Drama students land roles in Macbeth sequel
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Two Eden Court London Academy of Music and Drama Art (LAMDA) students have auditioned and won parts as extras in National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company’s play Dunsinane.
Chris Beaton and Ersan Uzunoglu were two of four originally chosen from 14 auditionees to appear in the play which opened on Saturday and continues from Tuesday at the Inverness theatre until Saturday.
Both have beening studying with Eden Court’s LAMDA tutor Amanda Luscombe for three years.
Chris recently passed his bronze (Grade 6) exam and Ersan his silver (Grade 7) exam.
Chris is also a member of the Eden Court Young Company and has performed at the National Festival of Youth Theatre (NFYT) and at the NT Connections Festival.
Chris and Ersan now have the chance to learn from a professional company with seasoned performers.
They rehearsed with the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company in the week before Saturday's preview performance.
Tickets are on sale from the box office (01463 234234) for the NTS & RSC drama starring Siobhan Redmond as Lady Macbeth and Jonny Phillips as the English general, Siward.
Dunsinane is on at Eden Court now until Saturday. See interviews with both stars elsewhere in the theatre section of the whatson website!
If you've been inspired by Chris and Ersan's story and fancy trying to follow in their footsteps, Eden Court Young Company (ECYC) is an auditioned youth theatre for 14-25 year olds that rehearses on a project-by-project basis - with auditions on Wednesday, October 2 from 5pm. If you would like to take part, please contact Eden Court CREATIVE Manager, Kati at: kkozikowska@eden-court.co.uk
