What Does a Panto Company Do Throughout the Year - September

Continuing our blog of what a pantomime company does ‘for the rest of the year’ here is a brief overview of what the Imagine team were up to during September

As we reach Autumn everything is ramping up at Imagine HQ and this month we have welcomed three new members to the team. Jo Longworth has joined the Operations Team as Production Coordinator and also joining the same team is Jazmyne Evans who has taken on the role of Operations and Production Administrator, and we have an addition to our accounts team in Emma Byrne.

All the finer details of the productions are falling into place. The Associate Producers for each show have been busy finalising scripts and signing off on song choices for each of our pantomimes while the wardrobe team have been prepping all the costumes that are going out across eighteen of our own pantomimes as well as creating some fabulous new costumes for these shows. They are also working on a large number of hires for the season.

Set painting is ongoing with some beautiful colourful sets appearing in the warehouse. The stores team have also been getting the rigging boxes ready to go out to each show.

Junior Ensemble auditions have come to a close for this year with thousands of children having auditioned for a part in our pantomimes this Christmas. Beth is currently working hard on getting all the paperwork back for the licenses for almost 500 children.

Head of Casting, Louise Redmond, has spent a lot of September auditioning for our ensemble members for this season as the final pieces of casting fall into place.

Some of the team travelled up to Glasgow to the Pavilion to test build elements of our fabulous Treasure Island set – we can’t say too much but it is going to be spectacular!

The marketing team have been busy getting all the print and artwork for the season signed off as well as proofing the promo videos for the show and creating social media packs to go out to each venue.

Also, Artistic Director Eric Potts attended the reopening gala of the newly refurbished Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy. With the venue looking spectacular we cannot wait to present our first ever version of The Little Mermaid this Christmas.

With the first show going into rehearsal in a month’s time it really is full steam ahead for the team.

If you are interested in a further look behind the scenes check out the fortnightly Just Imagine Podcast which as well as interviews with the members of the Imagine HQ team includes guest interviews from the wide range of people we work with each year.