Frodsham Panto Group - A Message from your Chairman

Hi All
Our choice of Panto for January 2026 is 'Peter Pan' All children, except one, grow up... On the hunt for his pesky shadow, Peter Pan meets the Darling children in their Nursery.

With a sprinkling of Tinkerbell's fairy dust, Wendy, John and Michael leave Nana the Dog behind on a flight to Neverland – a magical place home to lost children, mermaids and the most villainous pirate of them all; Captain Hook! With Mrs Starkey and her bumbling son Smee by his side, Hook seeks revenge against Peter Pan who had fed his hand to a tick-tocking crocodile.

Will the boy who never grew-up rid Neverland of Captain Hook forever?

Will the Darlings find their way home to London? And, most importantly, do you believe in fairies?

Find out in this swashbuckling pantomime that will have you all 'hooked'!

Kim

About Us

Frodsham Panto Group, established for over 30 years, is a section of Frodsham Community Association. Each January we perform a pantomime at Frodsham Community Centre in Fluin Lane, Frodsham.

FPG is run by a committee of members listed below. The group has an active following of members and associates who support us in all of our activities.

If you require details of how to become a member of FPG please contact any of the committee below.

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Our Next Show (2026)

The Frodsham Panto Group are now pleased to invite you to audition for our next Panto, Peter Pan.

The main dates are as follows...
Sunday 1st June 2025: Meet the production team @ 12:00 - 12:30pm Peter Pan Pre-Audition Workshop @ 12:30pm - 4:00pm
Friday, 6th June Principal Auditions @ 6:00pm-10:00:pm
Sunday 8th June Dancer Auditions 10:00am - 1.00pm Chorus Auditions 1:00pm - 4:00pm

To apply for audition please complete this application form.
We look forward to seeing you soon.

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

TINKER BELL – Aged 12+ A pixie with attitude!

JOHN DARLING – Aged 8+ Adventurous and pragmatic son of the Darlings.

MICHAEL DARLING – Aged 8+ The youngest of the Darlings.

WENDY DARLING – Aged 12+ The headstrong, eldest of the Darling children.

DAME DARLING/LADY STARKEY - Adult Mother of the Darlings/A pirate wench – Smee’s mother. The Dame.

MR. DARLING/CAPTAIN HOOK – Adult Officious Father of the Darlings/The dastardly pirate.

PETER PAN – Aged 14+ The boy who never grew up.

SMEE - Adult The bumbling, lovable first mate.

LILY LAUGH – Aged 12+ Daughter of the Chief.

GENERAL - Adult The head of the Neverlanders.

THE LOST CHILDREN – Aged 8+ TOOTLES, NIBS, CURLY, SLIGHTYLY, THE TWINS

ADDITIONAL CAST - NANA THE DOG Canine nursemaid of the Darling children. A skin role, PIRATES, THE MERMAIDS: ARIEL-PERSIL-BOLD -Aged 14+ / Adult, NEVERLANDERS, GORILLA, THE CROCODILER

AUDITION PAGES:

You will have to: Read an “audition piece” for the character you would like to be considered for…see below. Tnkerbell, Wendy and Peter Pan alsol need to sing the song specified in the Audition Pages list

You may have to repeat this process if you are auditioning for a number of parts.

TINKER BELL - 6, 41, 42, 43
SONG - FLY FLY AWAY (KERRY BUTLER, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN)
JOHN & MICHAEL DARLING 7, 8, 9
WENDY DARLING 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
SONG – INTO THE UNKNOWN (FROZEN 2)
DAME DARLING – 23, 24, 25 & 35, 36
MR DARLING / CAPTAIN HOOK – 14, 15, 16, 35, 36
PETER PAN – 11, 12, 30, 41, 42, 43
SONG – YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME (RANDY NEWMAN, TOY STORY)
SMEE – 23, 24, 25 & 35, 36
LILY LAUGH – 32
GENERAL – 33, 34
THE LOST CHILDREN – 33
THE MERMAIDS - 27
You will have to sing a musical item of your choice.

PLEASE NOTE...you will have to bring your own backing track but it MUST be in one of the following formats. MP3, WMA or WAV CD on a USB stick or SD card or you can bring along your iPhone, iPod or iPad as there will be a connector available.

If you do not have a prepared song then you can sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' or 'Consider Yourself ' . Follow these links for the lyrics and the links below for the music.

You will be shown a dance routine, by the choreographer, for you to perform.

This will include general instructions about the auditions, as well as:

The spoken audition pieces for the Principals;
The “ sound bites “ for the two optional songs that you may use if you haven’t brought your own;
The lyrics for the two optional songs as above.
The backing track, for the musical item you wish to perform, will be played for you at the audition.

The optional musical numbers you may choose are:-
'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' or 'Consider Yourself'

For the Chorus and Dancer Auditions
We are looking forward to hearing children of more than 8 years old and you are welcome to audition with your own choice of music.

When choosing your audition piece, a film or musical song will show your voice to greater effect rather than a pop song, although you ultimately want to perform a piece which you enjoy and are confident to perform. There is no need to use any accents or copy styles, we prefer to hear how you would sing yourself.

We are looking for audition pieces to be approximately 2 minutes long so do end your piece at an appropriate place rather than singing the entire piece. It may well be that we stop you before you before the end of your piece if you run over two minutes. Please do not worry about this, it is just to allow us to hear lots of children in the time available and it is not that we are not enjoying your performance. Remember to control your breathing and smile to help you relax.

You will have to:

Perform a chorus piece of your own choice.
PLEASE NOTE--you will need to bring a recording of the music you need since no pianist will be available.

You can, of course, sing a cappella if you wish.

If you do bring a backing track then it MUST be in one of the following formats. MP3, WMA or WAV, on a USB stick, or SD card or you can bring along your iPhone, iPod or iPad as there will be a connector available..

If you would like to carry out your “song” with a friend, then that is certainly possible. JUST ASK.

If you are unsure what piece to sing then ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ or ‘Consider Yourself’ from ‘Oliver’, may be suitable for you. PLEASE NOTE--The backing track for either of these numbers will be played for you at the audition.The lyrics are downloadable here and here.
You will be expected to perform a simple dance routine which our choreographer will show you. Don’t worry, you won’t have to do this on your own, since we normally ask two or three of you to do it at the same time. If you would like to carry out your “dance” with a friend, then that is certainly possible.
You must wear correct 'dance clothing and dance shoes'.

Our Choreographer will teach all auditionees a dance to be used in the auditions therefore there is no reason for you to prepare your own dance.

Don’t worry if you would like to carry out your 'dance' with a friend. That is certainly possible.