Treasure Island

11th – 18th December 2011

The MDG this year will be producing another traditional family favourite in Treasure Island. Focussing as always on good old family entertainment with loads of audience participation a night at the MDG pantomime is sure to brighten up the darkest winter evening and leave you with a smile on your face.

Rehearsals

We normally rehearse Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 8-10pm. Main characters will generally be needed on all three nights (although we will try to group rehearsed scenes to avoid too much hanging about where possible). Chorus members will be required for just one evening a week to start, increasing to all three as we get nearer performance time. Please make sure you are able to commit to the schedule.

Performance Dates

These are the dates when we are at the theatre – you will need to be available for ALL of them!

Date	Day	Venue	What	Who
11-Dec-11	Sunday	Desborough	GET IN & TECH REHEARSAL	ALL
12-Dec-11	Monday	Desborough	DRESS AND TECH REHEARSAL	ALL
13-Dec-11	Tuesday	Desborough	DRESS REHEARSAL	ALL
14-Dec-11	Wednesday	Desborough	PERFORMANCE 7:30PM	ALL
15-Dec-11	Thursday	Desborough	PERFORMANCE 7:30PM	ALL
16-Dec-11	Friday	Desborough	PERFORMANCE 7:30PM	ALL
17-Dec-11	Saturday	Desborough	PERFORMANCE 10:30AM & 2:30PM	ALL
18-Dec-11	Sunday	Desborough	PERFORMANCE 12:00PM & 4:00PM	ALL

Songs

There's still one song that we need to nail down (got it down to a choice of two, will almost certainly go with Club Tropicana) but the final list pending this decision is as follows:

Song		Title	Cast
1	mp3	Oom Pah Pah	Chorus / Jennifer / Roz
2	mp3	Money Makes The World Go Round	Graham / Robin
3		It's Great To Be A Pirate	Chorus (Pirates)
4	mp3	Has Anybody Seen Our Ship	Rob / Michael
5	mp3	Rock The Boat	Chorus
6		Set Sail	Chorus
7	mp3	Copacabana	Gareth plus girls
8		SFX – Ghosts plus Fighting	Sound file only - no vocals
9	mp3	We’ve Only Just Begun	Katie / Sophie
10		A Sailor Went To Sea	Rob / Michael
11		Walkdown reprieve	Instrumental
12	mp3	Jingle Bell Rock / Merry Christmas Everyone	All
13		We Wish You A Merry Christmas	All
14		Walk Out	Instrumental

Auditions Thursday 22nd September 2011

A brief outline of the roles is set out below. For a copy of the script, and details of the audition pieces, please email carol@hennwinds.me.uk.
If you are unable to attend on the 22nd, please contact either of us, to arrange an alternative date.
If you would like to be in chorus, you don’t need to formally audition, just let us know your interest (you are still very welcome to come along to say Hi, and join in with the audience participation).

Audition Notes:

JIM HAWKINS	Principal boy. Traditionally played by a female. Needs to be able to sing. The hero of the story. Looking for adventure. In love with Felicity
FELICITY TRELAWNY	Principal girl. Needs to be able to sing. Sweet and pretty, in love with Jim.
MA HAWKINS	The Dame. Traditionally played ~ flirty, fun and larger-than-life.
LONG JOHN SILVER	The “baddie”. Needs to be fit enough to hop around on one leg for the run of the panto! (Crutch provided)
BILLY BRASS NICKY KNUCKLES	The comedy duo. A couple of dim-witted pirates. They need to have a good rapport with the audience. Male or female.
SQUIRE TRELAWNEY	Father of Felicity. Quite likes Ma Hawkins.
FAIRY GODMOTHER	The narrator of the story …. but she is trying to do too much? Quite traditional, but with a bit of fun.
POLLY, the PARROT	Dry, sarcastic. Spends quite a lot of time sitting on his/her perch at the front of the stage.
CAPTAIN CORKER’UN	Very attractive Captain of the ship. She’s pretending to be male, and wears a thin disguise (a moustache) to start with.
ROBINSON CRUSOE	A “James Bond” style character. Young, handsome, confident.
GIRL FRIDAY Plus GIRLS MONDAY to THURSDAY	Crusoe’s main girl. Young and pretty. Four more “Crusoe girls”. All five girls are dancers or singers, if possible.
MARTHA, the BARMAID	Works at the Benbow Inn. Friendly, “down to earth”.
THE BEARD SELLER	Small speaking role. One scene only (plus chorus scenes)
JOLLY ROGER BLIND PEW BLACK DOG	Pirates, with scripted lines (plus chorus scenes)
CHORUS	Essential cast - Inn Customers & Servers, Pirates & Sailors, some with occasional scripted lines.

Remember even if you don't want to be out there on stage in the spotlight there are always lots of back-stage and front of house jobs that are equally important when putting on a production of this size. There is a role suitable for everyone in MDG!
We'd love to see as many of you as possible. Please feel free to pass these details on to anyone else that you think may be interested - the more the merrier! If you want to audition for one of the principal roles, but can't make either of the audition dates, drop us an email and we will try to accomodate you.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Kay Lord
Director
kay.lord@virgin.net

Carol Hennessy
Production Assistant
carol@hennwinds.me.uk

Costume & Props Lists

TBC.

Location

The pantomime will be performed at the Desborough Suite, Maidenhead Town Hall [map]

Tickets £9 Adults, £7 Children.
mdg Box Office number - 07900 863699