Stage playing range: late 20s to mid 30s

Charlie is the emotional centre of the play: funny, intelligent, defensive and deeply anxious. He carries a lifelong fear of catastrophe, of loss, and of the world ending, and much of the play is driven by his struggle to confront memory, intimacy, grief and missed chances. He uses humour and resistance to protect himself, but underneath that is a raw vulnerability and a constant sense of dread.

This is a demanding role for a performer who can handle direct address, emotional openness, spiralling thought, dark humour and sustained stage presence. Charlie needs warmth and relatability, but also the ability to show someone who has spent a long time running from what hurts him.

Stage playing range: mid 20s to mid 30s

India is precise, poised and emotionally incisive. She often speaks in a measured, stylised or slightly artificial register, at times almost like an announcement system or digital assistant, but underneath that control is real emotional force. She often cuts through Charlie’s self-protection with the clearest emotional insight and can shift from detached calm to sharp challenge in an instant.

This role would suit a performer with clarity, control, intelligence and dry wit, who can balance formal precision with emotional intensity.

Stage playing range: mid 20s to mid 30s

Kilo is the most immediate, colloquial and disruptive energy in the room. He is funny, provocative, matey and often disarming, but he is also the most likely to push hard, needle Charlie, and force a confrontation. He can flip quickly from comic banter into something far more abrasive and emotionally dangerous, and brings a grounded, restless physicality to the play.

This role needs a performer with strong comic timing, presence, unpredictability and edge, able to move fast between humour, warmth and aggression.

Stage playing range: mid 20s to mid 30s

Tango is the most analytical and interpretive of the three. She often frames the action, asks the probing question, introduces context and pushes Charlie to examine meaning rather than avoid it. There is a cerebral quality to her, but not a cold one: she is perceptive, quietly authoritative and often the one trying to make Charlie sit with what he is seeing and feeling.

This is a strong role for a performer with subtle authority, intelligence, composure and emotional depth, who can hold attention without overplaying.