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Black Books by Blak Yak

Mon, 19 Feb 2007, 01:03 pm
Melissa Merchant37 posts in thread
Hi, Blak Yak, in association with KADS, will be holding auditions for its upcoming season of Black Books on Sunday the 25th of Feb at the Blue Room in Northbridge, from 9 to 2. The three lead roles have already been cast, Blak Yak was going to do Black Books last year, we held the auditions, cast the play and then for various reasons had to put it on hold, but there's still a bunch of great roles available. Nick Donald, recipient of last year's Best Director trophy at Dramafest, will be directing. He's looking for a talented, dedicated, group of actors (both male and female) who can play multiple roles. Performances will be in Kalamunda at the Town Square Theatre. For more information check out http://www.theatre.asn.au/audition/2007/black_books There's still a few audition times available, so if you're interested please contact me either at melissamerchant@aapt.net.au or on 0404913018. Melissa Merchant

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Fri, 23 Feb 2007, 12:22 pm
Melissa, Thank you for responding to my inquiry. My sit com comment was merely an off the cuff comment. Although, I do realise you do a lot of screen adaptations, which I have mixed feelings about, you also produce some wonderful plays. I thoroughly enjoyed Picasso At The Lapin Agile. My suggestion to the committee is to advertise your auditions thoroughly. This will assist the club in two ways. 1) Actors will know when they are on and not be disappointed to find out that auditions have passed without their knowledge. Several of the actors who wanted to audition for the main roles are very talented and this confusion may prevent them for auditioning from further productions. 2) It will also change the image of the Blak Yak. Brad mentioned that Blak Yak is renowned for pre-casting. Whether that is true or not, there are people in the theatrical community who have this mindset about your theatre company. You want Blak Yak to be an open, community theatre so that people want to audition for your shows and are willing to support it by watching your productions. Best of luck in 2007, Daniel.

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