{"id":103204,"date":"2026-04-18T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=103204"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:53:50","slug":"stage-debut-for-scarlett-in-matilda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/stage-debut-for-scarlett-in-matilda\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage debut for Scarlett in Matilda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EIGHT-year-old performing artist Scarlett Homes will make her debut on stage in a production of Matilda the Musical Jr in Seymour next month.<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Rosary student is a member of the Seymour Performers Workshop \u2013 Youth Theatre Group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mum saw a post on Facebook calling for children to audition for a performance of Matilda,&#8221; said Scarlett.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I asked her if I could do it because I&#8217;ve seen both the movies and really enjoyed them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was a bit nervous when I went to the audition, but I was one of only two people who made it to the second round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The other was my new friend Parker who I met when we attended the audition, and we are both in the ensemble cast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like being in the ensemble cast because we get to be on stage for the whole performance, singing and dancing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love learning all the dance moves and songs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We practice every Sunday and over the school holidays we will also attend for three days in a row with our last practice before the performances, without scripts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett also attends drama classes at Props Theatre in Bendigo.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Tess Holmes is full of admiration for the volunteers at Seymour Performers Workshop who travel from Melbourne to conduct workshops and rehearse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mads and Kim are fantastic with the children,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They put so much in and it&#8217;s completely voluntary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett would like to be an actor and a zookeeper when she is an adult.<\/p>\n<p>The first performance of Matilda the Musical Jr will be a matinee at Seymour College Arts Centre on Sunday 10 May, followed by an evening show.<\/p>\n<p>There will matinee and evening shows on Saturday 16 May with the final performance on Sunday 17 May already sold out.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets go to <a href=\"http:\/\/spworkshop.org.au\/matilda-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spworkshop.org.au\/matilda-jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIGHT-year-old performing artist Scarlett Homes will make her debut on stage in a production of Matilda the Musical Jr in Seymour next month. 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