SMAOS

AUDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP;

For 'on stage' membership, we ask for a brief membership audition,
If your audition is successful there is an annual membership fee of 45 GBP

No further auditions will be required to play amongst the chorus,
Though please note, on rare occasions we will audition for chorus members for smaller productions.

All principal roles are cast after a separate audition for each production.
All information regarding casting & auditioning for shows you will find below.

LADIES; we currently have a waiting list for membership but if you are interested, please email us and we
will let you know what the current state of the list is.

The annual membership fee for 'off stage' members is 15 GBP

If you are interested in becoming a member, please email our members secretary.

AUDITIONS FOR CASTING;

For each production, members who would like to be considered for a principal role are asked to audition in front of a panel.

The Director, Musical Director and (depending on the show) Choreographer will select material from the show for each
character audition. To audition for a part, you will usually be required to;
1) Learn one (sometimes two) songs from the show.
2) Learn a section of dialogue (usually one scene).
3) Depending on the show / character, a movement / dance audition or workshop may be required and set by the choreographer.

The audition panel for casting include;
1) the director
2) musical director*
3) choreographer**
4) an exec committee member
5) society chair (to observe)
6) society secretary (to administrate)
7) an outsider (usually from another local society)
8/9) readers***

*often, the musical director will play the piano during auditions but on occasion, the MD may request a pianist.
**depending on the show, we may not require a choreographer.
***usually one male & one female to read in (have been known to stand in) for the parts required for the chosen
audition dialogue.

audition pianists (if not the MD) along with the readers are asked to step out while casting and auditions are
discussed and casting is finalised.

If parts remain uncast after the 1st audition, a date for 2nd auditions will be set for the remaining un-cast roles.
If parts are still un-cast after the 2nd audition, they can then be offered by the panel to members or non members
(in which case, the membership fee will be waived)

successful auditionees (on the day of auditioning) will receive a phone call from the society secretary to offer parts.
once roles have been accepted, a cast list will be uploaded onto the website and also sent via text to those who auditioned.