Today, we auditioned for roles in Sweeney Todd, our new production for Performance Workshop. The audition was mostly for the guys as opposed as the girls as Lorna is the only girl in our group so she'd need to play the main female (Mrs Lovett). Also taking part in this unit is Taylor and Alice from Year 12, to play the remaining female roles, and Tom and Dan who are ex-students to play the remaining male roles.
To start the audition, we listened to one of Sweeney Todd's main songs: My Friends; a song about his silver shaving razors which he once used to shave the faces of thousands but his intentions turn ill after Judge Turpin essentially ruins his life. After singing a short section of it a few times, we were asked to audition it one by one.
We then did the same for a short section of Pretty Woman as well, the duet between Todd and Turpin whilst Sweeney shaves his enemy.
After the audition, we were given our roles to go research before the next lesson. Below is the cast list:
Rob - Sweeney Todd
Lorna - Mrs Lovett
Lewis (me) - Judge Turpin
James - Tobias Ragg
Ollie - Beadle Bamford
This leaves Tom, Dan, Taylor and Alice as:
Tom - Anthony Hope
Dan - Adolfo Pirelli
Taylor - Beggar Lady/Lucy Barker
Alice - Johanna Barker
I am incredibly happy with this casting and looking forward to the first rehearsal. Next lesson, we will begin devising the opening.
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