There is an excitement in the air at work at the moment that is both robustly tangible and palpable as the English and Music Departments are shortly to hold casting auditions for West Side Story.
Rumour has it that the auditioning process will be even more stringent than The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent combined and that certain panellist's critiques will make Simon Cowell look like a pussy cat …..
…… however Darrell and Nigel cannot be dissuaded from the prospect of treading the boards in one of the most,
in their opinion, iconoclastic musicals of all time! What are they like and where did they learn words like that?
It says on the board that auditionees can audition in whatever accent they feel most comfortable with ….. so Nigel says that he is going to audition highlighting a strong Welsh/French influence …..
While Darrell is planning “try out” with a Spanish accent heavily influenced by watching the advertisements for Plenty kitchen towels. I fear all does not bode well!!
In the race to get to Miss Taylor’s office first to obtain their scripts Nigel won …
…… requesting the script for Anita ??!!!! As I said, all does not bode well, as Nigel was under the impression that Anita was a exotic foreign male name ……
Darrell told Miss Taylor that he was well “up” for the role of Tony, the romantic lead …… and had already started to practice clicking his fingers, Miss Taylor added their names to the list of hopefuls …… I really do fear for the worst!
There is an excitement in the air at work at the moment that is both robustly tangible and palpable as the English and Music Departments are shortly to hold casting auditions for West Side Story. 
Rumour has it that the auditioning process will be even more stringent than The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent combined and that certain panellist's critiques will make Simon Cowell look like a pussy cat ….. 
…… however Darrell and Nigel cannot be dissuaded from the prospect of treading the boards in one of the most, in their opinion, iconoclastic musicals of all time! What are they like and where did they learn words like that? 
It says on the board that auditionees can audition in whatever accent they feel most comfortable with ….. so Nigel says that he is going to audition highlighting a strong Welsh/French influence ….. 
While Darrell is planning “try out” with a Spanish accent heavily influenced by watching the advertisements for Plenty kitchen towels. I fear all does not bode well!!
In the race to get to Miss Taylor’s office first to obtain their scripts Nigel won … 
…… requesting the script for Anita ??!!!! As I said, all does not bode well, as Nigel was under the impression that Anita was a exotic foreign male name …… 
Darrell told Miss Taylor that he was well “up” for the role of Tony, the romantic lead …… and had already started to practice clicking his fingers, Miss Taylor added their names to the list of hopefuls …… I really do fear for the worst!
"There's a time and place for us." The song "Somewhere" is my favourite from the musical. I listen to it on YouTube quite a lot. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWhy not audition with a mix of Cockney and Gornal accents? Combine the two in your part. One sentence of one followed by one of the other until the end, just to show your versatility?
Now I'm whistling and clicking my fingers!
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ReplyDeleteHow much fun would it be to see the Darrell/Nigel auditions!!!Make my day; or my month! Mucho fascinating fun awaits!! Dianne
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