IMPOSSIBLE - Noël Coward Theatre Non Equity Auditions

IMPOSSIBLE: NOTHING IS QUITE AS IT SEEMS

• HIT WEST END MAGIC SHOW IMPOSSIBLE SEEKS MAGICIANS, ILLUSIONISTS AND DAREDEVILS FOR STARRING ROLES IN 2016 UK & INTERNATIONAL TOUR

• AS CURRENT RUN AT NOEL COWARD THEATRE DRAWS TO A CLOSE, PRODUCERS SEARCH FOR MAGIC STARS TO CONTINUE SHOW'S LEGACY

• PROFESSIONAL MAGICIANS AND ILLUSIONISTS INVITED TO SEND AUDITION VIDEOS FOR CHANCE TO STAR IN WORLD-CLASS MAGIC SHOW
  
• PRODUCERS SEEKING FULL RANGE OF MAGICAL ARTISTRY FROM DEATH-DEFYING ESCAPOLOGY, GRAND STAGE ILLUSIONS, STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGICAL MAGIC TO UNPLUGGED UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL SLEIGHT OF HAND AND MIND-BOGGLING MENTALISM

Following the success of its premiere production at the Noël Coward Theatre, the Producers of IMPOSSIBLE, the hit new magic show currently dazzling audiences in London’s West End, are searching for professional illusionists, daredevils, mentalists and tricksters to join their spectacular line-up of world-leading magicians for a 2016 UK and International Tour.

Applicants should send a video to
casting@jamiehendryproductions.com showcasing their best tricks or stunts and magical prowess, along with their name, contact information and a photograph by 12pm on Monday, 17th August 2015. The most promising candidates will be invited to audition in London for multi-award winning magical producer and director Anthony Owen during the week of 17th August.

Successful applicants will have the chance to join the production’s principal cast, performing their incredible feats for enrapt audiences in theatres all over the world.

Launched this summer in London, where Harry Houdini and the superstars of illusion stunned Victorian audiences on stage, IMPOSSIBLE has re-established the UK capital as the epicenter of innovation and spectacle, hosting the greatest magic show on Earth. The current line-up includes: modern-day Houdini, daredevil and TV escapologist Jonathan Goodwin; mind-blowing mind-reader Chris Cox; boundary breaking magician Ben Hart; spell-binding digital marvel Jamie Allan; sleight of hand master Ali Cookand world-renowned grand illusionist Luis de Matos.

IMPOSSIBLE is produced by Jamie Hendry Productions, created by Anthony Owen, and staged by Lloyd Wood with scenic design by Andrew D. Edwards, lighting design by Tim Lutkin, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Duncan McLean and music by Michael Bradley.

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LISTINGS INFORMATION

IMPOSSIBLE
Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4AU

Friday 24th July – Saturday 29th August 2015

Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm
Matinee performances: Tuesday and Saturday at 3.00pm

Booking details: 0844 482 5141
Access bookings: 0844 482 5137

Website:
www.impossiblelive.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/ImpossibleTheShow

Twitter: @ImpossibleShow

Ticket prices: £15, £25, £45, £65. Premium tickets are also available

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Jamie Hendry Productions’ current and recent productions include: a new musical adaptation ofThe Wind in the Willows, with book by Julian Fellowes and music & lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe, Let It Be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles, Neville’s Island by Tim Firth, starring Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Neil Morrissey & Robert Webb, the World Premiere ofThe Little Prince by Nicholas Lloyd Webber & James Reid, the multi Olivier Award-winning Legally Blonde the Musical, Soho Cinders, Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong and the Olivier Award-winning La Cage aux Folles.

Anthony Owen has been Objective Productions’ Head of Magic since 2003. He has received awards for his work from BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and Rose D’or. Anthony has worked as Consultant, Producer and Executive Producer on all of Derren Brown’s Channel 4 TV programmes since 2000. He was Executive Producer on all eleven series of The Real Hustle and is the Creator and Executive Producer of BAFTA winning CBBC series Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic and the BBC3 series Killer Magic. He is also the Executive Producer of BBC1 Saturday night hit Now You See It. He has also worked as Producer and Executive Producer on Objective Productions featuring Pete Firman, Jonathan Goodwin, Barry and Stuart, Charlie McDonnell and many others and has been magic consultant on Sherlock series 2 and 3 and the upcoming one-off special.