TEIGNMOUTH Players will open their 2019 season of plays with an interesting new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and offer an excellent opportunity for budding actors to audition for it.

Unlike the Players’ previous successes, such as Twelfth Night, Macbeth and Merchant of Venice, the play will be performed in modern dress. But the famous speeches and beautiful poetry will still be there to enthral and move the audiences.

There have been many versions of the classic tale of star-crossed lovers on stage and screen, but the intimate setting of the Ice Factory Studio Theatre allows the actors and audience to interact in a unique way.

An open audition is being held at the Ice Factory in Somerset Place on Wednesday, October 17, at 7.30pm, and all are welcome.