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Now in its fifth year, the Rhodes Talent
Search is on the lookout for its next star!
Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask
theatre company, is bringing its latest national
touring production to Bishop’s Stortford
Funny, heartbreaking and
human, The Best
Thing is the latest
touring production
from Vamos
Theatre, the UK’s
leading full mask
theatre company and is showing at the
Rhodes Arts Complex this April.
Set in the 1960s, the show tells the
story of seventeen year old Susan,
growing up during the changing times
of the decade. A bitter-sweet story of
mistaken morals and broken hearts,
8
45s and beehives, the production
looks at what the sexual revolution
really meant for young people living
through it. Humorous and poignant,
The Best Thing features 1960s music
and design, and is a chance to see the
highest quality full mask theatre.
Award-winning Vamos Theatre has
been praised by the BBC and The Stage
as one of the UK’s major exponents of
full mask, an innovative and unique
style of theatre; it has no speech, and
the story is told visually, supported by
design, music, and lighting. In Vamos’s
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Singers, dancers,
musicians,
comedians,
jugglers and
everyone in
between are
invited to enter the
established Rhodes
Talent Search competition.
More than £1,000 worth of prizes are
up for grabs as local talent vies to be
named the best in their discipline.
There are six awards up for grabs; The
Rhodes Talent Search Winner 2016,
The DeRosa Music Scholarship, The
Woodbury Recording Studio Award,
The Best Dance Act Award, The Best
Under 11 Act Award and The Best of
the Rest Award.
Entrants who don’t fit into the dance
or music categories can enter The
Best of the Rest Award, where almost
anything goes. Magicians, comedians,
jugglers, gymnasts or even masters
with their mutts can show off their
talents.
This year, Rhodes Talent Search has
teamed up with De Rosa Music, of
Water Lane in Stortford, and Woodbury
Studios, near Hatfield Heath, to
offer prizes which include a year’s
free lessons for the highest-placed
musician or group. The best vocalist
will win a free recording session at
Woodbury.
Paula Holland, Operations Director
at Rhodes says; “The Rhodes Talent
Search has become firmly established
as one of the highest profile events
in the venues calendar. Every year
we are astonished by the level and
diversity of incredible talent within the
local community. Once again, we are
pleased to be able to offer a platform
for this talent to shine!”
Auditions will take place on 28th May
and the 3rd and 4th June. The final will
be on 2nd July. Auditions and the final
will take place at Rhodes. For more
information and to register to enter,
visit www.rhodesgottalent.co.uk
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