Swaffham Bulbeck Summer Theatre
SBST Principal Audition Date – 26th November 2017
Swaffham Bulbeck Summer Theatre will be presenting a double bill of shows next year from 13th to 16th June 2017, comprising ‘Cox and Box’ and ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’.
Auditions for principals’ parts will be held Sunday 26th November. The parts available and the pieces required for the auditions are shown in the tables below.
Please contact Angela on 01223 811722 or by e-mail on aroebuck73@gmail.com if you would like to arrange an audition.
The vocal score and libretto for Cox and Box can be viewed in two parts via the following link: http://gsarchive.net/sullivan/cox_and_box/#intro
The vocal score for H.M.S. Pinafore is available at: http://gsarchive.net/pinafore/pinafore.pdf
Everyone is encouraged to give it a go!
We are always looking for new people to join us! It’s really easy to get involved with SBST, to find out more please contact us.
Audition Pieces for HMS Pinafore
| Character | Voice | Role | Audition Piece |
| The Rt Hon.Sir Joseph Porter K.C.P. | Comic Baritone | First Lord of the Admiralty | No 9 – ‘When I was a lad’ vv. 1&2.
No 16 – ‘Never mind the why and wherefore’ v.2 and chorus |
| Captain Corcoran | Lyric baritone | Commanding HMS Pinafore | No 13 – ‘Fair Moon, to thee I sing’ |
| Ralph Rackstraw | Tenor | Able Seaman | No 3 – Aria: ‘A maiden fair to see’ |
| Dick Deadeye | Bass – baritone | Able Seaman | No 17 – ‘Kind captain, I’ve important information’ v.1 |
| Bill Bobstay | Baritone (Can be sung by a woman.) | Boatswain’s Mate | No 18 – from ‘He is an Englishman’ to ‘he remains an Englishman’ |
| Bob Beckett | Bass | Carpenter’s Mate | No 10 – ‘A British Tar’ v. 1 |
| Josephine | Soprano | The Captain’s Daughter- A Suffragette | No 15 – ‘The hours creep on apace’ |
| Cousin Hebe | Mezzo – soprano | Sir Joseph’s First Cousin | No 12 – from ‘Oh Joy oh rapture unforeseen’ to ‘many various ways’ (P. 65 – 69) |
| Mrs Cripps – Little Buttercup | Contralto | A Portsmouth Bumboat woman – Black market dealer in 1918 | No 2 – I’m called Little Buttercup’ |
Audition Pieces for Cox and Box
| Character | Voice | Role | Audition Piece |
| James John Cox | Baritone | A Journeyman Hatter | No 5 – ‘My master is punctual’ |
| John James Box | Tenor | A Journeyman Printer | No 4 – ‘Hush’d is the bacon’ |
| Sergeant Bouncer | Bass – Baritone | Late of the Dampshire Yeomanry | No 2 – ‘Rataplan’ |