AUDITIONS

Panto - Puss in Boots

We’ll be holding auditions for our panto, Puss in Boots, on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 October 6.30pm at the United Reformed Church, Hardwick Square, Buxton. As ever there are lots of fun roles on offer. These are the principal ones:

Jack – Our hero (Principal Boy) (M/F)

Puss – The clever, booted pussy cat. (M/F)

Princess Alice – The royal daughter (Principal Girl) (F)

King Herbert – The King of the kingdom. (M)

Queen Mildred – The Queen of the kingdom (and doesn’t the king know it). (F)

Lord Roger – The Villain – a nasty piece of work who wants to marry the princess and will accept no rival! He is also the Ogre in human form. The Ogre can assume any shape he wishes. (M)

The King Brothers (Nosmo and Nopar) – dim-witted ‘for hire’ henchman. (M/F)

Dame Hettie Quette – Auntie to the hero. (A traditional pantomime Dame). (M)

Narrator – The story teller who also gets involved in dialogue with the actors. (M/F)

Chorus – Villagers, animals, guards and courtiers. The script includes a number of small speaking parts and chorus lines that can be shared out.

We're not being too prescriptive in terms of ages, gender etc. This is panto so there’s plenty of room to be playful and inventive – it’ll all be about the mix of who turns up on the day. Also, for those of you who know Puss in Boots from the Shrek films, Puss here does not need an Antonio Banderas-style Spanish accent!

Whether you’ve been in a BDL panto before, or have always wanted to give it a try, just come along to the auditions, be prepared to have fun and give big, entertaining performance, and we’ll all have a great time.

Puss in Boots runs at the Burbage Institute on Friday 31 January, Saturday 2 February, Sunday 3 February, Friday 7 February, Saturday 8 February. Rehearsals will begin in mid-November.

Any queries, message us here or email buxtondrama@yahoo.co.uk