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Fancy being locked up in a tower and poisoned by a "rudely stamp'd", "deformed and "unfinish'd" villain?

Now's your chance, as the Changeling Theatre Company is hosting open auditions to find the Princes in the Tower for their forthcoming summer tour of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

The audition will take place at the Hazlitt Arts Centre in Maidstone, from 6.30pm-8.30pm on Wednesday, April 17, and is open to boys aged 13-16 years.

It will be a relaxed and fun event, led by the Changeling’s artistic director Rob Forknall - pictured here pretending to be Richard III in a Maidstone car park earlier this year.

Successful performers will play theparts of the young Edward V and his little brother, Richard Duke of Yorkin Richard lll in venues across Maidstone and Medway.

This is a rare opportunity for anyone who loves acting and would like the experience of working with a high quality professional theatre company.

Maidstone performances:

July 5-7/August 9-11 Boughton Monchelsea Place (8 performances)

July 9 Mote Park

July 17 Maidstone United, Gallagher Stadium

July 21 Dandelion Time, East Farleigh

July 27 Oast House, Loose

August 3 Hillside, Loose

August 7 Tithe Barn, Lenham

Medway performances:

July 10 Rochester Castle

July 19 Friars Aylesford

July 23 Great Comp

July 31/Aug 1 Upnor Castle