OUR NEXT PRODUCTION
Anthem
By Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas, and Irine Vela
Directed by Leigh Oswin
Earl Arts Centre, 23-28 September 2025
It was the 7.57 on the Upfield line. The 8.02 on the Mernda line. The 6.22 on the Craigieburn … face to face, groin to bum, armpit to armpit. On the morning commute.
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A single mother struggles with her hyperactive child, a young man exerts control over his girlfriend, a cleaner is begged for help by her former boss, a convenience store worker returns for vengeance, three siblings thrash out racial and ideological battle lines, an elderly couple remember their own war of resistance.
All the while busker Charity demands the passengers pay up, pay up. As the stories intersect, the characters collide with each other and tear apart or pull towards one another in yearning and loneliness. A simmering conflict keeps us on our toes, and the train moves us inexorably forwards.
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Anthem registers the pulse of the nation in a country unable to reconcile its past and uncertain of its future. With no easy answers, it asks the urgent question of who we are now — does Australia really sing with one voice?
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Anthem requires a racially, gender and age diverse cast. Actors with diverse cultural backgrounds, gender identities and of any age over 18 are encouraged to audition.
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Audition dates are as follows:
Monday 21 April (Easter Monday) 2pm – 8pm
Tuesday 22 April (Easter Tuesday) 10am – 4pm
Sunday 4 May from 11am – call backs (if required)
Get your Audition Kit here
Child Safe Policy
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The Launceston Players is strongly committed to the safety and well-being of all children that interact with our organisation as employees, audience members, education program participants or otherwise by creating and maintaining a child safe environment.
To see the full Child Safe Policy here.
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The Launceston Players can provide a most extensive range of costumes from which to choose covering the styles and periods of many centuries.
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We also make our sets and props available to the community.
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