DUNDEE COLLEGE theatre students are looking forward to taking on a plethora of “walk-on” parts in their next “production”— a sponsored walk to raise cash for a trip to London.

In all, 30 students from the NQ theatre arts course and the HNC acting and performance programme are preparing to take to Dundee’s streets in the role of famous characters from stage and screen.

Anyone in the city centre between 2pm and 5pm on Sunday, March 11, will see Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Masha, Irina and Olga, and Sophocles’ Antigone, among others, take to the streets of the city.

The students will stay in character for the whole walk and hopefully impress anyone who sees them enough to make a small donation.

“They hope to raise £150 a head for a trip to London to see Man Of Mode, a Restoration play at the National Theatre, and an Indian interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Roundhouse,” said lecturer Jane Hensey.

“While the event is not street theatre, it promises to be spectacular and entertaining and test their capacity for improvisation.

“Having already secured sponsorship from friends and family the students hope to entice the public to support their efforts.”

The students will set off from Utopia Costume Shop, Perth Road, at 2pm towards the Overgate Centre, City Square, High Street to the Wellgate Centre, then St Andrew’s Street, bus station and Gallagher’s retail park. They return via Seagate, Commercial Street and High Street to Perth Road.