Come and put your best foot forward…
Runway Theatre Company returns to Paisley for the first time in over 50 years for our first post-pandemic pantomime, the much-loved classic Cinderella, initially written by our late founder, Eric Goold and updated for 2023 by Neal MacCowan.
The magical rags-to-riches tale of Cinderella has captivated children for centuries and inspired generations of happy Christmas memories for families. As panto season approaches and Fairy Godmothers up and down the country prepare to make our wishes come true.
About Us
Runway Theatre Company have been performing our original traditional Scottish pantomimes for over 50 years. Originally performing as the Glasgow Airport Drama Club, founded by Eric Goold, the then finance director of Glasgow Airport, he wrote all of our 7 pantomimes and composed all of the songs that were part of them. It is estimated that over 120,000 people have seen a Runway pantomime - which doesn’t include the millions of additional viewers who saw our pantomimes in 2015 and 2016 when they were broadcast nationally over the Christmas period on STV.
Production Team
Greg Robertson
Director/Choreographer
Greg joined Runway originally as our musicals choreographer in 2016. He took over the running of the club with his wife Claire in 2022 when Robert Fyfe stepped down.
David Dunlop
Musical Director
David joined Runway in 2011 as Musical Director and has been at the helm of all our musicals and pantomimes since.
Nicola Fry
Assistant Choreographer
Nicola has been a member of Runway for over 25 years and featured in many of our dance numbers. Nicola became the choreographer for our pantomimes in 2018.
Auditions Process
There is a 2 step audition process for joining our pantomime. A workshop-style company audition will be held so we can see and hear your singing and dancing abilities. This will be followed by Principal auditions if you wish to put yourself forward for one of the listed parts. The audition will consist of a song and allocated dialogue - available after the company auditions.
Smaller roles will be allocated by the Production Team based on auditions.
If you are successful in the club auditions a membership fee of £50 will apply (£25 for students and senior citizens - proof required). If you performed in Big Fish, you will have paid your fee for the year.
Club members must be over the age of 18 at the time of auditioning. Runway Theatre Company is proud to be a friendly club and everyone is welcome to audition. We are a community theatre company, all performing roles are unpaid. No previous experience is required however a certain standard of singing and movement is expected from you.
Information session & company auditions
Sunday 10th September from 2-5pm Clincarthill Parish Church 2-5pm
Our production team will welcome you along and introduce you to our pantomime. You’ll find out about the story, our ways of working and meet some of the Runway “chums”. You will be taught a section of a song from the pantomime to sing both in groups and individually. The movement will be taught in a workshop and auditioned in small groups. There is nothing to prepare in advance
Principal auditions
Thursday 14th September from 7-10 pm. Kinning Park Parish Church
Principal audition pieces will be available after the company auditions on Sunday 10th September.
If you are unable to attend either of the audition sessions, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Commitment
Rehearsals will be held most Sunday afternoons (roughly from 2pm - 6pm) and Thursday evenings (roughly from 7pm -10pm) - this is a fast-paced production schedule and we would expect that you are able to attend as many rehearsals as possible as well as additional time at home to learn songs, dances (which we will record) and the script. We rehearse at both Kinning Park Parish Church and Clincarthill Parish Church in Mount Florida.
Dress Rehearsal - Wednesday 13th December
Technical Rehearsal / Band Call - Tuesday 12th December timings tbc
Performances will be held from Thursday 14th - Sunday 17th December 2023 at 7.30 pm in The Wynd Centre, Paisley
Members will be expected to sell a minimum of 10 tickets