If 2022 is destined to be your year to find stardom (at last) then QUEERGURU may be able to help you. Our friends who produce Sasha Regan’s smash-hit All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore in London’s Wilton Music Hall has reached out to us. They are providing a platform to give those who are professionally trained in musical theatre and/or opera the chance to “Sing For A Sailor”
The Company is looking to expand and are on the hunt for rising musical theatre/opera stars from diverse backgrounds. So whether you are male, male-identifying, non-binary and from diverse cultural backgrounds, the good ship Pinafore needs you and we’d love to hear you sing. The All-Male Company is looking for those with a strong vocal across all vocal lines and are especially keen to hear from those with a strong falsetto who have trained in musical theatre.
The role is also very physical – the show will be choreographed by the amazing Lizzi Gee whose recent credits include: ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’; ‘The Merry Widow’ and ‘Iolanthe’ (English National Opera), as well as Sasha Regan’s All-Male G&S series.
BTW if you are not a Gilbert & Sullivan aficionado you should know that Sasha Regan’s inventive reimagining of HMS Pinafore, one of the most popular Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, dealing with the age-old conundrum of love between social classes. Its all set in the hold of World War II battleship, and the cast of 16 switch between burly sailors to lady visitors!
The Company has toured all over the UK and abroad, receiving numerous awards, including winning Best Off-West End Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards in 2009 for The Pirates of Penzance. The Pirates of Penzance ran at Wilton’s Music Hall several times. The show toured Australia and ran at the prestigious Sydney Theatre Company, thanks to Cate Blanchett, then co-artistic director, and last year it received widespread acclaim when it ran in the West End at the Palace Theatre.\
They asked us to stress this is not an online audition, but a chance to showcase your talent, get noticed and get invited to audition in the New Year.
So its very simple to apply : just prepare a favorite song of your choice – musical theatre or operatic. Then post it on Twitter , tagging the following: @allmalehms @AdamBraham #SingForASailor. We’d like to tell you to say that QUEERGURU sent you, but in this instance its not WHO you know , but how you can perform.
N.B. The deadline for posting is noon on Friday 21st January 2022.ll.
