Young performers invited to audition for Perth Theatre panto Sleeping Beauty
22 June 2026
Perth Theatre is looking for a cast of Youth Performers to join their 2026 panto, Sleeping Beauty.
Perth Theatre is looking for a cast of Youth Performers to join their 2026 panto, Sleeping Beauty.
Young People aged 10 to 13 (born in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) can register their interest by e-mailing casting@perththeatreandconcerthall.com and including the information below:
Subject line: Young Performers – Sleeping Beauty
In the e-mail:
Parent/Guardian name:
Performer’s name:
Address:
School:
DOB:
Contact telephone number:
The deadline for receipt of e-mail applications is 17:00 on Friday 7 August. Emails confirming audition places will follow as soon as possible.
Successful applicants will be invited to audition at Perth Theatre on Saturday 22 August, after which 3 teams of 6 young cast members will be selected.
Rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty will take place from Saturday 24 October until Saturday 21 November, during the day at weekends and two or three evenings during the week.
Technical/Dress rehearsals will be from Monday 23 November and some time away from school will be required.
Performances take place between Friday 27 November and Thursday 31 December.
The youth and community casts have long been a popular feature of the annual Christmas tradition - 'utterly terrific... the real stars of the show' (****Corr Blimey on the Mother Goose community cast).
The Show:
It's all been happening up at The Big Hoose! Local Laird Sir Coupar Angus and his talented wife Annie (the famous singer) have an announcement - they're the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl, Aurora (born on the night the Northern Lights danced across the sky). Everyone is delighted and excited... well, almost everyone. Annie's banished sister Malania The Mirthless (a dabbler in the Dark Arts) is furious at the news, and curses her sister's family from afar.
A year later at The Wee Hoose, Dame Livvie McSkivvie is busy preparing for Aurora's 1st birthday party with her dutiful son Murray, a child prodigy chef (pies a speciality!), but on arrival at The Big Hoose, they are met with some tragic news - Aurora's mum has mysteriously disappeared! Malania has (not so mysteriously) appeared, offering to marry Sir Coupar and bring up Aurora as her own daughter - an offer that is flatly refused! Malania is raging, and curses Aurora, warning them that should she prick her finger on a spinning wheel (how random is that?!) before she turns 21, she will spend the rest of her life in a Deep Sleep, and her life will amount to nothing.....BOO!!!
Livvie McSkivvie is beside herself with fear and anxiety and makes haste to The Medium Hoose to seek advice from local psychic Claire Voyant (obviously), who tells her she must shelter Aurora at The Wee Hoose, disguise her identity til she's 21, and the curse will be broken.
And so it comes to pass that Aurora becomes Rory, Murray's wee brother and best pal, and a life of fun and adventure unfolds (and lots of music in "Rory's" case), at least until the eve of Aurora's 21st birthday...
Tickets for Sleeping Beauty are on sale now here and at Perth Theatre Box Office (01738 62193, Tue - Sat 10:00 - 16:00).
Monday 22 June 2026
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