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Performing Arts Scholarship Opportunity

The Seymour Performers Workshop is delighted to announce applications are now open for the Howe Family Scholarship, an annual scholarship established to provide access to professional training in the performance arts for young people within the Mitchell Shire.

The Scholarship has been made possible through the generosity of Clinton Howe and family and will enable the recipient to attend a short course at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Melbourne.  The recipient will have access to a week long NIDA-Open course in either Musical Theatre or Acting.

Mr Howe said, “Through this Scholarship we hope to continue to develop the strong theatre community in the Mitchell Shire and inspire our young people to pursue their dreams in the Arts.   We have chosen NIDA due to its national recognition for excellence and SPW for its ongoing commitment to the arts within the Mitchell Shire, to help us deliver this Scholarship”.

Applications are open to secondary school students aged 13+ who are residents of the Mitchell Shire. Applications close on Friday 30 August 2024.

Join us for a fun night of trivia, games and plenty of laughs. Our SPW trivia nights are always a popular event on our calendar and a great way to support us with our fundraising activities. The night will include a silent auction and prizes for the winning table.

• Date: Saturday 31 August
• Time: Doors open at 6.30pm – trivia begins at 7pm
• Venue: Mitchell Shire Concert Band Hall, Chittick Park, Pollard Street, Seymour
• Catering: BYO drinks and nibbles
• Cost: Tickets are only $10pp

Calling all prospective producers, directors and creative teams…

SPW is seeking expressions of interest from persons and groups interested in presenting a production in 2025.

Next year we are hoping to stage a production in May and one in November.

If you have an idea for a production and/or are keen to get involved as a producer, director, musical director or choreographer, please complete the Production Proposal via the link below by no later than 1 July 2024. Please feel free to email info@spworkshop.org.au with any questions.

We are excited to announce our November musical for 2024 will be the hauntingly beautiful musical, Dogfight. Based on the 1991 Warner Brothers film, Dogfight takes audiences on a romantic and heartbreaking theatrical journey against the background of the Vietnam war. 

Dogfight will be performed at the Seymour Community Arts Centre on the 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th of November.

Auditions

Bookings for Dogfight auditions are now open! Auditions will be held on:

• Saturday 15 June 2024: 10am, 12pm, 2pm
• Sunday 16 June 2024: 10am, 12pm

Callbacks and make-up auditions will be held on 23 June 2024.

The maximum number of auditionees per session is 8.

Please click on the link below to download the audition pack including information on how to book your audition time.

Production Team

We are currently seeking submissions from people interested in joining our production team. We’re looking for an enthusiastic team to assist with a variety of roles including choreography, stage management, backstage, front of house, costumes, props and marketing. You can find out more about these roles via the link below.

Expressions of interest are now open. Please apply via the link below. Applications will be assessed as received. We are aiming to have all positions filled by end of May so please apply as soon as possible!

Planning is underway to present our seventh Seymour One Act Play Festival (SOAP) on Saturday 14 September 2024. Applications are now open and we encourage theatre groups and performers interested in participating to complete the form via the link below.

Applications close at 5pm on Sunday 31st August 2024