WOAPA students' audition success
WOAPA students' pantomime audition success
West Oxfordshire Academy of Performing Arts students Alfie, Cara, Sam, Jasmine, Paisley, Jan and Emily have been successful in passing recent auditions for this year's pantomime at The Oxford Playhouse: 'Robin Hood'.
Read all about them, below.
(pictures: Katja Partridge)
No stranger to pantomime, Alfie has performed at Chipping Norton Theatre in 'Sleeping Beauty' (2017), 'Aladdin' (2018) and 'Puss In Boots' (2019). He also appeared as Edward-Prince of Wales in Richard III with Shakespeare's Rose Theatre at Blenheim Palace, (2019). Alfie is delighted to be making his Playhouse debut this year in 'Robin Hood'.
This is Cara's professional stage debut and she is very excited to be joining her WOAPA friends in the cast of 'Robin Hood' at the Oxford Playhouse.
Sam appeared in 'Aladdin' at Chipping Norton Theatre (2018) and 'Beauty And The Beast' at Oxford Playhouse last year. He is thrilled to be performing in the Playhouse again this year in 'Robin Hood'. Sam also appeared as Fleance in 'Macbeth' with Shakespeare's Rose Theatre at Blenheim Palace (2019).
Jasmine appeared as 'Young Jill' in the Oxford Playhouse pantomime 'Jack & The Beanstalk' (2017) and returned last year for 'Beauty & The Beast' (2019). Jasmine is looking forward to this year's pantomime 'Robin Hood'. When not singing dancing and acting, Jasmine can be found on ice, where she is an accomplished skater.
Paisley appeared in 'The Nutcracker & The Mouse King' at Didcot's Cornerstone Theatre (2017) 'Dick Whittington and His Cat' at Oxford Playhouse (2018) and 'Puss In Boots' at Chipping Norton Theatre (2019). She is very excited to be returning to Oxford Playhouse this year for 'Robin Hood'.
Jan appeared as a Pirate in 'Dick Whittington and his Cat' at Oxford Playhouse (2018) and returned there for 'Beauty & The Beast' in 2019.
He is looking forward to 'Robin Hood' this year for his third professional pantomime at Oxford.
Emily appeared in pantomime at Chipping Norton Theatre in 'Sleeping Beauty' (2017) and 'Aladdin' (2018). She made her Oxford Playhouse debut in 'Beauty & The Beast' (2019) and is looking forward to returning this year for 'Robin Hood'.
All take part in singing, dance and drama classes at West Oxfordshire Academy of Performing Arts - a children's theatre school in Witney, Oxfordshire. We are very proud and excited that they are joining the cast of 'Robin Hood'' - this year's pantomime at The Oxford Playhouse.
Congratulations - we look forward to seeing you all on stage!
Robin Hood
Playhouse Theatre, Oxford.
Fri 27th Nov 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021
Expect non-stop thrills and spills as Robin, Marion and their bunch of outlaws battle the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Will the Sheriff prevail, or will good win the day? One thing’s for sure; they’ll need your help to make sure that Christmas is filled to the brim festive Merry-Men-t!
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