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    • Auditions are now open for an exciting new show!

    AUDITION 1 – Friday 23rd January 2026
    5.00pm – 6.00pm (7-12 years old) – You can arrive anytime during this time slot.
    6.00pm – 7.00pm (13-18 years old) – You can arrive anytime during this time slot.
    Barton Manor School, Spring Ln, Canterbury CT1 1SU

    AUDITION 2 – Saturday 24th January 2026
    2.00pm – 3.30pm (7-12 years old) – You can arrive anytime during this time slot.
    3.30pm – 5.00pm (13-18 years old) – You can arrive anytime during this time slot.
    Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB
    You can audition at 7 years old as long as you are 8 by the time of the show.

    To be performed @ The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury. 18th – 20th June 2026

    ADDAMS FAMILY young@part
    In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family creates the focus Lippa, Brickman, and Elice’s musical: the Addams kids are growing up.

    The Addamses have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the clan, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday, however, is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner.

    In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.

    AUDITION PROCESS:
    We hold open auditions so there is no need to book in. Simply turn up any time within the allocated time slot for your age group, sign in, and audition! You only need to attend one audition.

    The person auditioning will go into the audition in groups of approximately 15-20 people of a similar age group where possible (8-12yrs or 13-18 yrs/13-21yrs depending on show title). Auditions usually last around 30 minutes and involve singing, dancing and acting.

    All materials are provided and taught on the day, so there is no need to prepare anything beforehand. Parents are not allowed into the audition room, but are asked to stay and supervise their children before and after the audition.

    A letter will be sent in the post letting you know the outcome of the audition within two weeks of the second audition date. All auditionees will receive a letter whether successful or not.

    For full terms and conditions please refer to our website www.rareproductions.co.uk
    CONTACT 01767 681049

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    ART31

    ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

    ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

    The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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