Altrincham Garrick Playhouse - PETER PAN - Audition Information
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Altrincham Garrick Playhouse - PETER PAN - Audition Information
Thank you for expressing your interest in auditioning for “PETER PAN” at Altrincham
Garrick Playhouse, which is one of our Autumn/ Winter 2021 Season productions.
The Adult’s Audition Date for this production is Tuesday 10th August
The Children's Audition Date for this production is Thursday 19th August
The Rehearsal Start Date for this production is Sunday 31st October
The Production Dates (including Charity Preview)
for this production are Thursday 9th December 21
- Monday 3rd January 22
Rehearsals
Rehearsals will be every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.30pm - 10pm, and every
Sunday from 2pm - 5.30pm.
Midweek rehearsals for the Children will begin at 6/6.30pm and nish no later than 9pm.
We do ask that all those auditioning are able to make every rehearsal. We do, of course,
understand that sometimes you may have other commitments and special occasions
during the rehearsal process, and we therefore ask that you inform us of any dates you
are not available in advance (at the audition) and we will try and make this work. If you
have a date that you’re unable to rehearse within ten days of the opening night (9th
December) we may have to ask you to withdraw from the production.
You may not be called to every rehearsal, and the Director will produce a rehearsal
schedule as far in advance as possible, but we do still ask that those successful in being
cast in the production remain exible, as rehearsal schedules can often change during the
process.
PETER PAN
The High Flying Garrick Pantomime
Friday 10th December 2021 - Monday 3rd January 2022
Director - Joseph Meighan
Musical Director - Peter England
Associate Director - Val Watkinson
Choreographer - Vanessa Cockburn
Journey to Neverland for a high- ying Pantomime adventure you’ll never forget!
The forever-young Peter Pan sails through the skies to bring Wendy and the Darling
children to the Lost Boy’s enchanted island, where the fearsome Captain Hook rules over
the high seas.
Written by Tom Whalley and based on the timeless book by JM Barrie, the Altrincham
Garrick Playhouse brings you a perfect Pantomime for all the family.
Fairies, mythical creatures, pirates, singing, dancing and ying! Take the second star to the
right and keep straight on ’til morning and we’ll see you in Neverland!
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Thursday 9th December 2021 (Charity Preview) - 7.30pm
Friday 10th December 2021 - 7.30pm
Saturday 11th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Sunday 12th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Friday 17th December 2021 - 7.30pm
Saturday 18th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Sunday 19th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Wednesday 22nd December 2021 - 7.30pm
Thursday 23rd December 2021 - 7.30pm
Monday 27th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Tuesday 28th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Wednesday 29th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Thursday 30th December 2021 - 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Fri 31st Dec 11.30am and 3.30pm
Sun 2nd Jan 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Mon 3rd Jan 1.30pm and 5.30pm
Characters
PRINCIPALS
Peter Pan - Our hero
Male or Female
18+
Tinker Bell - A pixie with attitude!
Female
18+
Wendy Darling - The headstrong, eldest of the
Darling Children
Female
18+
John Darling - Adventurous and pragmatic son of
the Darlings
Male
11+
Michael Darling - The youngest of the Darlings
Male
8+
Dame Darling/ Lady Starkey - Mother of the Darlings/
A Pirate Wench - Smee’s Mother
The Dame - Male
40+Mr Darling/ Captain Hook - O cious Father of the Darlings/
The dastardly pirate
Male
40+
Smee - The bumbling, loveable rst mate
Male
18+
Tiger Lily - Daughter of the Indian Chief.
Another Dame - Male
30+
Indian Chief - The head of the Indian Tribe.
Male
40+
THE LOST BOYS
Tootles
Nibs
Curly
Slightly
The Twins
For THE LOST BOYS we are looking for a company of six - twelve children, aged nine
and above, to play these roles. Any gender.
The Adult Audition - Tuesday 10th August
We are a diverse theatre and we welcome auditionees from the ages of 18 and above of
all genders, ethnicities, sexualities, disabilities and races, to enrich the work of the
production.
Auditionees will need to sign in and complete a contact sheet in the Theatre Bar at
Altrincham Garrick Playhouse from 6.30pm on Tuesday 10th August. We will then see
each auditionee, one by one, in the Annexe to perform in front of the audition panel. There
will be Garrick personnel to show you around and help you through the process.
The audition panel will consist of the Director, Associate Director, Musical Director,
Choreographer and members of the Altrincham Garrick’s Artistic and Casting Team (ACT).
Scripts will be available for each character from 6.30pm on Tuesday 10th August, in the
Theatre Bar. We also ask that auditionees prepare a song from a Musical that showcases
your vocal range, and that you bring sheet music for this. The Musical Director will play
piano accompaniment for all audtiionees.
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fiThe Children’s Audition
This audition is for THE LOST BOYS and for MICHAEL AND JOHN.
We are a diverse theatre and we welcome auditionees of all genders, ethnicities,
sexualities, disabilities and races, to enrich the work of the production.
Auditionees will need to sign in and complete a contact sheet in the Theatre Bar at
Altrincham Garrick Playhouse from 6.30pm on Thursday 19th August, accompanied by a
parent or guardian.
Our Choreographer will then take the auditionees through a dance/ movement routine and
we will run this a couple of times as a group.
After this has taken place, we will then see each auditionee, one by one, in the Annexe to
perform a short scripted speech* in front of the audition panel.
The audition panel will consist of the Director, Associate Director, Musical Director,
Choreographer and members of the Altrincham Garrick’s Artistic and Casting Team (ACT).
We may also need to hear the auditionees sing, so please prepare a short song (no more
than one minute long) that can be sung without piano (a cappella).
*Please prepare the following poem for the audition. You do not have to learn it, but please
feel free to do so. We do ask that you’re familiar with it.
I’d Like To Be A Teabag by Peter Dixon
l’d like to be a teabag
And stay at home all day
And talk to other teabag
In a teabag sort of way ..
l’d love to be a teabag
And lie in a little box
And never have to wash my fac
Or change my dirty socks ..
l’d like to be a teabag
An Earl Grey one perhaps
And doze all day and lie aroun
With Earl Grey kind of chaps
l wouldn’t have to do a thing
No homework, jobs or chores
Comfy in my cadd
Of teabags and their snores
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Or wash up all the spoons
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A life of bliss – you see . .
Except that once in all my lif
I’d make a cup of tea!
What Next?
If you’ve read all the information in this pack, and wish to audition, then please email
casting@altrinchamgarrick.co.uk stating “PETER PAN AUDITIONS” in the subject
heading and detailing your name, contact number and if you’re attending the Adult or
Children’s audition. By emailing, you will have registered for an audition on Tuesday 10th
August or Thursday 19th August.
We do ask that all auditionees are up to date with the current government guidelines in
relation to Covid-19 and measures will be in place at the theatre to ensure your safety.
We’d like to wish you the very best of luck, and we look forward to welcoming you, or
seeing you again! Thank you for taking the time and interest to prepare for this audition
and Break-A-Leg!
Best wishes,
Joseph Meighan (Artistic Director/ Artistic and Casting Team)
Carole Carr (Artistic and Casting Team)
Mike Shaw (Artistic and Casting Team)
Val Watkinson (Artistic and Casting Team)
Fiona Primrose (Artistic and Casting Team)
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