Aladdin 2017

Hong Kong Players have been staging a traditional Christmas panto for more than 50 years. The show is an all-singing, all dancing extravaganza based on an original script. Come audition and be a part of the team that brings the magic of panto to kids young and old this Christmas. You know you want to . . . oh yes you do!

Audition Dates

Weekends

Saturday June 3: 11am – 2pm

Sun June 18: 11am – 3.30pm)

Week nights

Tues, June 13– 7.30pm – 10pm

Weds, June 14 – 7.30pm – 10pm

Audition Venue: The auditions will take place at Hong Kong Players rehearsal space, Spooky 3 3/F, On Tat Building (Block D), 3-5 Pat Tat St, San Po Kong (near Diamond Hill), Kowloon
For detailed information on how to get there, visit www.hongkongplayers.com and click on Rehearsal Venue.

To book your audition time, please email: producer.hongkongplayers@gmail.com and tell us which date and approximate time you would prefer. (We will do our best to a lot you that time, but please be prepared to be flexible). You will receive confirmation of the booking and a form to fill in and bring to your audition.

Auditions for Principal Roles
Your audition will take 10-15 minutes – please arrive at least 15 minutes before your allotted time. You can audition for several roles if you wish, and we’ll provide pieces from previous panto scripts for you to audition with. We’d like to hear you sing and we’d like you to tell us a joke or two! Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. NB Principals should be 18 years or older

Principal Roles:

• Aladdin – nice but dim hero, son of Widow Twankey. Male character, can be played by Male or Female

• Widow Twankey – Dame. Poor laundry lady, mother to Aladdin and Wishy Washy. Female character to be played by a Male

• Wishy Washy – Buttons character, overworked. Smarter than Aladdin. Male character, can be played by male or female

• Azkaban – Villain, extremely evil. M or F

• Genie of the Lamp – magical, OTT character. M or F.

• Slave of the Ring – captive under the power of the villain. M or F.

• Princess – rich, pretty, nice but entitled, and not as smart as she thinks she is. F

• Princess’s Aide – loyal, practical and definitely smarter than the Princess. M or F

• Sultan / King – the Princess’s father, older male. M

Auditions for Musical Ensemble

The ensemble is the heart and soul of panto and we are looking for fabulous singers and dancers and actors with boundless enthusiasm and energy. Mainly modern dance, hip hop, also swing (lindy hop, jive). Other skills such as juggling, acrobatics, wire-walking, rollerblading, fire-eating, etc very welcome – come and show us what you can do! Ensemble auditions will take about 20 minutes during which you will be taught a song and a dance routine. NB, ensemble must be 11 years old or above.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your allotted audition time. Wear loose comfortable clothing and footwear suitable for dancing (no flip flops!). If you have long hair please tie it back.

EVENT DETAILS

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Hong Kong Players present an evening of two hilarious plays presented by two directors and a wonderful cast in the McAulay Theatre, Arts Centre Wan Chai.

HK Players presents a double bill of hilarious one-act comedies. In The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo, a burglar is discovered when the owner of the flat returns unexpectedly with his mistress. The situation turns to farce when the owner’s wife arrives and the burglar is forced to pretend the mistress is his wife. In Alan Ayckbourn’s A Cut in the Rates, Miss Pickhart visits the illusionist Ratchet on official Town Hall business, and she discovers a sinister secret. It seems one of his magic tricks may have gone horribly wrong!