All MHDS auditions are open, which means everyone is free to turn up and be considered, irrespective of previous experience.
If you are cast in a production and are not already an MHDS member, you will need to join.
Details of auditions will be posted below as they become available.
Quartet by Ronald Harwood, Open Auditions
Dates and times
Sunday 9th November and Wednesdays 12th & 19th November, in the lounge, all from 7.00pm
Playing dates 3rd to 7th March 2026
Directed by John Foreman
Quartet is a poignant and funny play set in a retirement home for people who have spent their lives working in the theatre – especially opera, but at the end of their careers find themselves relatively impoverished because they have always been ‘on tour’ and have no homes to retire to. The play was successfully adapted for film a number of years ago.
Annually the musicians put on an entertainment to mark the birthday of Guiseppe Verdi, the composer.
All is sweetness and light until the arrival of an opera star whose husband had died leaving her unexpectedly without a home and relatively impoverished. The play then follows the inter-personal relationships of the four characters while they are trying to find a way they could perform for the concert.
The Characters are Cecily, Reggie, Wilfred and Jean.
It’s quite a wordy play and I will need 2M, 2F probably 50-60 who we can age up a bit and are capable of learning a fair chunk of script.
Auditions will take place in November (9th, 12th 16th) with casting and read-throughs before Christmas and rehearsals starting in the New Year before performances in March.
If anyone would like more information or a script to read please contact me on 07870 582814 or by email (jc.foreman@btinternet.com)
These auditions are open to anyone, but if you are cast or become involved with the production in another capacity you will be asked to join the Market Harborough Drama Society.
Auditions for the Studio production of Foxfinder by Dawn King
Dates and times
Directed by Steve Wilson
Performance Wednesday 11th – Saturday 14th February 2026
‘Big Brother is watching you!’ Foxfinder is a penetrating dystopian play that examines the struggles of living under a regime of propaganda, fear and manipulation.
William is the nineteen-year-old indoctrinated Foxfinder who is thrust into the world of Samuel and Judith Covey, (twenties/thirties). They are a couple struggling with a traumatic secret and the fear of Foxes being discovered on their land. Adding complications to this mix is their activist neighbour Sarah (broader age range).
Foxfinder is a tense atmospheric piece that would suit four actors who may, as yet, not have had the opportunity to take a lead role but would relish the opportunity to develop their craft.
You may borrow a script from Owen at the office, Mondays to Saturdays 9.30am-12.30pm.
If you wish to talk to Steve about the play before the auditions you may email him on steve@foxfinder.co.uk or phone him on 07507 490768
These auditions are open to anyone, but if you are cast in the play or get involved in another aspect of the production you will be asked to become a member of the Market Harborough Drama Society.