SLT Audition
Auditions for Thumbelina
By Matthew Davies
Audition one
Date: 4 Sep 2022
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: SLT - SE27 9NS
Audition two
Date: 4 Sep 2022
Time: 12:15 - 13:45
Location: SLT - SE27 9NS
Audition three
Date: 5 Sep 2022
Time: 19:45 - 21:45
Location: SLT - SE27 9NS
An important note to begin with
All our auditions and shows are open and non-professional with everyone welcome. We take part for the love of making theatre and no one is paid. If you are cast you will need to be a Full Member of the theatre before rehearsals start.
About the show
The play is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina with lots of original songs (Musical Director: Alan Walker) and is approximately 90 minutes long.
A woman gives shelter from the storm to a Fairy Godmother and in return she is granted her one true wish, to have a child of her very own. The Fairy Godmother gives the woman a barleycorn which opens up to reveal a tiny girl called Thumbelina. Mother and daughter are happy together until one day Thumbelina is kidnapped by Mrs Toad who wants to marry Thumbelina to her son, Master Toad. Having persuaded the young toad to keep searching for his one true love, Thumbelina arrives at the river bank with no idea how to get home...
There are lots of parts in the play that will need a strong cast willing to double up and try their hand at anything. We are looking for people who can be part of an ensemble and have lots of fun with costumes, props, movement and music. The auditions will be run in groups with some songs, improv and script work. Please book into one of the 90-minute auditions groups.
Performance dates are 8 - 11 and 15 - 18 December (including weekend matinees)
Please email the director with your audition preference and wait for your confirmation email.
Director: Charlotte Benstead and Lily Ann Green
Characters:
Hans Christian Andersen: Our bold narrator - singing role
Thumbelina: Our forthright and gregarious heroine – singing role
Mother: Thumbelina’s kind and sensible mother – singing role
Fairy Godmother: Preposterous fairy godmother – singing role
Mrs Toad: The villain of the piece. Very determined to see her son married.
Master Toad: A shy and gentle soul, not at all determined to get married – singing role
Mouse: Very nervous and excitable mouse. Secretly in love with Mole
Funky Mole: Funkiest Mole of all time. Secretly in love with Mouse - singing role
Guacamole: Mexican cousin of the Mole, always the life of the party
Swallow: Petty criminal imprisoned in the Mole Hole – singing role
Wilhelm Grimm: German teller of fairy stories, arrogant rival of Hans
Jacob Grimm: German teller of fairy stories, tubercular brother of Wilhelm
Elspeth: Spider and rather domineering seamstress
Agnes: Spider and rather more timid seamstress, fond of the gin – singing role
Sunday 25th September is the first rehearsal then:
Wednesdays - 8pm from 28th September
Fridays - 8pm from 30th September
Sundays - 10.30-12.45pm from 25th September - 20th November
Sunday 27th November - 2pm-6pm - Run through
Tues 29th November - 6.30-9.30pm - Dress and technical rehearsal 1
Thursday 1st December - 6.30-9.30pm - Dress and technical rehearsal 2
Sunday 4th December - 12-6pm - Final Dress rehearsal
