interest in performing.

We warmly welcome members and non-members to audition or to apply to assist backstage. Membership is required if you become part of a cast or backstage team. If you’d like to be involved in a backstage role for a particular production, please email enquiries@chipsteadplayers.org.

All are welcome – just sign up, turn up, and join in!


Our latest Audition Notice (SEPARATE TABLES, May 2025) is HERE

Our Audition Notice for BRIEF ENCOUNTER, JULY 2025 is HERE


These are some points you may need to know:

Important dates for Brief Encounter prospective cast

The read through and auditions are far earlier than normal, as we will be filming some scenes on location in February & March, so we need all parts cast. Filming dates tba in Feb & March with cast & crew availability.*

Read Through: Friday 31st January 2025 at 7.30pm

Songs & music run through: Wednesday 5th February at 7.30pm

Audition dates: Sunday 9th February at 5pm and  Monday 10th February at 7.30pm

Performance Dates: 9th – 12th and 16th – 19th July 2025 **
(across 2 weeks, Wed – Sat plus matinee on 19th)

Rehearsals will start w/c 7 April *
Possible Rehearsal days Tues & Thurs evenings (tba) plus Sunday afternoons from May
*  To enable workshopping of ideas, and music rehearsals, we will have an extended rehearsal period, and to enable filming of some of the main characters to create filmed sequences on location, an early audition date of February 2025.
**  To make the most of the production and reach more of our audiences, this show will have a run of 10 days over two weeks in July similar to our post-Christmas production.