After Recent Auditions for 'The Pied Piper'

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Posted on 18 May 2016

Auditions Update:

The Pied Piper

Thursday 4th – Saturday 6th August 2016

1:30 & 6:30 pm

After recent auditions, we can now announce that over 100 local children have been cast to take part in ABD Productions’ ‘The Pied Piper’, at the PLAYHOUSE from Thursday the 4th to Saturday the 6th of August 2016.

As well as the village children who befriend the Pied Piper, children from North Tyneside, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Stockton on Tees and Sunderland will play a variety of characters, including woodland creatures, fairies, trogs and rats.

A thrilling adventure enhanced by a truly magical musical score, ‘The Pied Piper’ is a timeless classic, appealing to all ages.

Hold onto your seats as Mistress Spellbind takes you on a magical journey to Hamelin, a rich town suddenly overrun with rats, led by the scheming Marshall Moulder & his sidekick, Corporal Canker.

All seems lost but Peter, the Pied Piper, arrives to rid the town of its rats.

The greedy and untrustworthy Mayor Trinkelmann and Townsfolk promise a rich reward but refuse to pay up when the job is done.

Hamelin children, horrified at their parents’ broken promise and accompanied by Trudi and Peter, leave home, refusing to return until Peter has been paid.

A violent storm occurs. Peter and Trudi are separated from the children who run ahead to shelter in a mountain cavern, only to be trapped inside when the entrance mysteriously closes.

Mistress Spellbind explains the Legend of the Locked Mountain and the terms of the hazardous Quest to break its powerful hold.

Together, Peter and Trudi embark on a spectacular journey to free the children.

What breathtaking adventures lie in store?
Will they survive each death-defying trial?
Will they unlock the mountain’s grip?
Will the children be saved?
Will everyone live happily ever after?