CURTAINS - AUDITION NOTICE
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PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOPS
The only thing flatter than her note... was her pulse!!
Packed with glorious tunes by Kander & Ebb (Chicago and Cabaret), and a witty, charming book by Rupert Holmes, CURTAINS is a hilariously suspenseful musical comedy whodunit.
The year is 1959, and Boston's Colonial Theatre is playing host to the opening night performance of a new musical, "Robbin’ Hood". Just as the curtain falls, so does Jessica Cranshaw, the profoundly untalented leading lady of the production!
The cast and crew are thrown into chaos ... and under suspicion. Enter Lieutenant Frank Cioffi: a fast-talking Boston detective who just happens to be a musical theatre fanatic.
He quarantines the cast and crew inside the theatre while he searches for clues. But Cioffi doesn’t just investigate the murder, he finds himself juggling a budding romance, backstage drama, and also offering advice and insight into improving Robbin’ Hood. After all, the musical will open again in 24 hours with a new leading lady, so the clock is ticking to find the killer and put on a killer show.
Who could it be?
- Carmen Bernstein, the sassy and brassy producer?
- Christopher Belling, the campy and egotistical director?
- Georgia Hendricks, the lyricist who replaces Jessica onstage?
- Niki Harris, the ingenue with a secret?
Everyone is a suspect, and only Cioffi can make sense of the evidence.
Curtains is a musical-theatre parody of whodunnit classics, with numbers ranging from the classic musical theatre song-and-dance “A Tough Act to Follow” to the heartfelt “I Miss the Music.” A comedic send-up suitable for all ages, that will have you laughing until the last curtain falls.
Come along and join our pre-audition workshops.
ALL ARE WELCOME
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Production Team
Director: Andrea Campusano
Musical Director: James Hale
PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOPS
Launch Night
Come along and hear all about Curtains – talk through the plot, characters, set and vision. Go through music and dialogue audition pieces
Monday 20 October 2025, 8pm - 10pm
Gibbons Hall, Harpenden Trust (above the Co-op),
130a Southdown Road, Harpenden, AL5 1PU
Workshop 1
Music workshop. Go through all audition pieces in detail and answer any questions
Thursday 23 October 2025, 8pm - 10pm
Gibbons Hall, Harpenden Trust (above the Co-op)
Workshop 2
Movement and dance workshop. Learn a short movement or dance number for auditions. Revisit music if needed. The Director will be around to answer any audition questions
Monday 27 October 2025, 8pm - 10pm
Gibbons Hall, Harpenden Trust (above the Co-op)
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS TO GIBBONS HALL
Please note, there is 3-hour free parking in the Co-Op car park
AUDITIONS
SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2025
(Ensemble & Principals - Time slots will be allocated)
Gibbons Hall, Harpenden Trust (above Co-Op), 130 Southdown Road, Harpenden AL5 1PU
PLEASE COMPLETE THE AUDITION FORM BY
11:59pm Thursday 30 October 2025
You may audition for up to TWO specific roles which need to be stated on your audition form.
VIDEO CREDIT: Official London Theatre (2019)