Hertfordshire County Youth Theatre auditions for Gulliver’s Travels...

(3rd June 2010)

Hertfordshire County Youth Theatre is currently looking for talented young performers for their latest production of Gulliver’s Travels which will take place on 29and 30 October at Watford Palace Theatre.

Auditions will be taking place from 8- 25 June at the Palace Theatre and at Hertswood School in Borehamwood (see below for further details). Any students in Hertfordshire between the ages of 13 and 18 who are interested getting the chance to perform here the Palace are invited to attend one of the auditions.

Gulliver’s Travels will be directed by James Williams, the Resident Director for the Participation team at Watford Palace Theatre. Adapted from the Jonathan Swift classic novel by Farhana Sheikh the production features all of the wit, humour, shock and bite of the original. Brought to life by a troupe of actors who must tell Swift’s story under threat of death, Gulliver’s Travels is a feast of storytelling, music, puppetry and spectacle, and we’re looking for Hertfordshire’s most talented young performers to take part.

Shipwrecked and cast-adrift, Gulliver finds awakes on the shores of Lilliput to a hostile reception from its feisty six-inch tall residents. At war with their neighbours, the tiny Lilliputians soon spy a use for their gigantic visitor - a weapon of massive destruction! Refusing to be part of their plans for conquest, Gulliver flees across the oceans, only to end up abandoned among giants. Now small and vulnerable, he faces danger at every turn.

Auditions will take place in the following places throughout Hertfordshire:

• Tue 8th June - Harpenden Audition at Sir John Lawes School - 4pm-6pm

• Wed 9th June - Baldock Audition at Knights Templar School - 4-6pm

• Sat 12th June - Watford Audition at Palace Theatre - 3:30pm-5:30pm

• Mon 14th June - Hertford Audition at Simon Balle School - 4pm-6pm

• Tue 15th June - Borehamwood Audition at Hertswood School - 4pm-6pm

• Wed 16th June - Cheshunt Audition at Cheshunt School - 3:45pm-5:45pm

• Fri 18th June - Letchworth Audition at The Highfield School - 4pm-6pm

• Mon 21st June - Stevenage Audition at John Henry Newman School - 4pm-6pm

• Thu 24th June - Rickmansworth Audition at Rickmansworth School - 4pm-6pm

• Fri 25th June - Hemel Hempstead Audition at Hemel Hempstead School - 4pm-6pm

For further details about joining HCYT or booking an audition place, please email participation@watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk or call 01923 810307. Places are limited, so we recommend people book early to avoid disappointment.

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