Show info
Update! These dates have been changed
The show is scheduled to have an extra night compared to last year. Be prepared – it’s going to be a full week folks!!
Sun 22nd November Tech & dress rehearsal
Mon 23rd November – Dress rehearsal 2
Shows:
Tues 24th November
Wed 25th November
Thurs 26th November
Fri 27th November
Sat 28th November Matinee and Evening
Rehearsals
Rehearsals will take place every Wednesday evening at Bramham village hall, 7.30pm
As we get closer to the show we will add extra rehearsals on Sunday afternoons TBA.
You need to try and be available for all rehearsals in which you are required. We will of course try and arrange rehearsals around any absences but you must let us know in advance any dates you are unavailable.
Readthroughs/ Q&A/ Meet Wed 20th and Wed 27th May
Auditions Wed 3rd and Wed 10th June
All at Bramham Village Hall LS23 6QF
The WIZARD OF OOOOS is a musical panto, loosely based on the Wizard of Oz (you might call it a parody).
Dot, her Auntie Histamine and pet cat Tiddles live in a grey, boring town called Amdramham. They are transported to Christmasland when a storm blows their house away, with them inside.
Though Christmasland seems colourful and exciting, it has a problem – Santa has gone missing, meaning Christmas is broken and nothing christmassy works like it should. Our heroes set out to a find a powerful wizard who has a machine that makes wishes come true…will they find Santa to help mend Christmas, and get their own wishes granted into the bargain – or will the wicked Witch Grismarelda stop them? Along the way they befriend a tramp with some very talented pet fleas and an alien robot.
You can read a current draft of the script as a word document here:
Audition info
Auditions will take place on Wed 3rd and Wed 10th June, at Bramham Village Hall.
* PLEASE * fill in the online form if you haven’t already – this just helps us organise the evenings. If you want to make a last minute decision and just show up, you can!
We will start at 7.30pm.
There is now an option on the form to say whether you’re coming on the 3rd or 10th (which I forgot to add before!). Please try and make it on the 3rd – we will assume you can – but let us know if you can’t.
Audition panel: Jim Bower, Claire Lister and Sarah Rivers. Auditions will be in the meeting room at the side of the hall (not in front of everyone). You might be on your own, or we might audition two or more people at once if they are in the same scene (eg Dot and Histamine together, Grismarelda and Igor together)
If your character has a song you will be expected to sing it! We can vary the pitch (higher or lower) of the backing tracks on the night if needed. You don’t need to learn the words off by heart (unless you want to).
You can audition for more than one role if you like. We will almost certainly ask you to try out alternative roles just to see how you might fit – so have a think about how you would do another role as well as the one you’re going for.
If you can’t make it, we will accept video auditions via whatsapp to Jim.
We envisage probably casting the smaller speaking roles from the people who were unsuccessful when auditioning for lead roles, but if you really fancy being a townsperson or a fireman (or another small speaking role) feel free to audition for those roles.
If you just want to be on stage without a speaking part you don’t need to audition – but do fill in the form so we know you’re interested. If you show up on the night you can sign up there.
The evening will probably involve a fair bit of hanging around, so bring something to do and maybe a drink! We will call people in when needed. You may be called back as it is helpful to see how people interact with eachother, so if you can, stick around after your audition.
Each major character page on the website has a word doc of the audition piece you can download and print out. If you can do this it would be helpful so we don’t have to print a lot of copies. There will be some available on the night.
Adult Audition Signup (kids will be done separately later)
Audition pieces:
Gender: Female
Age: Young adult/older teen
Singing: Yes
Gender: Ideally a male, playing a female as per panto tradition. There are some jokes about her maleness which may not work if played by a woman.
Age: Adult
Singing: No
Gender: Written as Male and will likely be cast as such – it’s santa after all – but could, at a stretch be a female playing a man (with a beard)
Age: Adult
Singing: Yes, but it’s mainly talking
Gender: Female
Age: Adult. She claims she’s 27 but isn’t.
Singing: Yes
Gender: Male (described as ‘Robot Man’) but could be played by a woman
Age: Any
Singing: Yes
Gender: Male
Age: Compatible with Histamine
Singing: Yes
Gender: Male (or a female playing a male)
Age: Adult
Singing: Yes
Gender: Male, but could be played by a woman
Age: Adult but any age
Singing: No
Gender: Any
Age: Any
Singing: No