Type

Theatre

Location

Greater London

Content

Hello! We’re the team for Fractured, a brand new play (and Edinburgh Fringe debut) for Bill Cashmore award winning writer Shona Graham.

The play is a 4 hander with multi roling. The part of Eva has already been cast, so we are looking for actors to play Rob/Hal, Paul/Hal, Talia/Mum.

We have an official partnership with the charity Mind. We’re crowdfunding to cover design costs and venue rental.

We’d love to work with actors with bases in London and Edinburgh, or London based actors who are already in Edinburgh for the festival, but looking to get involved in another project while they’re up.

Dates

Rehearsals:
6 - 10 July, 10am to 6pm, Old Diorama
201 Drummond Street, Regent's Place, London, NW1 3FE

13 - 17 July, Lant Street Bar
59 Lant St, London SE1 1QN

20 - 24 July, 10am to 6pm, Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King St, London W6 0QL

At Edinburgh:
Tech rehearsal: tbc, likely 3rd or 4th Aug | Previews: 5th - 7th Aug | Day off: 18th Aug

Apply By

17:00 - 19th June 2026

Roles

Rob/ Hal

Male Only 20 - 30

Paul/ Hal

20 - 30

Mum/ Talia

25 - 50

Roles Details

Title

Mum/ Talia

Content

Mum loves putting a lid on things, physically and metaphorically. Harried; fixed; a worrier. Mum has gotten so used to being in charge and shouldering everyone else's problems that she has a desensitised, grimly practical quality about her. The physical embodiment of 'Keep Calm and Carry On' but struggling quite hard with both. She's lost her husband to suicide and both her children to their collective failure to recover from the loss. Mum is absolutely where Eva inherited the idea that if you stay busy enough, you don't have to face anything that's happened to you.

Talia is a whip-smart career barrister with a penchant for digging to absolute truth. Professional; analytical; empathic; likeable. Talia had her pick of career paths after acing academia, and opted to combine her twin loves of rules and strategic thinking and lend her voice to the carrying out of justice. Talia tries to maintain professional distance from her cases and rescind judgement, but finds that increasingly difficult over time, especially in cases like Eva's. Talia pours all her time, energy and focus into her career, meaning that the court becomes an expression of her life's work: a good day is a great day - a bad one is unthinkable.

Salary

Profit share Venue passes

Age

25 - 50