Auditions 2017

Auditions for principal parts in our production in February 2020 of HMS Pinafore are being held from 7:30pm on Monday 9 September. To book your slot with Mike Pendlowski, please e-mail using this link or phone/text 07525 920728.

For the audition, you will need to have prepared the musical numbers and dialogue given in the table below. The dialogue links lead to PDF files that Fiona has prepared for each character who has spoken dialogue. Fiona has also written some “Notes on characterisation and dialogue auditions”, which everyone is strongly advised to read!

	Character	Music	Dialogue
	The Rt Hon Sir Joseph Porter KCB (First Lord of the Admiralty)	No. 9 Song “When I was a lad”	dialogue
	Captain Corcoran (commanding HMS. Pinafore)	No.13 Song “Fair moon, to thee I sing”	dialogue
	Ralph Rackstraw (Able Seaman)	No. 3 Aria “A maiden fair to see”	dialogue
	Dick Deadeye (Able Seaman)	Line in No.12 Finale “She spurns your suit …” (pp60–62)	dialogue
	Bill Bobstay (Boatswain’s Mate)	Line in No. 10 “A British Tar”	dialogue
	Bob Becket (Carpenter’s Mate)	Line in No. 10 “A British Tar”
	Josephine (the Captain’s daughter)	No. 15 Scena “The hours creep on apace”	dialogue
	Hebe (Sir Joseph’s first cousin)	Line in No.8 “I am the monarch of the sea”
	Mrs Cripps (Little Buttercup) (a Portsmouth Bumboat woman)	No.2 Recit. and Song “Hail! men o’ war’s men / I’m called Little Buttercup”	dialogue