Follow The Yellow Brick Road Auditions
| Published: 2nd July 2008 17:45 |
Your chance to follow the yellow brick road...
Royal & Derngate is looking for children and adults from the local community to join its professional cast in this year's enchanting Christmas show - The Wizard of Oz - which runs from 3 December to 11 January. Auditions will be taking place at the theatre on Friday 1 August, Saturday 2 August and Sunday 3 August.
Director Laurie Sansom plans to cast up to 60 children to perform as Munchkins, in three teams that will rotate between performances. The boys and girls, who must aged between 6 and 11 years old on the day of the auditions, need to be excellent singers and dancers, as well as being enthusiastic and having bags of personality. Rehearsals start on 27 October, and children must be available from then onwards until the show finishes on 11 January.
Children's auditions are on Saturday 2 August between 10am and 5.30pm and parents must pre-register, by Wednesday 30 July. To register and get a timed slot to attend, download a registration form from The Wizard Of Oz page on the theatre's website, www.royalandderngate.co.uk, or pick up a form at Box Office. Those participants who are successful in the first auditions will be called back on the Sunday when the final selection will be made.
Adults aged 17 and over, who are good singers and dancers, can audition to join the community cast as members of the Winky Guard and Citizens of Oz, on Friday 1 August between 6pm and 9pm. Anyone wanting to audition should follow the same registration process as above. All community actors will need to be available from 27 October to 11 January. The production team understands that adults may not be available for every performance during the run, but any limitations must be discussed at the auditions.
And finally, Royal & Derngate will also be looking for dogs to play the role of Dorothy's faithful companion, Toto. So watch out for news of future canine auditions...
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For more information, please contact Amanda Howson on 01604 655719 or email amanda.howson@royalandderngate.co.uk.
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