Which part am I suitable for?
Browse through the parts available and decide which part you would most suit. Then download the monologue for that part and learn it for your audition. Remember, all characters sing, some just in character voices, so we still need to hear you sing in your audition. All actors playing two or more characters MUST show strong contrast between how they portray each role.
Female Sides
Last modified on 2011-08-25 14:49:49 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here are the sides for female parts in Alpha Shows.
Female Roles
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Belle: Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Brunette. Beautiful. You must be a wonderful singer and have the stage presence to accomplish the perfection, intelligence and charisma that this character requires.
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Mrs Potts / Scooter / Enchantress: Mrs Potts, over the top character role in full pot costume. Very funny. Sings “Popular” from Wicked so much be an excellent singer. Scooter is Belle’s little dog, full suit character, face visible. Enchantress is the mysterious witch who introduces the story.
Must move well, be full of energy and fun, as well as great comic timing.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Esmerelda: Principal girl, neutral accent.
A bit feistier that your average fairy tale princess, but with a very caring nature. Wild, a gypsy. Brunette.
Must sing, move and act well
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Mamma Frollo / Djali: Character/comedy role – very over the top, bossy but lovable. The only person who can keep the ‘bad guy’ under control, because she is his mother. May be done with an accent, cockney, irish etc. Quasimodo’s mother – must move and act well – some singing required. Djali is Esmerelda’s goat friend, with an Egyptian accent, or something along the lines of Adam Sandler’s goat character. This is a male goat.
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SLEEPING BEAUTY
Aurora/Queen Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. A little girl’s dream of a princess! Blonde. The Queen is the mother of Rose and is very eccentric and fun, good comic timing required.
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Fairy Floss/Mite Character/comedy role. A slightly off the wall fairy, but with it all the way. Chance for comedy and improv and some singing. Comedic fairy.
Mite is a contrasting troll character. One of Malificent’s servants, a suck up, wanting to be like her, a chance to be evil and silly at the same time.
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Maleficent The Villain. The evil queen. Nasty and bossy, not a very feminine woman. Powerful and commanding she oozes meanness. Sings her own song.
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CINDERELLA
Cinderella Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. A little girl’s dream of a princess! Minimises her bad situation, has a deep down sense of worthlessness, doesn’t want to face the pain/sadness. Blonde / fair.
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Fairy Godmother / Hormone Character/comedy role. A beautiful fairy (not old), sings beautifully and is kind and funny as well. Hormone, the ugly step sister is horrible and disgusting, over the top. Kinda valley girl, Mean Girls type character.
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Trombone (Ugly Stepsister 2) Another horrible ugly step sister! Character/Comedy role. Kinda valley girl, Mean Girls type character. Has lots of interaction with the audience and competes with her sister for who is the ‘hottest’.
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Evil Stepmother Villain. Thinks she’s the most intelligent and beautiful mother, with the best daughters. Quite crazy. Sword fighting skills needed. Wants only money. Quite horrible and nasty, turns very evil in the end.
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HERCULES
Megara / Fates / Hera Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Red hair/brunette. Cynical, whatever attitude to everything. Been hurt a lot. Not a typical Alpha princess character. Learns to forgive.
Also plays Hera, the crazy eccentric Goddess, and the Fates, the mysterious 3 headed and 3 voiced woman.
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Pegasus / Muse Character/comedy role & Narrator Role. One of the best parts in all of Alpha’s shows, Pegasus is a hilarious suit horse character, with wings, who speaks and acts like a little greek tough man. Fully sick! Muse, very contrasting, is an elegant goddess who has amazing rapport with the audience and tells the story through song, dance and fun narration.
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ALADDIN
Jasmine / Carpet Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. A little girl’s dream of a princess! Must be slim enough to pull off showing stomach, and look ‘right’ for Jasmine. Dark hair. Also plays non-speaking Carpet character, in full carpet with face hidden.
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Abu Sidekick/comedy role. Abu is a bratty 10 year old kid essentially, so there’s lots of chances for fun and comedy in this role. Face showing with makeup, similar to Scooter. Must be cute but also wicked as well.
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KING ARTHUR
Guinevere / Lady of the Lake Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Guinevere is blonde. She is strong and feminine, a leader. Also plays the mysterious and beautiful Lady of the Lake so must contrast. She performs a small closed eye also.
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Katoka / Banshee Sidekick/comedy roles. Banshee is the sidekick to the villain, Morgana, quite naughty and evil but still loves giving Morgana a hard time. Katoka is the guard at Camelot and helps out Merlin, a Dragon.
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Morgana Villain. Part of the Council of Camelot, tries to ‘get ahead’ by being ‘charming’ and nice but eventually gets sick of this and turns Lancelot to the dark side. Eventually quite evil, but must show contrast and appear pleasant to begin with.
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LITTLE MERMAID
Ariel Principal girl, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Ariel must be slim, have a beautiful voice, and move like a ballerina (preferably with training).
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Sterky / Frauline Heidi Sidekick/comedy roles. Sterky is Ariel’s friend, a Maori Seahorse, so you must be able to do the New Zealand accent. MALE seahorse, so must be able to pull off a male sounding voice in a suit character. Also delivers some of the wisdom of the show, as Sterky comes from an ancient Maori tribe. Frauline Heidi is an eccentric german maid, crazy, obsessed with control and tidiness. Happy to cook up children to eat, that kind of thing.
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Natalia the Sea Witch / Nanny Neptune Villain / Character. Natalia has a russian accent. Incredibly angry with men and wants to get back at them all, especially King Neptune. But also competitive with women, and wants to take away their beauty, talent and gifts – so wants to steal Ariel’s voice. Evil and loveable at the same time! Nanny Neptune is King Neptune’s mother, and is that english panto dame kind of character, but deep down is the cause of much of Neptune’s anger issues! She thinks men are idiots and if it weren’t for women the kingdom wouldn’t survive.
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Male Sides
Last modified on 2011-08-25 14:54:26 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here are the sides for male parts in Alpha Shows.
Male Roles
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Beast: Principal boy
Must sing, move and act well. Strong vocal technique required. Lots of growling. Wears a beautiful mask that still shows the actors mouth and eyes, to see the emotion of the character. Awesome acting role.
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Timeson / Papa Billy: Character/comedy role. Must sing, act and move well.
Timeson is the pedantic, rushing clock character. Rushing and anal.
Papa Billy is Belle’s bumbling father – must have contrasting accent and physicality
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Luminaire / Jiggins: Character/comedy role. Must move well. Has quite a lot of singing that must sound good. Performs LONG and complicated belief busting and closed eye portion of show, must be able to learn script well and then adapt to audience to help them understand the concept of ‘limiting beliefs’. Quite the challenge – must also balance with comedy.
French candlestick – very upright and big movements.
Jiggins is Gaston’s cool sidekick, very cheeky and hilarious, bit of a cool dude (not like Disney’s Lafou).
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Gaston: Character role. Villain.
Evil without being too scary – very arrogant, big and over the top. Must sing, move and act well. Sings a number of songs.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Quasimodo: Principal boy
Must sing, move and act well. Physicality important – mask for most of show.
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Phoebus / Father Tourangeau: Character / comedy role. Improvisation skills required. Must sing, move and act well. Sings a number of songs, one on his own. Phoebus is a full suit crocodile costume, including head – he’s quite funny. Father is an Irish priest that is also very funny.
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Headless Hugo / Jiacomo: Character role. Narration required in French accent. Diction impeccable.
Must act and move well. Some singing required. Chance for quite a bit of comedy. Hugo is a full suit ghost character, actor’s head hidden with fake head in hands. Does ‘closed eye’ portion of show (long inspirational speech) inside suit character.
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Archdeacon Frollo: Character role. Villain. Must sing, move and act well. Very powerful and nasty, but he’s afraid of his mother. Sings his own song, as well as other songs, but mailnly speak singing / rapping.
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SLEEPING BEAUTY
King Bob/Veg Character/Comedy Role. The King, princess Aurora’s father is crazy and full of random ideas and information…however, has a wisdom underneath that is due to an understanding of the importance of letting go of fear and making good choices in harmony with love. Performs ‘closed eye’ portion of show. Veg is one of the funniest characters we have, voice similar to Andy in Little Britain (guy in the wheelchair played by Matt Lucas). Has a lot of comedy with Maleficent, the audience’s favourite. Big physicality and fun and good comic timing.
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Andy/Professor Bumblebore Character/comedy role. Andy is the court jester and has quite a lot of dry witty lines, as well as being secretly (even to himself) in love with the Fairy. Chance for comedy and improv. Is the Woodley to the King’s Lano. Sings quite a number of songs, mainly in character but must sound in tune!
The Professor is the narrator to the story. Just be a bit crazy.
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Jamie Principal, good singing required. A farm boy who, throughout the course of the story discovers how brave he can be to save his true love. A prince in simple man’s clothing. Awesome acting role.
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CINDERELLA
Prince Charming Principal, good singing required. Bit of attitude at start, grows up & makes sacrifice for love
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Baldrick / Beady Character/comedy role. Baldrick is a little bit camp, but not overly sexual for children’s theatre. He’s hilarious and over the top, very lovable. Beady is a suit character, a mouse, with a cockney accent. He’s very witty and bratty, and will be a favourite with the kids.
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HERCULES
Hercules / Hermes Principal boy, neutral accent.
A challenging role, some serious acting with Hercules, a lot of fun too, as he grows into the hero. Hermes is a great chance to have some comedic moments at the beginning of the show.
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Amphitryon / Zeus / Achelous Character roles. With a bit of comedy too, Zeus has a lot of the philosophical and spiritual content to deliver, as well as the necessary plot requirements. Ability to learn a script very thoroughly. He also has a large sword fight with Hades at the end. Amphitryon is Hercules’ earthly father, can be quite silly and bumbling, must contrast. Achelous is a bull-like suit character that comes on to fight Hercules, so has a long hand-to-hand stage combat sequence.
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Weasel & Philoctetes Comedy/Sidekick roles. Phil is the comedy role that also delivers the hero closed eye speech. He dances and sings a lot and must have great timing and energy and lovability. Weasel is the slimy servant of Hades, bit of an idiot. Mask character with mouth showing. Does a bit of rapping too. A lot of fun.
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Hades Villain. All about the deals! Hades plots and plans and is quite taken with himself, but really just wants to upgrade his place to Olympus.
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ALADDIN
Aladdin Principal boy, neutral accent.
Incredibly energetic, fun and a bit mischievous. Pretends to be sure of himself until he gets to Palace where his true fears start to show. Finally understands the law of wishing and transforms Neo from Matrix style
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Ashkar / Sultan Vinegar Sidekick/comedy role. Ashkar, is an American surfy dude – awesome fun and comedy. Sultan is eccentric and loud and funny. Sings a few songs. Also does voiceover for Cave. Need great comic timing, doesn’t need to sing well.
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Genie & Merchant Dice Comedy roles. Genie is the fast talking, hilarious eccentric Genie, also performs the closed eye to teach how to ‘wish’ for things. Merchant Dice is an eccentric merchant who wears, yes, a dice on his head (as a turban!). He tells the story but is quite a character on his own! Sings a number of songs, need to sing well.
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Jafar Villain. Just about as nasty as they come. Slight Arabian accent. Doesn’t take nearly as much delight from the audience as other villains. Very evil but also has to ‘suck up’ at times to the Sultan, so there’s a lot of repressed emotion there.
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KING ARTHUR
Arthur Principal boy, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Struggles to find his place and eventually finds the equality within and how to create that in the kingdom to become the King he was destined to be.
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Merlin Character role. Merlin is the narrator at parts but also the guide to Arthur, performing some stage combat (staff fight) and allowing himself to die to prove immortality exists.
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Lancelot / Mordred Character/Villain role. Actually just the one character, but we have Lancelot turn into Mordred through Morgana’s bewitching and lures. Very very complicated and tough role acting-wise, to win an audience over then turn evil and then have to come back from the ‘dark side’ at the end.
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LITTLE MERMAID
Prince Jack Principal boy, neutral accent.
Must sing, move and act well. Has been put on a pedestal growing up, and must deal with issues of fantasy and fear of women’s anger. Seeks his soulmate, but doesn’t recognise her in Ariel. Arrogant but still warm.
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Geeves / Yabbi Comedy role. Geeves is the Prince’s aide, camp and over the top. Lots of comedy and fun, but also helps the Prince with his issues. Yabbi is Steve Irwin, King Neptune’s sidekick, pretty funny, and doesn’t mind giving the King a bit of lip.
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King Neptune / Eelkema Character/comedy role. King Neptune should be a BIG character! His presence must be felt. He is ANGRY! Must be able to portray real anger, not demonstrative. Larger actor preferred to pull this off. Eelkema is Natalia’s slimy eel servant, talks with a slimy accent, maybe european, maybe a lisp. But still funny and witty.
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