Breaking The Code
Written By: Hugh Whitemore
Creative Team: Director: Les Zetlein
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a brilliant logician, mathematician and cryptanalyst who is mostly known for his wartime work in which he played a key role in breaking the German Enigma code (among others). However, there is much more to this complex and conflicted man. Hugh Whitemore’s biographical play moves back and forwards in time, covering his formative years, his work at Cambridge University where he developed the idea of a computing machine that could do any task asked of it, his time at the Government Code and Cipher School at Bletchley Park, his personal life and loves, and his fall from grace after the war when he fell foul of the law because of his naivety and inability to lie.
Turing’s seminal work laid the foundation for today’s computers and artificial intelligence. Breaking the Code explores the human side of his life, and how he broke the code—in more ways than one.
Audition Information: https://www.trybooking.com/DITHV
| Audition Information #:1 | |
| Date: | 21/02/2026 |
| Time From – Time to: | 13:00 – 17:00 |
| Character Descriptions #:1 | |
| Role Name: | Christopher Morcom |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 17 |
| Role Information: | School friend of, and inspiration to, Alan Turing. Stage age about 17. Tall, good-looking, self-assured, speaks well. 4 pages of dialogue. |
| Character Descriptions #:2 | |
| Role Name: | Ron Miller |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 20 |
| Role Information: | Stage age about 20 but could be a bit older. North country (Manchester), working class. ‘Friend’ of Turing, with whom he has a casual affair. Major role. |
| Character Descriptions #:3 | |
| Role Name: | Patricia Green |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | 25 |
| Role Information: | Stage age about late 20s-30. Colleague and friend of Turing’s at Bletchley Park. Attractive, intelligent, reserved. 15 pages of dialogue. |
| Character Descriptions #:4 | |
| Role Name: | Nikos |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 20 |
| Role Information: | Handsome young Greek boy, about 20. Minor role. Has no English dialogue, but some Greek. |
More Information at: https://stjudesplayers.asn.au/whats-on/auditions/
Play: Breaking The Code – by Hugh Whitemore
Director: Les Zetlein
Season: 6th – 15th August 2026
Rehearsals: From 31st May – Tue, Thu, Sun
3 strong supporting character parts and 1 major role available.
All middle-aged males, 15-40% stage time:
Auditions:
Saturday 21st February , 1pm – 5pm (by appointment)
St Jude’s Hall, 444 Brighton Rd, Brighton – Fathers Hall
Contact: Les Zetlein
les@pippick.com
0401 125 999
