BUXTON DRAMA LEAGUE
AUDITIONS
Everyone is welcome to audition for Buxton Drama League productions. Whether you've spent a lot of time treading the boards or if you've never stepped foot on a stage, we want to see your audition! If you have any questions about our audition process or are interested in a production role, please don't hesitate to get in touch
Bleak Expectations Auditions
Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 June 2025
We’ll be holding auditions for what promises to be a wonderfully enjoyable show on Monday 23 and
Wednesday 25 June at 7pm at the United Reformed Church, Hardwick Square, Buxton.
At the auditions, we’ll be trying people out in multiple roles and multiple combinations, so expect to throw yourself into it and have fun! You won’t need to learn anything in advance of the auditions, but you can see the audition pieces below. Any questions, email - buxtondrama@yahoo.co.uk
Bleak Expectations runs from 6 to 8 November at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton.
SEE BELOW, for a list of the roles on offer, including where doubling takes place.
Poster artwork by Mister Hope
Full role list
Here’s a list of the roles on offer, including where doubling takes place:
Pip Bin, our hero, a virtuous young man trying to make his way in the world
Sir Philip Bin, Pip as an older man, the curmudgeonly narrator of the story
Mr Gently Benevolent, Pip’s evil guardian, also variously disguised as a Vicar and as Harlan J Trashcan, (an unconvincing American businessman)
Pippa Bin, Pip’s sister, as noble as he is, and very skilled at blacksmithing
Harry Biscuit, Pip’s best friend, always coming up with hare-brained schemes. Also playing Mr Skinflint Parsimonious ironically, the most generous of men
Wackwell Hardthrasher/ Praygood Hardthrasher/ Chastity Hardthrasher/ Solomon Hardthrasher
four villainous siblings: a sadistic headmaster, a hypocritical vicar, a domineering aunt and a corrupt
judge
Agnes Bin, Pip’s mother, driven mad by grief/ also playing Flora Dies-Early Pip’s sweetheart, not the healthiest
Poppy Bin, Pip’s younger sister)/ also playing Ripely Fecund, a lovely young woman forced to wear a bag on her head
Thomas Bin Pip’s doomed father/ Bakewell Havertwitch an escaped convict/ Broadly Fecund a
man with many, many children