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The Big Meeting 

Monday 28th April 2014, 6 pm. Arts Lecture Theatre 1.

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Come to the Big Meeting to find out everything you need to know. You do not have to be a member of the society to attend. There will be sign-up forms and t-shirt order forms. 

There is no audition to be in the Summer Cabaret, you just have to come to the big meeting, unless you would like to audition for the following:

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  • Dance Troupe.

  • Solo/Duet/Trio Song of your choice.

  • Solo lines in the chorus numbers.

6 pm - Introduction and Sign Up

  • A quick introduction

  • Important Dates will be given out. Bring a pen!

  • Sign up sheets will be given out for you to fill in. 

 

6:20 pm - Dance Troupe

  • You don't have to prepare

  • You can audition for both dance troupe numbers or just one of them.

  • Please come prepared to dance full out for around an hour.before hand. A short phrase of each dance will be taught and performed in small groups. anything

  • A short warm-up will be provided.

  • The choreographers for the numbers and a member of the MTS Committee will be on the panel. 


 

7:30 pm - Solo Line Auditions

  • This (quite informal) audition is to have a solo line in one of the chorus numbers in the show.

  • Where possible, everyone who auditions for a solo line will get some kind of line in the show.

  • You do not need to prepare anything beforehand.

  • A short section of a song from the show will be taught in groups and then we will ask each auditionee to do a group audition just singing a short phrase from the song taught. 

  • The panel will be the 2 Musical Directors plus 2 members of the MTS Committee.

 

9 pm - Solo Song Auditions

  • Please prepare the song you would like to sing in the show (the whole song please!)

  • If you audition a solo song then you will not need to take part in the solo line auditions.

  • You cannot audition a song from a show that is already featured in the Summer Cabaret

  • See below a list of songs that were performed in the last three years & unfortunately can't be auditioned this year

  • Also, please do not audition a solo song that was performed in the Weekend Show this year.

  • The panel will be the same as the solo line auditions (see above).

 

Previous Solo Songs...

  • Flying Home (From Songs For A New World)

  • Send in the Clowns (From A Little Night Music)

  • Adelaide's Lament (From Guys and Dolls)

  • The Streets of Dublin (From A Man of No Importance)

  • Santa Fe (From Newises)

  • Old Fashioned Love Story (From The Wild Party)

  • The Kid Inside (From Is There Life After High School?)

  • My Brother Lived in San Francisco (From Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens)

  • I Will Always Love You (From The Bodyguard)

  • I Just Might (9 to 5)

  • I Know It's Today (Shrek The Musical)

  • Hello Young Lovers (The King and I)

  • I Can Hear The Bells (Hairspray)

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