Honk Junior
We’re excited for our end of your Musical Theatre production here at Groundlings Drama School - Honk Junior! The classic tale of the Ugly Duckling.
Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother's protective flapping. Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery, all the while unknowingly outwitting a very hungry Cat. Along the way, Ugly meets a whole flock of unique characters and finds out being different is not a bad thing to be.
Never seen it before? Watch the show
You can click on the links below to watch the full length show on the stage. We shall be doing the abridged Junior version - but great to watch this to see all the characters!
Auditions are this Saturday March 7 usual class time 10am - 1pm
The Cast
It is a big cast! So there will be a role for everyone in the school as you can see here. The audition aims to enable students to select the role or roles they wish to audition for, based on the size of role they desire, character and level of singing, acting and dancing involved to show off their talents!
For the audition we have asked everyone to read or sing from their choice of the main 8 characters, but on the day to let us know how big a part they would like and if there is a particular character of interest. We went through the auditions scipts and songs this week in class but they can also be downloaded below if your child would like to further rehearse and prepare.
Class times will be the rehearsal times. We do ask that for those looking to audition for the lead roles that they ensure they can attend all classes up to the performance. The schedule for our classes up to Summer break can be downloaded here .
If your child cannot make the audition next Saturday, March 7, and would like to audition for a specific role, they can send us a self tape by Saturday. Please contact us for details on dramaschool@groundlings.co.uk.
Sing
Below are the songs and song words for each of the main 8 characters - choose one of these or choose “Look at him” if prefer if just interested in other roles.
Ugly “Different” Words and Listen
Ida “Joy of Motherhood” Words and Listen
Cat “Play with your food” Words and Listen
Drake “A Poultry Tale” Words and Listen
Bullfrog “Warts & all” Words and Listen
Act
There are a few scenes with different characters we went through which the scripts can be downloaded below.
Dance
For the dance part of the audition you will be a taught a piece of choreography on the day to then dance at the audition - so no need to prepare anything specific!