Sleeping Beauty 2025

Riverside Players are proud to present their 2025 Pantomime… Sleeping Beauty. A classic fairy tale where good triumphs over evil and love conquers all!

When the King and Queen forget to invite the evil Nightshade to their daughters christening, she curses the poor princess to death should she touch a spinning wheel before she comes of age! Poor Rose’s friends must do all they can to fight the curse – which of course means finding a handsome prince to give her a true loves kiss.

A traditional gag-filled pantomime, which is fun for all the family. We are holding open auditions and we’d love old and new members to come along and get involved.

Readthrough – 22nd September, 12 noon at Eynsford Village Hall

Auditions – 29th September, 2pm at Eynsford Village Hall

Cast of Characters

The following are the principal roles which have multiple scenes and lines to learn. I am willing to consider all ages/genders for all roles (principal boy played by a girl etc). All will be required to sing & dance to some degree.

Principal Roles

Princess Rose The principal girl. Playing age 16 years. Does not appear until middle of Act I, and sleeps until the end of Act II – but, a very important character!!

Prince William The principal boy! Hero of the piece. Playing age approx. 20 years (or suitable to partner the princess).

Fairy Lilac Fairy Godmother type. Narrates throughout, in rhyme.

Fairy Lavender More attitude than Fairy Lilac, but still a ‘good fairy’. Narrates throughout, in rhyme.

Fairy Lupin Nice, but dim – tries to rhyme, but can’t seem to manage it. More of a comedy character than the other two fairies.

Deadly Nightshade The Baddie of the piece. Able to work well with the audience, to encourage boos and hisses. Lines are in rhyme.

Winifred Slaptickle Nanny to Princess Rose. Traditional Dame – flirty and funny.

Harry the Jester The ‘Simple Simon’ of the story. Good ability to ‘connect’ with the audience. Appears throughout the story.

Queen Camellia The Queen. Definitely ‘rules the roost’. Mother of Princess Rose.

King Basil The hen-pecked King. Father of Princess Rose.

Snivel Deadly Nightshade’s snivelling henchman.

Smaller Roles

The following are the smaller roles who only appear in one scene. This makes them an excellent opportunity for younger actors or those with less experience. There will be no solo singing, but all actors are likely to end up in the ensemble pieces (opening/finale etc). Except for the Chief, I will not be auditioning all of these parts individually – instead we will use the Fairies audition piece as a standard read in. If you have a specific set of preferences, feel free to indicate on the audition form.

Cannibal Chief

Hark, the Herald

Goldilocks

Hansel

Gretel

Little Red Riding Hood

Big Blue Balaclava Red Riding Hood’s big sister.

Captain Forsyth

Harbourmaster

Ticket-seller

Stage Hand

Set Designer