AUDITION NOTICE

Riccarton Players will be holding auditions this month for Death & Taxes, a New Zealand comedy by April Phillips:

"Death &Taxe$" is a madcap financial farce set in the very topical world of insurance, investments and KiwiSaver! It's a crime story. It's a ghost story. It’s a hilarious comedy featuring dodgy deals, a potty psychic, a fishy tax inspector, a nutty cop, murder, mayhem and a hairy Yak!

The cast includes the following characters:


GARETH BURKE - Middle or late middle-aged insurance agent.  An arrogant, show-off who thinks he’s God’s gift.  Gareth gesticulates punctuation.
TIFFANY MARTIN - Late 20’s/early 30’s – Receptionist.  A bimbo with attitude and a gold digger.
ENID BURKE  - Middle or late middle-aged – Gareth’s wife. A domineering, large, intimidating woman with expensive taste.
BOB GREENE  - Early 40’s.  An unambitious insurance agent.  Nice and polite and single; still lives with his mother.
LUCILLE POTTS - Middle-aged female insurance agent.  Lucille is an ambitious saleswoman.  She is a dowdy, frumpy spinster and although confident in business, she is extremely uncomfortable with anything of a sexual or personal nature.
DOUGLAS GRAVES - Middle-aged Business Development Manager.  Nasal and monotone, unsmiling and slightly creepy.  Think of Mr Bean crossed with the manic depressive robot from “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”
TED PATCHETT - 30’s or 40’s – detective inspector who habitually quotes from movies and impersonates his favourite stars.
ELIZABETH BATTERSEA -  Aged 68 – a forthright widow who doesn’t suffer fools and speaks her mind.


Performance dates are March 7th to 17th.  Auditions are on Saturday, January 14th - to book an audition time or to find out more, contact Craig Hutchison on 027 439 9691 or craig@casnz.co.nz

AUDITION NOTICE

Elmwood Players are holding auditions in February for their April season of award-winning New Zealand drama, Katydid.  Director Garry Thomas is looking for four confident actors to play the following characters:

KATE HARRIS – a nineteen year old with cerebral palsy. She is able to talk and walk with difficulty.
LINDSAY HARRIS – Her mother, upper middle class, late 30’s - early 40’s
DANIEL HARRIS – Her father, upper middle class, early-mid 40’s
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS – A boy a bit older than Kate, from a rough background.


  Contact Gaz on 021453138 or planetgazza@xtra.co.nz for further information, or see the Elmwood Players' website.

AUDITION NOTICE

Christchurch Pops Choir is holding open auditions this December 4th to find some singing talent to fill some vacancies in their 2012 ensemble.  Established in June in response to a lack of performance opportunities in post-quake Christchurch, 'Pops Choir is a fun and funky musical family which specialises in contemporary music.

Audition Details:
Date: Sunday 4 December, 2011
Time: 1pm - 9:00pm
Location: TBC

Candidates will be required to give a solo audition before a panel of three, with short-listed candidates required to attend a group call-back session that evening.

If you are interested in auditioning, email Daz Martin - auditions@christchurchpopschoir.co.nz - you can also find out more about Pops Choir from their page on Facebook.


*Note that current members are NOT required to audition

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Urgent Actor Required

The NCMS is looking for a male performer to join the talented cast of Blood Brothers.  The show takes the stage in 2012 and the role promises some great cameos and a whole lot of fun!  Contact tommohart@gmail.com now if interested.

The Vicar of Dibley Hits The Stage

The BBC’s hit comedy series The Vicar of Dibley takes to the Rangiora Town Hall this summer in a fantastic theatrical adaptation, and I had the lucky opportunity to get a sneak preview.

The play takes the form of three acts, each containing one of the most-loved of the series’ episodes.  The first is “The Arrival” where we, and the members of Dibley parish, get to meet Ang Reeves’ humourous incarnation of Dawn French’s classic character, the Reverend Geraldine Granger, “a babe with a bob cut and a magnificent bosom”. 

AUDITION NOTICE

The University of Canterbury's Musoc are holding auditions for their March 2012 season of Tony Award winning musical, Rent.  They are looking for men and women with various vocal ranges to play lead and minor characters.  Auditions will be held on Saturday the 26th and Sunday 27th November, and you will be required to recite one song of your choosing, as well as do some cold reading and choreography work.  Performance dates are March 8-14 2012. 

Auditioning: Advice For Actors

A guide for those who are new to the theatre scene, or who just want some advice on where to get that extra "something" to give you an edge over the competition.

For a little while now, I've been wanting to compose a piece on auditions.  I've been involved in the community theatre scene for almost 6 years now, both onstage and behind the scenes but this year I thought I'd have my first crack at directing a play.  Directing really made me think about acting in ways I never would have done previously.  There were the obvious, expected insights like being able to see the "bigger picture" of the stage and watching characters interact with one another.  But then there were the auditions.  Being on "the other side" of the audition panel opened my eyes up to some horrendous audition flaws that I am definitely guilty of myself.  I want to share what I have learnt, from my own experiences with acting and directing, and also with the help of someone a lot more experienced than me when it comes to wearing the director's hat.