The NEST is a Kenyan multidisciplinary collective working since 2012 with the aim of exploring our troubling modern identities, re-imagining our pasts and inhabiting mythical African futures.
The NEST Collective looks to create work within the fields of film, visual arts, music and fashion that begins conversations and stirs up dialogue amongst our communities and audiences. We live and work in Nairobi, a city buzzing with energy and potential, a city of purgatorial traffic jams, color, dust and the Pursuit of
Money. We try to create work that dissects our city and its relationships with modernity, its past and the edges between its social layers and its citizens. Inevitably, we also find ourselves exploring, dissecting and subverting the layers of how Africans are Seen and Unseen, what Africans Can and Cannot Do, where Africans Can and Cannot Go, and What Africans Can and Cannot Say.
We are casting on Saturday August 22th for a couple of upcoming projects we’re preparing for. Here is everything you need to know:
Production Title: ‘THE POLITICS’ (working title)
Production Type: Independent
Audition Date: Saturday, August 22th 2015
Audition Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Call Backs: Wednesday, August 26th 2015
Production Location: Kenya
Shooting Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Audition Location: 23 Gatundu Road
CHARACTER BIOS
JACKIE: A twenty-three year old who could pass for twenty, Jackie is a laid back girl with nothing much to fuss about even when there is. Excellent poker face.
DOCTOR: A gentle, slightly awkward man in his mid-thirties.
FABIAN: In his forties, Fabian [Jackie’s Father] is the diplomat
of the house who, every chance he gets, sides with his wife but makes an effort to remain friendly with his daughter.
MELISSA: Melissa [Jessica’s Mother] is in her mid to late-thirties. Like her daughter, she never raises a fuss, directly.
BEVERLEY: Due to the length and quality of their friendship, Beverley and Jessica are plenty comfortable with each other with nothing to prove. They merely enjoy each others company.
TIMOTHY: A year or two younger than Jessica, Timothy thinks he fancies the girl. Whenever around her, he copies her trademark laid back demeanor hoping she might take interest in him.
PAUL: A shy boy of about eighteen who keeps to himself but is pretty polite. Comfortable as a third-wheel.
GWENDOYLYN: A pleasant witty girl who’s constantly taking jabs at anyone in close proximity.
HILDA: Hilda, 22, is another longtime friend of Jessica’s. They usually find themselves having long conversations due to their similar take on things.
Short sections of the script will be provided to participants at the audition venue.
DIRECTIONS
Taking public transport? Use the 48 route, alight at the Kenya High/Kiosk stage. A white sign reading ‘23 Gatundu Road’ is approximately 50 meters from the stage.
For more information, call +254 20 263 4428, or email [email protected]