The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical, a new musical premiering at Storyhouse in Chester from 30 September-15 October, is holding auditions to find three local children to play the role of Young Clare on 25 July at 12noon.

The auditions will take place at Storyhouse with the aim of giving local children the opportunity to star in a major new musical. Director Bill Buckhurst has requested that applicants send in a video of themselves singing a verse and a chorus of a pop song they enjoy singing and a short poem or monologue, and to provide some background information on why they want to play the role and what (if any) performance experience they have. Applicants should send their tapes to kidsttw@gmail.com by 21 July.

The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical is based on the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger and the New Line Cinema film screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin. The two-week season at Storyhouse will precede a West End transfer, to be announced at a later date. 

Director Bill Buckhurst said: “The Time Traveller's Wife centres around a time-travelling librarian, Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire, a paper artist. They meet on one of Henry's time-travelling episodes and later in the story they get married. During the show there are a few scenes where we meet Clare as a ten-year-old and we're looking for a young, talented actor to play this role. The same actor would also play the role of Alba, who is the daughter of Henry and Clare (also 10 years old). We're looking to meet actors between the ages of 11 and 16 for this role. They must have some acting experience, be confident singers and to be able to do a credible standard American accent.”

With a book by Lauren Gunderson, original music and lyrics by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart and additional lyrics by Kait Kerrigan, the production will be designed by Anna Fleischle, with choreography by Shelley Maxwell, lighting by Lucy Carter, illusions by Chris Fisher, video by Andrzej Goulding, sound by Richard Brooker, musical supervision & arrangements by Nick Finlow, orchestrations by Bryan Crook., and casting by Grindrod Burton Casting. 

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