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Self-Tape Auditions
We are casting for 2 female presenting and 2 male presenting all-round trained performers, who are highly skilled dancers and singers, for our 2025 panto Sleeping Beauty. These ensemble roles will also understudy principal roles, so strong acting skills are essential.
Application and audition is via self-tape submissions in the first instance.
To apply:
Please send the following to recruitment@beaconartscentre.co.uk:
We welcome performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and backgrounds.
Deadline for submissions: Friday 11 July before 5pm
Contract period: 17 November – 31 December 2025
Rehearsals: 17 November – 4 December 2025.
We look forward to receiving your tapes!
Should you have any access requirements or need any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to apply for any of the roles listed above, please contact recruitment@beaconartscentre.co.uk.
The Beacon is committed to access, diversity and representation. We actively encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different experiences in order to widen representation, develop and strengthen the organisation, evolve our programmes, and better reflect the communities we serve.
We are committed to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do so we actively encourage people from different backgrounds and with different life and work experiences to apply for roles. A workforce that promotes equality, diversity and inclusion helps us to develop and strengthen the Beacon, evolve our programme and better reflect the communities we serve.
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Students from HND Technical Theatre course attend the Beacon every Monday throughout the academic
year to further their classroom learning with hands-on experience. The nature of the course means that
they are sometimes called to performances in the other venues but while they’re here, we aim to provide a safe, pressure-free environment in which they can learn with confidence.
We provide practical teaching in:
• health and safety
• manual handling
• ladder/telescope training
• basic electrical understanding and experience with fault finding
• practical lighting experience including working at height and computer programming
• practical sound operation including QLab instruction for theatre, studio recording and playback
• practical rigging experience including counterweight flying, slings anchors and some basic rigging
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