Singers Casting Call: The Marriage of Kim K (Closed 26/08/19)

Quick Brief

  1. Kim Kardashian - pop mezzo-sop

  2. Kris Humphries - pop tenor/baritone with strong falsetto

  3. Mike - pop-MT baritone with strong falsetto & mix

  4. Count Almaviva - Classical Baritone (The Marriage of Figaro)

  5. Countess Rosine - Classical Soprano (The Marriage of Figaro)

Production Details

This production is involves touring to studio venues across the North of England in October / November 2019, ahead of a projected longer run in 2020.

Cast would be required for:

  • 15 days of rehearsal (over the period of 7th-30th October, taking place in Manchester)

  • ​9 performances

    • 30/10 - Doncaster (Cast)

    • 10-11/11 - London (King's Head Theatre)

    • 13-16/11 - Manchester (Lowry)

    • 20/11 - Sheffield (Enable Us)

    • 30/11 - Keswick (Theatre by the Lake)

  • There will be an outreach workshop during the rehearsal period

Fee per performer: £1625

Application Process

If you are interested in applying, please email casting@leoandhyde.com with:

  1. a link to your spotlight/Mandy account (if you have one)* [see below]

  2. a vocal reel

  3. the role you want to apply for in the subject line,

  4. a bit about you and why you are interested in the show

  5. before the 26th August to be considered.


If we are interested in taking your application further, we may ask you to prepare a self tape audition of a song or part of a song from the show. This will be sent out to you when we have registered our interested in taking your application further.

We welcome applications from anyone at all with a passion for the idea of the show.

Further Info

If you don’t have any of: i) a vocal reel or ii) acting reel on your profile, please send us some examples in the same email.

Where vocal reels display acting through song, a separate acting reel isn’t necessary.

If you feel you are suitable for any roles but your vocal reel does not demonstrate the qualities we have described, please feel free to send a recording in addition to your profile.

If you do not have an acting profile, please email your performance CV, headshots, and examples of singing and acting in your email.

Detailed Casting Breakdown

  • Character brief:

    • Based on the reality TV star Kim Kardarshian in 2011

    • Just turned 30 [playing age 20-35]

    • Rushes into a marriage she felt pressure to go-through with because of her media fame

    • A business woman who has more depth than her TV image makes it seem


    Vocal brief:

    •Bad-ass, pop style mezzo soprano

    • Some speak-singing/rap/vocal fry and riffing required.

  • Character brief

    • Kim K’s second husband and basketball star

    • 26 years old [playing age 20-35]

    • He doesn’t value Kim’s work as a ‘real job’ and is much more interested in his own career

    • A traditionalist who wishes Kim would let him ‘be the man’ of the relationship

    • A bit clueless and douchey


    Vocal brief

    • Cool, high pop baritone/tenor

    • Robin Thicke vibe

    • Some speak-singing/rap and riffing required

    • Strong falsetto is essential

  • Character brief:

    • A plain working class man ‘made good’ through hard work

    • Playing age 25-35

    • Spends most nights watching TV with his girlfriend, but wants more from life

    • Slightly outdated understanding about relationships

    • He wants to propose to his girlfriend of 3 years and wants it to be the ‘perfect image’ of romance [classical music, candle-light, big gestures], even though it’s not what she wants


    Vocal brief:

    • Sweet pop-MT baritone with strong falsetto & mix

    • Conversational

    • Singing in northern (or other regional) accent preferred

  • Character brief:

    • Misogynistic nymphomaniac adulterer [the Don Draper of Enlightenment Europe]

    • Wants to resurrect an old law that allows him to sleep with an engaged woman

    • Has forgotten the value of commitment and has let his eyes wander to other women
    arrogant but not quite as clever as he thinks he is


    Vocal brief:

    • Classical Baritone (open to different timbral qualities)

    • The music is largely taken from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

    •Sung in modern English with a new libretto

    • Excellent diction is essential

    • Some unconventional techniques may be required (speak singing, falsetto)

  • Character brief:

    • A loyal wife who was rescued by the Count from captivity by a possessive guardian

    • She discovers the Counts wandering eye and puts a plan in motion to teach him a lesson about duty, and to remind him of the truth love they share

    • Fiery and intelligent


    Vocal brief:

    • Classical Soprano – open to different timbral qualities

    • The music is largely taken from The Marriage of Figaro

    • Sung in modern English with a new libretto;

    • Excellent diction is essential

    • Some unconventional techniques may be required (speak singing)

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