Westville Boys’ High School is opening auditions to all
current WBHS students, and girls from surrounding areas, for its 2017 headline
musical Little Shop Of Horrors, to be
staged in May 2017 at the Roy Couzens Theatre.
Little Shop of Horrors
is a horror comedy rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard
Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on
human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy
film The Little Shop Of Horrors, directed
by Roger Corman. The musical premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 before moving
to the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway, where it had a five-year run. It later
received numerous productions in the U.S. and abroad, and a subsequent Broadway
production.
Directed/Musically Directed by Luke Holder and Choreographed
by Fiona Barnes, the show will be double cast, meaning that every role is
shared over the 16-performance run by two companies of performers. The show
runs from May 8 to 21, 2017. There will be no rehearsals during the December
holidays in 2016, or the Easter holidays in 2017 (April 1-17).
The audition process comprises a six-week Boot Camp, commencing
running from September 21 until November 10, during which time specialist
Acting, Singing and Dancing classes will be conducted. Final auditions will be
held for all the Boot Camp participants on November 12 and 13. Rehearsals
commence on November 16 and will run until the end of the school year, and will
resume in the first school week back in 2017.
LSOH Boot Camp starts on September 21 from 18h00 until 21h00
in the Roy Couzens Theatre at Westville Boys’ High. AR50 participation fee (payable
upon arrival and refundable if you are not successfully cast in the show) secures
your commitment to the LSOH Boot Camp process.
For more information, or to book a slot for the LSOH Boot
Camp, contact Luke Holder on lholder@wbhs.co.za
or contact the school on 031 267 1330.
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