"Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me your ears." Ok, so your lines may not be as iconic as this Julius Caesar play but you can stand on the Rochdale Theatre stage and entertain the crowd in the Lismore Theatre Company's next production Neighbourhood Watch.

Neighbourhood Watch is a play by Lally Katz to be staged between May 28 and June 6 at the Rochdale Theatre in Goonellabah.

This Australian play takes place in the year between Kevin Rudd’s election as PM and Barack Obama’s as US President.

Catherine, a young woman stuck in suburbia, is waiting for her life to change as much as the world around her is. She meets her neighbour Ana, an elderly Hungarian immigrant carrying the weight of the twentieth century on her shoulders.

Neighbourhood Watch is a magical comedy about hope, death and pets. It’s a classic odd-couple story: opposites attract, and from each other the characters gain a new understanding of themselves and the world around them.

Director Daniel Sassi is calling for actors to audition for roles.

Auditions are on Wednesday 24 February 6pm and Saturday 27 February at 10am at Rochdale Theatre.

Actors required – ages given are approximates only as ‘characters’ ages’ can be enhanced through make-up and costume

Female 1 – 20sTo play the role of Catherine

Female 2 – 40+To play the role of Ana

Female 3 – 40+To play the roles of Jovanka , and other small roles

Female 4 – 40+To play the role of Katrina, and other small roles

Male 1 – 20 to 30To play the role of Ken, and other small roles

Male 2 – 30To play the role of Martin, and other small roles

Male 3 – 30 to 50To play a variety of small roles

Willingness to adopt a middle European accent an advantage. 

EnquiriesLTCNeighbourhoodwatch@gmail.com