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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 23:41:26 GMT
I hope it's better than the Palladium production. Why cast someone as Maggie if they can't belt the big money note in 'At The Ballet'.
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Post by dazzerlump on Apr 8, 2021 11:19:40 GMT
Ive never really tried booking on the day tickets were released but for whatever reason this still isnt available to book??
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 8, 2021 12:36:42 GMT
Forgot to check at 12, but this is live now. Have booked. Not selling very quickly yet, but that’s often true of shows at the Curve.
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Post by david on Apr 8, 2021 12:54:10 GMT
I’m looking to book for this this and never been to the Curve. Are there any sight line-issues with the height of the stage from the front row? Thanks.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Apr 8, 2021 13:32:13 GMT
I’m looking to book for this this and never been to the Curve. Are there any sight line-issues with the height of the stage from the front row? Thanks. No, just restricted legroom in the seats at either end of the front row.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Apr 9, 2021 1:09:25 GMT
Good to see Saturday 4 December half price previews including a matinee. We're combining A Chorus Line with Bring it On at Peterborough (a week there prior to the run at the Royal Festival Hall).
Only an hour journey between the two by car or train.
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 7:36:59 GMT
So, a little disappointed in my favourite theatre
They just announced unpaid ‘voluntary’ roles for ensemble roles in this professional production. Roles are allocated via audition so I guess the expectation is the creatives at Curve will cherry pick the cream of dancers from a pool of talented amateurs or out of work professionals keen to work with Nikolai Foster and Ellen Kane for ‘experience’
After the last 18months just employ professionals and pay them Curve?
Thoughts?
CURVE theatre, Leicester are looking for 20 male and female local dancers, aged 16 and over, to appear as ensemble cast members in their Christmas 2021 musical, A Chorus Line.
Young ensemble members will play or cover the roles of Vicki, Tricia, Lois, Frank, Butch, Roy and Tom – young dancers who audition for infamously tough director Zach in the first number of the show, ‘I Hope I Get It’, but don’t quite make the cut.
Roles will be non-speaking and part of a significant dance and vocal sequence at the opening of the musical. Successful applicants will work with Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, Olivier and Tony Award-nominated Choreographer Ellen Kane and Musical Director Tamara Saringer on the production - please note this is a voluntary opportunity.
The musical will rehearse at Curve between 1-25 November 2021 (some weekday evenings and Saturday mornings), with technical rehearsals from 26 November-2 December 2021 (evenings and some daytimes), followed by performances between 3-31 December 2021, with further performances possible in the week of 3 January 2022.
Applicants must be fully available in Leicester from Monday 1 November 2021 until Sunday 9 January 2022 and performances will be shared between two teams of dancers.
Applicants must have a playing age of 18 – 30 and must be strong, confident dancers and confident singers. The opening sequence’s choreography will feature a mix of musical theatre, jazz and ballet styles.
Curve encourage applications from racial and cultural groups, classes and backgrounds, and welcome submissions from anyone meeting the casting criteria, in particular those underrepresented on our stages including migrant actors and those who speak English as an additional language, D/deaf and disabled performers and transgender artists.
Group auditions will take place on 11 September 2021, with the deadline for applications on 29 August 2021 at midnight.
To apply for an audition, please contact Senior Producer at Curve, Tess Ellison, on t.ellison@curvetheatre.co.uk with the applicant’s name, age and school year (if applicable), date of birth, headshot or head-and-shoulders photograph, a brief description of your dance and performance experience and details of a next of kin or emergency contact.
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Post by danb on Jul 25, 2021 7:55:46 GMT
That really is a bit rough isn’t it? I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of this going forward.
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 8:04:01 GMT
‘What I did for love’ literally cos they ain’t paying.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jul 25, 2021 9:21:27 GMT
Well do note it says the word "local" dancers, which in my mind only puts this in the same category of their ongoing community projects that they have bee doing for years, giving talented local people the opportunity to put on a show or be part of a production, in the same way they give local kids the opportunity to the same and appear in their shows, like they do every year in the Christmas show. I'm not seeing any difference. There hasn't been the opportunity for two years to put on a community production so it seems like this is killing two birds with one stone because it also means they don't have to pay out for 10 cast members who don't even speak or have any major role. It's easy to say "just pay professional actors" well yes but this is also a business that hasn't been able to operate fully in the last two years and came close (a lot closer than many people think) to having to close, so.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 25, 2021 9:27:57 GMT
There should be a compromise though. If people are prepared to turn up and rehearse for no pay that’s one thing, but when it gets to the actual performances in front of a fully paying audience? That’s the line I’d draw. Even if it’s only for minimum pay, they should be compensated for that.
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 11:42:45 GMT
Well do note it says the word "local" dancers, which in my mind only puts this in the same category of their ongoing community projects that they have bee doing for years, giving talented local people the opportunity to put on a show or be part of a production, in the same way they give local kids the opportunity to the same and appear in their shows, like they do every year in the Christmas show. I'm not seeing any difference. There hasn't been the opportunity for two years to put on a community production so it seems like this is killing two birds with one stone because it also means they don't have to pay out for 10 cast members who don't even speak or have any major role. It's easy to say "just pay professional actors" well yes but this is also a business that hasn't been able to operate fully in the last two years and came close (a lot closer than many people think) to having to close, so. Yes and their full community productions are wonderful and are cast fully from the local community. I
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 11:49:22 GMT
So, a little disappointed in my favourite theatre They just announced unpaid ‘voluntary’ roles for ensemble roles in this professional production. Roles are allocated via audition so I guess the expectation is the creatives at Curve will cherry pick the cream of dancers from a pool of talented amateurs or out of work professionals keen to work with Nikolai Foster and Ellen Kane for ‘experience’ After the last 18months just employ professionals and pay them Curve? Thoughts? CURVE theatre, Leicester are looking for 20 male and female local dancers, aged 16 and over, to appear as ensemble cast members in their Christmas 2021 musical, A Chorus Line. Young ensemble members will play or cover the roles of Vicki, Tricia, Lois, Frank, Butch, Roy and Tom – young dancers who audition for infamously tough director Zach in the first number of the show, ‘I Hope I Get It’, but don’t quite make the cut. Roles will be non-speaking and part of a significant dance and vocal sequence at the opening of the musical. Successful applicants will work with Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, Olivier and Tony Award-nominated Choreographer Ellen Kane and Musical Director Tamara Saringer on the production - please note this is a voluntary opportunity. The musical will rehearse at Curve between 1-25 November 2021 (some weekday evenings and Saturday mornings), with technical rehearsals from 26 November-2 December 2021 (evenings and some daytimes), followed by performances between 3-31 December 2021, with further performances possible in the week of 3 January 2022. Applicants must be fully available in Leicester from Monday 1 November 2021 until Sunday 9 January 2022 and performances will be shared between two teams of dancers. Applicants must have a playing age of 18 – 30 and must be strong, confident dancers and confident singers. The opening sequence’s choreography will feature a mix of musical theatre, jazz and ballet styles. Curve encourage applications from racial and cultural groups, classes and backgrounds, and welcome submissions from anyone meeting the casting criteria, in particular those underrepresented on our stages including migrant actors and those who speak English as an additional language, D/deaf and disabled performers and transgender artists. Group auditions will take place on 11 September 2021, with the deadline for applications on 29 August 2021 at midnight. To apply for an audition, please contact Senior Producer at Curve, Tess Ellison, on t.ellison@curvetheatre.co.uk with the applicant’s name, age and school year (if applicable), date of birth, headshot or head-and-shoulders photograph, a brief description of your dance and performance experience and details of a next of kin or emergency contact. How very interesting - since I posted that info this morning the audition. Criteria has changed! Gone is the wording for playing ages of 18-30, headshots, strong confident dancers and singers and the three month commitment. All of which made for them sounding like they were trying to get in professionals for free And been replaced by this! ****** We have updated this announcement in response to some questions we’ve had. We are looking for up to 20 young, locally-based, non professional (and non professionally trained) dancers aged 16 – 18 years old to appear as part of our community ensemble in Curve’s Christmas 2021 musical A CHORUS LINE. Please read on for more information about the musical, brief, dates and how to get involved. THE SHOW AND ROLES A CHORUS LINE is set in New York City, in 1975. On an empty Broadway stage, performers are put through their paces in the final, gruelling audition for a new Broadway musical. Young community ensemble members will feature in the scene where dancers audition for the infamously tough director Zach in the first number of the show, “I Hope I Get It”, but don’t quite make the cut. We are not looking for professional or trained actors or dancers- instead we are hoping to bring together an ensemble for the opening of our show to celebrate our local community. Everyone taking part in the scene will be non-speaking, but they will take part in a dance and vocal sequence at the opening of the musical. Those taking part will work with Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, Olivier and Tony Award-nominated Choreographer Ellen Kane and Musical Director Tamara Saringer on the production. Please note this is a fully voluntary opportunity. PRODUCTION DATES The musical will rehearse and play in Leicester as follows: • Rehearsals at Curve between Monday 1 November – Thursday 25 November 2021 * • Technical Rehearsals at Curve between Friday 26 November – Thursday 2 December 2021 (evenings and some daytimes)* • Performances at Curve between Friday 3 December – Friday 31 December 2021, with further performances possible in the week of 3 January 2022 Full dates for the production are listed below. Applicants must be fully available in Leicester from Monday 1 November 2021 until Sunday 9 January 2022. Performances will be shared between two teams of dancers. *Please note the community ensemble will only be required for a very limited number of rehearsals which will mostly be scheduled in the evenings and at the weekend to fit around school/college and work. Whilst we hope everyone will be available throughout the run, you will not be needed for every show and each ensemble member will normally only be required for up to four performances a week. CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS Applicants must be aged 16- 18 years old (in year 12 or above) with a ‘playing age’ of up to 30 years, and must be confident dancers and singers. The opening sequence’s choreography will feature a mix of musical theatre, jazz and ballet styles- no formal training in these areas is required! Inclusivity sits at the heart of our work at Curve. We encourage applicants from all racial and cultural groups, classes and backgrounds. We welcome submissions from anyone meeting the age criteria, in particular those underrepresented on our stages including individuals from migrant communities and those who speak English as an additional language, transgender young people and participants who are D/deaf and disabled. HOW TO APPLY The team at Curve will meet everyone who applies and will select up to 20 people to take part in the ensemble. Group workshop auditions will take place on Saturday 11 September 2021. The deadline for applications is Sunday 29 August 2021 at midnight. To apply for an audition, please contact Tess Ellison, Senior Producer at Curve on t.ellison@curvetheatre.co.uk with the following information: – Name – Age and school year (if applicable) – Date of birth – Head-and-shoulders photograph. Please note this doesn’t need to be a professional headshot; it just needs to be a clear picture so we know who you are when you take part in the workshop. – A brief description of any dance and performance experience at school or college, amateur dramatics etc. Don’t worry if you don’t have any experience, this is a great place to start! – Details of a next of kin or emergency contact If you have any questions, you can also call Tess on 0116 242 3562. FULL DATES
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 25, 2021 11:53:45 GMT
Bit of a backlash then?
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 11:56:29 GMT
Sounds like it. It’s gone from a full ‘Director Zach’ spec to 16-18 year olds and ‘a celebration of the community’ You don’t need ANY dance experience but will be participating in the opening number (I paraphrase) The ‘cuts’ will be easy then any non dancers would make the first step in that number and cry
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 25, 2021 11:59:03 GMT
So they’re going to use non trained dancers because the first cuts are supposed to be a bit rubbish anyway so it doesn’t matter?
Oh dear!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jul 25, 2021 12:07:56 GMT
Do you need to be trained to be able to dance or pull off some moves?
As I said it's earlier it's about getting the community involved again on stage, which Curve do for most of their Christmas musicals, quite normal. It's just a Curve quirk. I think this is all a bit moany for moany sake.
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 12:11:18 GMT
Not moany at all and they’ve obviously changed their spec as lots of people must agree with me. I love the Curve and their ethos. They needed to do better - and they did I would say you would need to be able to dance to a high standard to pull off the opening number.
As for the point further up that the original shout out was no different to casting (unpaid local kids) for panto. I’ve never agreed with that either. Pantos get the double whammy of using kids for free and the revenue from the tickets their adoring families buy. If it’s a professional production all actors should be paid. As long as people are prepared to work for ‘the experience’ or fun producers get away with the pervasive culture of performers being undervalued and expendable.
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 25, 2021 12:13:21 GMT
They did this with West Side Story last year and it was an absolute disaster...load of youth theatre kids came on and did some weird dance in Somewhere which was awful.
Count me out thanks
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 25, 2021 12:17:06 GMT
They did this with West Side Story last year and it was an absolute disaster...load of youth theatre kids came on and did some weird dance in Somewhere which was awful. Count me out thanks Oh dear. This makes me more curious. If they regularly insert ‘local performers’ ie free in their productions why was the original audition spec worded differently and only changed after ‘questions’ 🤔
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 25, 2021 16:13:55 GMT
I really liked the Somewhere sequence in WSS.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 25, 2021 17:20:55 GMT
There hasn't been the opportunity for two years to put on a community production so it seems like this is killing two birds with one stone because it also means they don't have to pay out for 10 cast members who don't even speak or have any major role. Isn't it usually the case though that the performers playing the dancers who get cut early also are the understudies for the major roles? That was certainly the case for the Palladium production, which is the only one I've seen. So they won't be saving money because they'll still need to employ professionals as understudies. Unless they intend not to have any understudies, which in these covid times seems an even riskier strategy than normal.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 2, 2021 15:05:30 GMT
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Post by poster J on Sept 2, 2021 15:24:04 GMT
Interesting! I think Carly's great, but what is she like as a dancer? She doesn't do much of it in Anything Goes given the character she plays. Music and the Mirror is such a great piece when done well so fingers crossed she is as good a dancer as she is a singer and actress (and comedienne)!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 2, 2021 15:27:25 GMT
Not much opportunity to show comic skills as Cassie, she’s a right misery!
The actor playing Gregory Gardner looks a bit young but of course we don’t know how old the headshot is 😏
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 2, 2021 15:28:25 GMT
Interesting! I think Carly's great, but what is she like as a dancer? She doesn't do much of it in Anything Goes given the character she plays. Music and the Mirror is such a great piece when done well so fingers crossed she is as good a dancer as she is a singer and actress (and comedienne)! Excellent dancer. Prior to Anything Goes she was cast in a lot of dance led roles and in ensembles and of course played Anita in West Side at Curve.
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 2, 2021 15:37:50 GMT
Carly is a wonderful dancer - was a stunning Anita in an otherwise pretty bland WSS at Curve and really got to dance her socks off.
She'll be great in this.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 2, 2021 15:42:10 GMT
I thought they might try and get a biggish MT name for Sheila as well but I'm sure the actress they cast will be wonderful too.
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Post by poster J on Sept 2, 2021 18:18:59 GMT
Interesting! I think Carly's great, but what is she like as a dancer? She doesn't do much of it in Anything Goes given the character she plays. Music and the Mirror is such a great piece when done well so fingers crossed she is as good a dancer as she is a singer and actress (and comedienne)! Excellent dancer. Prior to Anything Goes she was cast in a lot of dance led roles and in ensembles and of course played Anita in West Side at Curve. Excellent - booking a ticket then!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 2, 2021 19:46:35 GMT
I wonder how well it will sell, it's not really a big name musical for just the regular joe on the street is it? Or maybe it is known but is seen as too stagey. Plus they haven't cast a star name to draw those people in. But that's a good thing and I'm glad they are doing this musical because a) it's about time and b) it's very fitting for this time, just wondering how popular it will be.
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