Genre: contemporary, mystical, super diverse, psychological, drama Soul [səʊl] n —Synonyms Spirit, heart, essence, core. The theory of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in reality from the body. The divine part of humans regarded in its ethical aspect, or as believed to endure death and be subject to happiness or misery in an existence to come: “He wants everything he’s lost and has become what he feared most, but the only possessions he does have are all he needs to survive” “The war is not against Flesh and blood” THE SYNOPSIS Down-and-out Levi Jones has been combating manic depression on the streets of Plymouth for the past 6 years and is at a major cross road, silently searching for signs not to end his existence on earth. He has presently lost all hope in himself and in the God who his late Granddad constantly called upon so passionately. At the tender age of 6 he witnessed the vicious murder of his mother and father which at present holds him shackled to his personal heartache, insecurities, pains, doubts, fears, rage, scepticisms and segregation. However, 22 years ago, on the mystifying day of their death, something super natural took place that changed his life forever. This was the beginning of a dark and lonely abyss in which he was to descend. Even though Levi doesn’t trust anyone, a bizarre bond is built with Greeny, a homeless schizophrenic whose profound concerns with people and life manifest through his extremely philosophical mindset. Greeny tries to forge a mutual understanding with Levi but is unable to figure out or get an explanation for his outlandish behaviour. Whilst they both shift from spot to spot, beg for money and sleep rough, Levi experiences disturbingly vivid nightmares and flash backs of his gloomy past in Birmingham which persistently haunts him day and night; His parent’s premature deaths, the gang warfare, the mysterious suicide of his best friend Cipher, his granddads ascend to heaven, and his girlfriend who gave up on him when he needed her most. Through his hypomania and severe depression, Levi re-lives some of his most heart breaking moments that ultimately led him to despair, regret, seclusion and hopelessness. The only items Levi now possesses, and that he deeply cherishes are a few old school photographs, a Holy Bible and a wind on SLR camera, which passers by and Greeny find intriguingly peculiar. However, one morning after waking up from another routine nightmare on the same judgemental and busy streets of Plymouth, Levi comes across Jessica, an attractive journalism lecturer on her way to work. Without hesitation he spontaneously takes a picture of her as she walks past. Her reaction hurts him a lot but turns out to be the beginning of something he didn’t think was even possible. It is through this random incident and later running in with Jessica that Levi begins to understand that there are people just as broken as himself regardless of their social status. Unbeknown to Levi, Jessica has to go home every night to her violent boyfriend Saul who is secretly involved in occult practices with a covert plan in preparation. Levi now finds himself trapped in the middle of an unseen war and is gradually realizing that the battle is not against people made of flesh and blood. This means he can only find hope and be unchained from his past and present bondage by trusting in an entity that reaches far beyond his comprehension. Screenplay written by Daniel Anderson & Joshua Bailey B.A.B (Bailey & Anderson Brothers) Auditions: Date: 7th April 2010 Time: 9.00 am - 7.00 pm (10 minute slots/be prompt) Location: Birmingham School of Acting, G2 - Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Characters Karen Jones: Young black business women, in her mid or late twenties, able to reach a high level of emotion, strong features & well spoken. Young Levi 1 (past): Age: 6, afro Caribbean, able to reach a high level of emotion, ability to learn lines and articulate the scripts meaning. Young Levi 2 (past): Age: 12, afro Caribbean, ability to learn lines and articulate the scripts meaning. Young Cie (past): Age: 11, mixed race, baby face, ability to learn lines and articulate the scripts meaning. Skin Head 1: White, male, late twenties or thirties, tattoos, slim or muscular toned. Skin Head 2: White, male, late twenties or thirties, tattoos, big boned, hairy. Granddad: Age: 60 - 70, Afro Caribbean, well spoken, Jamaican dialect, passionate about his faith in God. Dominique: Early twenties, female, black, ghetto mentality. Charlene: Early twenties, female, white, ghetto mentality. Extras Club scene Gym scene church scene walk ons If applicants are unsuccessful with the audition process there will be chances to work as an extra in specific scenes and we will let you know at a further date. Umbrellastudios will also keep you updated on their future projects for future work. Successful candidates will be allocated a time slot for auditions. Can all applicants send in a head shot/recent photo, a CV and also state the character they are interested in auditioning for before the closing date the 22nd of March 2010, no later than 3.00 pm. Before you send in your details to theumbrellastudios@googlemail.com, can you please sign up to Umbrella studios Face book page and put your entry number on your email, for reference use. E.g, fan entry 67 or 68. 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