Welcome to open auditions for a treble-bill of short plays. One of the plays is being revived with the original actors, but all roles in the other two are open:

1) ‘Forever True’ by Neil Walden
A 10-minute play about a pathological liar who unfortunately decides to lie about Finland, a country they know little about. Roles: one female and one male, of any age. Co-directed by Lucja Wanicka and Zach Chamberlaine.

2) ‘Vent’ by Gavin Harrison
A 10-minute play about the pitfalls of taking a ventriloquist dummy on a date. Roles: one female and two male, of any age. Directed by Zach Chamberlaine.

AVAILABILITY – FOREVER TRUE
You must be available on Saturdays 30 April, 7 May and 14 May from 2–6 pm. Depending on how much progress is made at these rehearsals, there may also be rehearsals on Sunday 22 May from 1–4 pm and Friday 6 or 13 May from 6–9 pm, but we will aim to NOT use the Fridays in particular unless absolutely necessary. You must be available for the final rehearsals and performances, which will be held in the period 23 May–5 June (exact dates to be determined soon).

AVAILABILITY – VENT
You must be available for a three-hour rehearsal on one weekday afternoon at least one day per week. (For example, from 3–6 pm on Wednesday.) The exact days and times are very flexible within these parameters, and will be set after the auditions. You must be available for the final rehearsals and performances, which will be held in the period 23 May–5 June (exact dates to be determined soon).

AVAILABILITY IN GENERAL
There is unfortunately very little flexibility in rehearsal schedules this spring. Although one or two tweaks may be possible to the above, please do not audition for something if the planned timetable really does not suit your schedule.

ADVANCE PREPARATION
You will be asked to read some short scenes from the play/s. Depending on how many people are auditioning, we may or may not email you these scenes in advance. We will send you an email about the exact arrangements a few days before the auditions.

YOU MUST BOOK AN AUDITION TIME
You must choose an audition slot when you fill out the audition form, which means that times will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

AUDITION FORM
Please fill out the audition form. The DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION is 10 pm on 23 April 2022. If you cannot find a suitable audition time because they have run out, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
The following programmes and productions are currently open for submissions: 

POETRY & JAZZ – WAVES & RIPPLES

– Submission deadline: Friday 1 August 2025
– Two performances TBD in September 2025
– Rehearsals: TBD after the submission deadline, but likely Monday evenings.

What we are looking for:
– Poetry, monologues and songs on the theme of 'waves and ripples'. As usual, you can approach the theme from a postive or negative light, and focus on concrete or abstract concepts. Are these ripples in a lake or the fabric of time? Are they waves of nausea or the gentle rise and fall of memories? Are they falling dominos or chain reactions?  
– Pieces must be the performer's own work, or else they must have the rights holder's permission to perform
– The focus is on contemporary, 21st-century work

What is unlikely to be accepted:
– Shakespeare or other pieces with archaic language
– Anything that we’ve heard a million times before
– Song lyrics recited as poetry

Pls note: This is a recitation not a reading, so you will be expected to know your piece/s by heart.

How to submit: Please send your proposed texts/songs to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 1 august 2025. The exact dates and times will be finalised once the programme has been finalised.

Questions: Please contant This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions before submitting.

FBP PRODUCTIONS AND CO-PRODUCTIONS (OPEN SUBMISSIONS)

Submission deadline:
Submissions are accepted all year round for any season, but for scheduling purposes:

– spring 2025 season (Jan–May) asap pref by 31 October 2024 (few slots remianing)
– summer 2025 season (Jun–Jul) pref by 31 January 2025
– autumn 2025 season (Aug–Dec) pref by 31 May 2025

What the FBP is primarily looking for atm
– full-length plays, one-act plays, short plays, sketches, performance poetry, spoken word, stand-up comedy
– new works written by people living in Finland
– new translations of Finnish or Fenno-Swedish plays into English
– contemporary, topical plays (21st Century)
– lesser-known, pre-21st Century plays that are still interesting and relevant to modern audiences
– innovative takes on classics (such as the KOM-teatteri’s recent version of Ibsen’s “The Doll’s House” or Simon Stephens’ “Vanya”)

What is less likely to be accepted as an FBP production
– pieces with archaic, difficult to understand language (remember that most audience members aren’t native English speakers!)
– traditional versions of classic or well-known plays that have already been done to death
– occasionally some exceptions to the above may be made for plays that are still certified crowd-pullers, specialised shows like the FBP's Naughty Shakespeare Evening, or an evening of classic or well-known poetry

Performance language
– pieces proposed for staging by the FBP must be in English (unless something is specially designed to be a multilingual show)

Queries and how to submit: Please send the basic details of your proposed production to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we can take it from there!

GUESTS & VISITING PERFORMANCES
When we're not using the theatre ourselves, we also welcome proposals from visiting groups. If you would like to make a proposal for an event at the NoName Theatre, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that the theatre is often be booked up many months in advance, so it's worth applying for a slot as soon as possible, even if you don't have all the details of your production finalised yet.

The NoName Theatre's mission is to promote theatrical and spoken-word performances in English and other minority languages in Finland. We also want to ensure that new audiences and performers continue to find and fall in love with theatre. We also want to encourage premieres of new works written by people living in Finland and introduce audiences to interesting yet lesser-known plays.

You can also read more about the venue, its dimensions and equipment here: Visiting performances / venue rental.

INKUBATOR
A programme to promote new scripts and provide opportunities for directors. You can now make proposals for the 2024 season.
Contacts & deadlines: read more on the Inkubator page.

Read about what to do and expect at the auditions.

Read more about the plays and roles.

Fill out the online audition form.