ABOUT THE SHOW

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge – not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

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With lots of large chorus numbers, great dance routines, fantastic roles and a lot of comedy this show is the perfect choice for our next easter musical!

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There is a soundtrack available online that is well worth a listen to start getting excited about this wonderful show.

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REHEARSAL TIMES - EITHER THURSDAY 4PM - 5.30PM OR FRIDAY 6.45PM - 8.15PM (£8 PER SESSION)

PERFORMANCE DATES - 5TH & 6TH APRIL 2021 AT THEATRE SEVERN

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FEMALE ROLES

AGES 8 - 11

MRS MAYOR

YOUNG KANGAROO

YERTLE THE TURTLE

AGES 12 - 18

GETRUDE

MAYZIE

SOUR KANGAROO

BIRD GIRL 1

BIRD GIRL 2

BIRD GIRL 3

MALE ROLES

AGES 8 - 11

MR MAYOR

WICKERSHAM 1

WICKERSHAM 2

WICKERSHAM 3

VLAD VLADIKOFF

AGES 12 - 18

HORTON

WICKERSHAM 1

WICKERSHAM 2

WICKERSHAM 3

ROLES CAN BE EITHER

MALE OR FEMALE

AGES 8 - 11

JOJO

AGES 12 - 18

THE CAT IN THE HAT

THE GRINCH

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DANCERS & ENSEMBLE OF ALL AGES

About the audition

We are very excited to welcome you to the studio for the audition, below is all of the information you may require for the auditions, should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Audition Date & Time 

Thursday 23rd April (4pm - 5pm with solo auditions being held from 5pm - 7pm)

Or 

Friday 24th April (7pm - 8pm with solo auditions being held from 5pm - 7pm)

Please attend the audition on your preferred rehearsal group. Solo audition times will be allocated on a first come basis - these times will be emailed to.)

Where is the audition - Get Your Wigle On Studio, 3A St Austins Friars, Shrewsbury, SY1 1RY

What to wear? We ask all children to wear blacks to audition.  Children can wear dance shoes or go barefoot for the audition.

Audition Material

The audition will be split into two sections. The first section is a workshop audition where there is no preparation required. The children will be given drama and dance activities to be performed in groups to our staff team. Everyone wanting to audition for the show is required to attend the workshop audition. 

For those wanting to audition for large solo roles they will also be asked to sing their chosen song to James. The children will be given a ten minute time slot during which they will perform their solo audition in the singing studio. If you do not want to be considered for a role you are not required to do a solo audition.

Solo audition song choices; (Please select one of the following from the appropriate age groups below.)

Boys aged 8 - 11 

It’s Possible (‘This might be a pool like I’ve read of in books’ to ‘Then maybe some fish might be swimming, swimming toward me.’)

Here on Who (From beginning to ‘The tiniest planet in the sky.’)

Boys aged 12 - 18 

Alone In the Universe (From beginning to ‘who believes in me.’)

Oh The Things You Can Think (From beginning to ‘when you think about Seuss.’)

Girls aged 8 - 11 

It’s Possible (‘This might be a pool like I’ve read of in books’ to ‘Then maybe some fish might be swimming, swimming toward me.’)

Here on Who (From beginning to ‘The tiniest planet in the sky.’)

Girls aged 12 - 18 

Notice Me Horton (From beginning to ‘There’s a new leaf your neighbours turned over.’)

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Amazing Mayzie (From beginning to ‘It was all for sale.’)

Oh The Things You Can Think (From beginning to ‘when you think about Seuss.’)

Audition Results

Audition results will be posted on the website on Monday 27th April before 6pm.

If you are unable to attend the audition please can you let us know at your earliest convenience and every effort to accommodate an audition will be made. 

Many thanks, The GYWO team