MUSICAL theatre production company the BallaRat Pack is inviting everyone to their first-ever open mic night.<\/p>\n
From 7pm to 10pm on Friday, 15 July, people can take to the Mercure\u2019s stage and belt out their favourite popular song or showtune.<\/p>\n
Although intended to be a fun family evening, BallaRat Pack\u2019s founder and artistic director Reuben Morgan said the event will help the group with another first.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason we\u2019re putting this on is to raise some capital for our first-ever Broadway to Ballarat: Kids Edition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be a two-thirds kids cast singing songs from various Broadway musicals which is essentially a jukebox play we\u2019ve written a storyline around it for them to act out.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I\u2019m looking forward to seeing a wide range of songs and performers for this because we really have built up a bit of a community around our crew and would love to see the support for this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fundraiser will include a raffle, and Morgan will host as his cabaret persona Vivian Fonteyn.<\/p>\n
The BallaRat Pack has been running their Broadway to Ballarat show for five years.<\/p>\n
As part of the junior edition, a 40-piece orchestra will accompany the show, which includes 15 kids out of a cast of 23.<\/p>\n
Broadway to Ballarat: Kids Edition will run from Wednesday, 3 August to Sunday, 7 August at the Ballaarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute.<\/p>\n
Morgan said the fundraiser will provide a sneak peek of the young performers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people want to see a preview of some of the talent in the show, then I would highly recommend coming to the open mic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kids are the stars, and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets for the fundraiser are $10 and can be booked at bit.ly\/3QZ1sl7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MUSICAL theatre production company the BallaRat Pack is inviting everyone to their first-ever open mic night. From 7pm to 10pm on Friday, 15 July, people can take to the Mercure\u2019s stage and belt out their favourite popular song or showtune. Although intended to be a fun family evening, BallaRat Pack\u2019s founder and artistic director Reuben […]<\/p>\n