NEWS & EVENTS

Frodsham Panto Group Presents

Rapunzel
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The Frodsham Panto Group are now pleased to invite you to audition for our next Panto, Rapunzel.

The main dates are as follows...

Wednesday 12th June 2024:
Meet the production team @ 7:00pm

Friday 14th June 2024:
Principals,  registration from 7:00pm

Saturday 15th June:  Dancers (8+) registration from 12 noon

Saturday 15th June:  Chorus (8+) registration from 2:30pm

To apply for audition please complete this application form.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

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All Auditions take place at
Frodsham Community Centre
 

Rapunzel

Character Synopsis

Rapunzel - 14+, female singer, dancer, actor

Rudi - 14+ Male or Female,singer, dancer actor

Hilda - Adult Male

Max (Hilda's son) - 14+ Male or Female, singer, actor, dancer

Gothel - Adult Female or Male, witch ideally singer & actor

Waylon - 12+, male or female, dancer actor & singer

King of Evergreen & England - Adult Male, actor & singer

Queen of Evergreen & England - Adult Female, actor & singer

Landlord John Deere - Adult male, singer, actor & can move

Landlady John Deere - Adult female, singer, actor & can move

Jobs - Male or female 11+ actor

Worth - Male or female 11+ actor

Young Max - (cameo role) 10+ actor

Young Rapunzel - (cameo role) 10+ singer

For the Principals at Audition

You will have to: Read an “audition piece” for the character you would like to be considered for…see below.
PLEASE NOTE…you may have to repeat this process if you are auditioning for a number of parts.

Rapunzel
Rudi
Hilda
Max
Gothel
Waylon
King of Evergreen and England
Queen of Evergreen and England
Landlord John Deere
Landlady Janey Deere
Jobs
Worth
Cameo parts picked from chorus/dancer auditions or Jobs/Worth

You will have to sing a musical item of your choice.

PLEASE NOTE...you will have to bring your own backing track but it MUST be in one of the following formats. MP3, WMA or WAV CD on a USB stick or SD card or you can bring along your iPhone, iPod or  iPad as there will be a connector available.

If you do not have a prepared song then you can sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' or 'Consider Yourself ' . Follow these links for the lyrics and the links below for the music.

You will be shown a dance routine, by the choreographer, for you to perform.

This will include general instructions about the auditions, as well as:

  1. The spoken audition pieces for the Principals;
  2. The “ sound bites “ for the two optional songs that you may use if you haven’t brought your own;
  3. The lyrics for the two optional songs as above.

The backing track, for the musical item you wish to perform, will be played for you at the audition.

The optional musical numbers you may choose are:-
'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' or 'Consider Yourself'

For the Chorus and Dancer Auditions

We are looking forward to hearing children of more than 8 years old  and you are welcome to audition with your own choice of music.

When choosing your audition piece, a film or musical song will show your voice to greater effect rather than a pop song, although you ultimately want to perform a piece which you enjoy and are confident to perform. There is no need to use any accents or copy styles, we prefer to hear how you would sing yourself.

We are looking for audition pieces to be approximately 2 minutes long so do end your piece at an appropriate place rather than singing the entire piece. It may well be that we stop you before you before the end of your piece if you run over two minutes. Please do not worry about this, it is just to allow us to hear lots of children in the time available and it is not that we are not enjoying your performance. Remember to control your breathing and smile to help you relax.

You will have to:

  1. Perform a chorus piece of your own choice.
  2. PLEASE NOTE--you will need to bring a recording of the music you need since no pianist will be available.

    You can, of course, sing a cappella if you wish.

    If you do bring a backing track then it MUST be in one of the following formats. MP3, WMA or WAV,  on a USB stick, or SD card or you can bring along your iPhone, iPod or iPad as there will be a connector available..

    If you would like to carry out your “song” with a friend, then that is certainly possible. JUST ASK.

  3. If you are unsure what piece to sing then ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ or ‘Consider Yourself’ from ‘Oliver’, may be suitable for you. PLEASE NOTE--The backing track for either of these numbers will be played for you at the audition.The lyrics are downloadable here and here.
  4. You will be expected to perform a simple dance routine which our choreographer will show you. Don’t worry, you won’t have to do this on your own, since we normally ask two or three of you to do it at the same time. If you would like to carry out your “dance” with a friend, then that is certainly possible.

You must wear correct 'dance clothing and dance shoes'.

Our Choreographer will teach all auditionees a dance to be used in the auditions therefore there is no reason for you to prepare your own dance.

Don’t worry if you would like to carry out your 'dance' with a friend. That is certainly possible.