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Peter McGoran

Teenagers and children being asked to join new Grand Opera House summer youth programme

The audition deadline for the Grand Opera House’s Summer Youth Production of The Pirates of Penzance is fast approaching, and all budding 10-18 year old performers interested in joining the voyage of a lifetime are being encouraged to apply before the ship sets sail.

This will be the first Summer Youth Production held in the Grand Opera House in three years and follows the Theatre’s recent multi-million-pound restoration. Gilbert and Sullivan’s evergreen comedy The Pirates of Penzance will celebrate the tenth season of the hugely popular summer scheme, during which more than 100 talented young performers will spend two weeks in intensive rehearsals before taking to the famous Grand Opera House stage for four performances, supported by a professional theatre director, musical director, choreographer and technical team.

Registration for open auditions will close on 25 th February with the auditions themselves taking place on Sunday 6 th March 2022, and the scheme itself running from 10-24 July.

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