We are looking for people to work on the show in the role of Stage Manager, Backstage, Front of House, Bar or Lighting and Audio. If you’re interested and available, email the Old Nick Secretary.

Production season will be at The Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Place from Friday 16^th of July 2010 (Opening Night) and  Saturday 17^th of July. Then Tuesday 20^th July thru to Saturday 24^th July 2010. All performances commence at 8.00 pm.

More information after the break…

“Beautiful Thing” is set in 1993 on a working class South East London council estate called Thamesmead. It follows the bittersweet love story of two 16 year old boys Jamie and Ste. Jamie lives with Sandra his mum who is a barmaid at a local pub. Sandra is searching for a way out of the Estate while trying to maintain her relationship with Tony her boyfriend. She is at odds with her next door neighbour Leah who is a 16 year old school drop out who takes drugs and is obsessed by the music of Mamma Cass. Ste lives with his drug dealing abusive brother and his alcoholic father next door to Jamie. After Ste gets a beating from his brother one night, Sandra invites Ste to stay at her flat. Ste must share Jamie’s bed and with this begins the sexual awakening of the two boys. The play deals with the throws of teenage first love and sexual awakening in a humorous and sometimes tough and tender way. The characters of Jamie and Ste are not effeminate in anyway, they just happen to be two ordinary English working class lads who fall in love for the first time.

Production information and an audition form is available below, as well as some audition pieces. Please read the audition information sheet carefully.

Documents are available in two formats: Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF

For more information, please email beautifulthing@oldnick.org.au

Sunday February 28 @ 2:00pm
-or-
Monday March 1 @ 7:30pm.

Here’s a link to Google Maps just in case you need it.

Can’t print out the form? Don’t worry about it. We’ll have forms you can fill out when you arrive – just bring yourself.

Want to really have a good time? Bring a friend. Or 27. (prize given if you bring 27 friends (the prize is a thumbs up)).

Need more information? Email us!

Don’t know what Uni Revue is? Read on after the link…

Who is Old Nick?

Old Nick is a Tasmania’s premiere amateur theatre company, and has been presenting the annual Uni Revue and other theatre since 1948.

What’s the Uni Revue?

The Revue is an irreverent, satirical parody of topical matters both local, national and international. Essentially, it’s a pisstake of things that have happened in the past year. We take everything from politics to music, TV shows to poo jokes and put them on stage. It’s 90 minutes of singing, dancing and telling jokes.

Do I have to sing, dance or tell jokes?

Yes. You will do at least one of these three things. You don’t have to be good at doing them, you just have to be willing to. There’s also places for people who want to work backstage, in costume, in set design/building, in writing or developing jokes or in the band. Just fill in the form and let us know what you want to do.

Do I have to get naked?

No. Nudity is optional and makes no difference to your place in the revue. In fact, we won’t even ask you about volunteering for nudity until well into the rehearsal period.

What are the requirements for being in the revue?

You must be at least 18 years old.

You must be available for rehearsals and the Hobart and Launceston performances. You need to be free Tuesday & Thursday nights and all day Sunday from March until May. You need to be able to spend a week in Launceston (fully paid for by Old Nick) for the week May 21 – 28.

You need to want to have fun.

Do I have to be a uni student?

No. You can be a student, a full time worker, unemployed or a pensioner. If you’re 18+ and willing to have a go then you’ve got what it takes.

Update 19/1/2010: All positions mentioned below have been filled. Thanks to all those who responded.

Our next show, Keating! The Musical, has a number of backstage positions still to be filled. These are:

• Assistant Stage Manager
• Sound Designer
• Lighting Designer
• Costume Assistant
• Hair and Makeup Designer

If you are interested in any of these positions, or know of any that may be, please email the production office for details.

"Get a job. Do some work like the rest of us."

The Old Nick Company calls auditions for

Keating!

The musical we had to have

Written by Casey Bennetto
2007 Helpmann Awards BEST MUSICAL
Directed by Craig Wellington

Required: singer-performers with maturity and experience, 5 male, 1 female

Auditions: Saturday 21 November or by appointment

Season: 3 – 6 March 2010, Theatre Royal, Hobart

Comprehensive information kits available by emailing keating@oldnick.org.au