Burjesta Theatre are holding auditions for their Autumn production of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s gripping crime story, Crime and Punishment, on Wednesday 17th August. See below for all the details you need for the audition process and the production.

The Story

The company’s autumn production is an in-house adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel, Crime and Punishment set among the misery and poverty of 19th century Petersburg, Russia. The story tells of Raskalnikov a young, disaffected student who decides that if he were to murder a miserly old money-lender and use her money for the benefit of mankind it would be beneficial act.