Female Theatre In Education performer – 3 Nationally touring contracts 2011

Female Theatre In Education performer – 3 Nationally touring contracts 2011

Tony Bones Entertainment "Children's Theatre by Qualified Teachers" www.tonybones.com.au

Melbourne based female performer sought, 18-35 y.o, must be a strong singer & good character actor.

We are holding general auditions for a range of shows to be toured through schools nationally in 2011. Three contracts are on offer and may be filled by one or several performers.

“Tony Bones” Appleby will be performing the male role for all of these contracts and we’re looking for a female performer to join him for 1 or all 3 tours.

Pay structure will be in line with the federal award with performers being on a weekly wage when contracted. Accommodation, food & per diems are paid when the performers are required to stay away from home overnight for the shows.

The shows are transported in the company van (auto) that both performers must share driving.

The shows take approx. 45-60 minutes to bump in & bump out including loading & unloading & setting up of portable staging, sound equipment (incl. headset microphones), basic lighting, curtain, costumes & props.

Performances vary in length from 40 to 60 minutes plus Q&A.

The shows are all written, directed & choreographed by "Tony Bones" Appleby (B.Ed) & music composed by Tony in collaboration with Tim Smith Dip.Ed (Pro MD "Mamma Mia", Children's MD "Billy Elliott" & "Lion King") & Luke Hunter Dip.Ed (Pro MD "Jersey Boys" & "Rocky Horror").

The successful performer would be playing several roles in the original Australian productions for primary to lower secondary students.

They must:

- be a strong character actor & singer who has a strong grasp on comedy & can speak in various accents & different sounding voices;

- have enough physical strength to quickly load & unload / setup & pack up portable stages, sound equipment, etc;

- have the mental strength & toughness to tour shows for a long period of time and still maintain a positive attitude whilst working;

- have a driver's licence;

The touring schedule is throughout Australia (except for WA & NT) so there is some time spent away from home, including weekends. 2010 saw 15 nights away from home in Term 1, 14 nights in Term 2, 16 nights in Term 3 & 15 nights in Term 4. 2011 will see much less interstate touring in Term 1 & 4 so they will be less but we’d expect the rest to be about the same.

Contract 1 - Term 1 & 2 - 3 shows in total.

Term 1 - "Bully Bull Ring" anti-bullying musical (10 songs, full musical, all singing & dancing, lots of costume changes),

"Adventurescope" Maths & Science show (A few songs, more drama scenes & Maths Science experiments).

Term 2 - As above plus new show "Good Things Come In Threes - A Fractured Fairytale" (Lots of puppetry - shadow, hand & marionette, then acting out the “fractured fairytale” in costume, audience participation, "3 Little Pigs" meets "3 Billy Goats Gruff" meets "Goldilocks & the 3 Bears" - pitched at lower level school & private / corporate market)

Contract 2 – Term 3 – 2 shows in total.

Term 3 – 2 new Book Week shows, our biggest tours of the year. One is a 4 song 40 minute stage adaption of one of the 6 short listed “Picture Book of the Year” books with lots of different elements (song, dance, puppetry, sets, props, costume changes), one a 2 song more theatre based adaption of the “Younger Reader’s Book of the Year”. Both are the same cast of 2. Southern cast does a longer tour, Northern cast does what we can’t in NSW & QLD.

Contract 3 – Term 4 – 1 show.

Term 4 – “Rudolph’s Recruits” Christmas musical - 3 person tour – 10 songs, lots of costume changes for everyone but Rudolph (usually the girl, but does vary each year).

Roles & Season Dates

Show 1 "Bully Bull Ring" Anti Bullying Musical "Bellamy the Bison” – Pop ballad plus Robo-techno, “Elephant” – Jazz song in UK Posh accent, “”Zebra” – Reggae song in African accent, & “Orangutan” – Swing song in aussie Occa accent, & finally “Brutus the Bully Bison” in Greek accent.

TERM 1 2011 - February 16th to 22nd (VIC), February 28th to March 4th (NSW). TERM 2, 2011 - May 4th - 6th (TAS), May 16th - 20th (VIC), 23rd May (ACT), May 24th - 27th (NSW), May 30th - June 3rd (QLD), June 21st - 23rd (SA). Season extended if bookings allow.

Show 2 "Adventurescope" Maths & Science Adventure Show. "Darth Vaderess" in "Darth Vadar" type voice then high voice when mask removed, "Captain Jill Sparrow" in Cockney or Irish accent with 1 sea-shanty pirate song & "Harry Potplant" in UK Posh accent with 1 love pop ballad song.

TERM 1 2011 - February 16th to 22nd (VIC), February 28th to March 4th (NSW). TERM 2, 2011 - May 4th - 6th (TAS), May 16th - 20th (VIC), 23rd May (ACT), May 24th - 27th (NSW), May 30th - June 3rd (QLD), June 21st - 23rd (SA). Season to extend if bookings allow.

Show 3 "Good Things Come In Threes" Fractured Fairytale show. Puppetry & then costume performance of characters from "3 Little Pigs", "3 Billy goats Gruff" & "Goldilocks & the 3 Bears"

TERM 1 2011 - February 16th to 22nd (VIC), February 28th to March 4th (NSW). TERM 2, 2011 - May 4th - 6th (TAS), May 16th - 20th (VIC), 23rd May (ACT), May 24th - 27th (NSW), May 30th - June 3rd (QLD), June 21st - 23rd (SA).

Show 4 & 5 - 2011 Shortlisted "Picture Book of the Year" & "Younger Reader's Novel of the Year" Book Week shows TBA April 2011 when both books are announced. 4 songs for the Picture Book show, 2 for the Younger Reader's show.

TERM 3, 2011 – July 25th - 29th (TAS), August 1st - 2nd (VIC), August 3rd - 5th (SA), August 8th - 9th (VIC), August 10th - 11th (ACT), August 15th - September 2nd (VIC), September 5th - 9th (NSW). Season to extend if bookings allow.

Show 6 - "Rudolph's Recruits" Aussie Christmas Musical. Either "Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer" or various Australian animals in comic roles. 10 songs.

TERM 4, 2011 – December 5th - 9th (1 Week in NSW), December 12th - 16th (1 Week in VIC) – Season to extend if bookings allow.

Applications to this casting call require: A phone number An email address A headshot A performance resume (include any teaching experience if applicable)

To audition for any of the contracts, please send your resume, headshot, phone number & email address to tony@tonybones.com.au