The Arrangements

Director: Ian Stretch	More usually to be seen in the stage manager’s corner, Ian has previously directed five Broxbourne Theatre Company pantomimes including two of our most successful ever productions, 1999’s Peter Pan the Pantomime and Jack & the Beanstalk in 2003. He directed Carousel in 1996 and The King and I in 2008. He has also stage managed several productions of Half a Sixpence.
Musical Director: Julie Davies	Julie has been MD for three of our pantomimes but this is her first musical with us. Julie’s early career was as a professional singer and actress and she is now Head of Music at an Enfield School. Having previously worked with societies in North London, after venturing out to Broxbourne she has discovered the delights of working with other Hertfordshire societies.
Choreographer: Sarah Welch	Sarah first appeared with Broxbourne Theatre Company as a dancer in Jack & the Beanstalk in 1993 and has been involved in many of our productions since then. She also ran our very popular summer dance workshops for a number of years. She has choreographed two previous productions, Fame in 2000 and The King and I in 2008.

Other members of the team are:

Stage Manager: Mike Colbert

Wardrobe: Anne Sellwood and Sue White

Props: Yvonne Vaughan and Maria Silenti

Production Assistant: Kevin McEnaney

 

Rehearsals and Ensemble

Rehearsals and Ensemble Rehearsals will start at 7:45pm on Friday 20th January.

This first meeting will take the form of a detailed introduction to the story of Half a Sixpence and a brief introduction to most of the music. Audition music will be highlighted and you are advised to take this opportunity to record any songs that you will need if you wish to audition.

The full company will be called on Monday 23rd January when the company audition music and movement will be set. This will be followed by a brief refresher rehearsal on Friday 27th. The rest of that evening will be devoted to a principals’ pre-audition rehearsal.

Other key dates are set out in the Diary on the back page of Notes. May we remind everyone that rehearsals start at 7:45pm and that you should arrive at Bollescroft before that time in order to prepare yourself.

The Script

Scripts (subject to the usual £25 deposit) should be available during the run of the pantomime, together with the list of audition dialogue and music.

The Auditions — Sunday 29th January

We are continuing with the changed order of the Auditions so that the Company auditions will be at 2pm and we aim to start Principals at 3pm.

A description of the principal characters is given here.

Please carefully read the whole of the script, not just the audition pieces, before deciding whether to audition.

The list of principal audition dialogue pieces will be available at the first meeting.