AUDITIONS - Perform! Educational Musicals

AUDITIONS FOR 2011 Echelon Productions is a multi award-winning theatrical producer and one of the largest touring theatre companies in Australia. Based in Melbourne, the company has been established since 2000 and in that time has produced a number of Helpmann Award and Green Room Award nominated plays and musicals. Also operating as Perform Educational Musicals, which specialises in touring educational musicals for schools across Australia and New Zealand, the company employs around 50 performers throughout the year. Our educational theatre division is holding auditions across Australia during February/March for our 2011 productions celebrating Book Week, Science Week, Financial Literacy and Cyber Safety. Since we began touring our educational musicals we have performed to over one million students. The performances, which take place within schools, are highly interactive and feature action packed narratives, appealing, identifiable characters, loads of comedy, singing and dancing that captivate and engage all audiences, including teachers! Question time at the conclusion of the performance reinforces the learning outcomes. Casts of two actors perform up to three shows a day in schools within a one hour radius of the metropolitan area. Each cast will have one performer nominated as the team driver who has access to their own reliable car for the contracted period. Both cast members are required to bump in and out the basic set which takes around 20 minutes either side of performance. All productions are one hour musicals and include PA and individual headset microphones for each performer. Cast requirements: Performers are the ambassadors of the company and significant role models for thousands of students and this means we have high standards for hiring performers. Age: between 20 and early 30s Skills: strong singing voices, creative and comedic acting, and the ability to move well. Personal qualities: Warm, friendly, energetic, excellent communicators, fun loving, reliable, committed and most importantly, enjoy working with children. We are casting: SYDNEY – 8 males and 8 females (Book Week, Science Week, Financial Literacy, Cyber Safety productions) BRISBANE – 3 males and 3 females (Book Week and Science Week productions) PERTH – 4 males and 4 females (Book Week and Science Week productions) ADELAIDE – 2 males and 2 females (Book Week production) Auditions will be held on the following dates: SYDNEY – Tuesday 15th February 2011 BRISBANE – Thursday 17th February 2011 PERTH – Thursday 10th March 2011 ADELAIDE – Thursday 24th March 2011