Come and put your best foot forward…
Runway Theatre Company returns to Paisley following last years smash hit, Cinderella. This year, we are proud to present Dick Whittington, initially written by our late founder, Eric Goold and updated for 2024 by Neal MacCowan.
Runway Panto’s have given audiences a little pleasure and happy memories they’ll always treasure for over 50 years.
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 £75 will apply (£40 for students and senior citizens - proof required). If you performed in Anything Goes, you will have paid your fee for the year.
Club members must be over the age of 16 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 1st September from 10am-2pm Fernhill Community centre, Rutherglen G73 4EQ.
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
Wednesday 4th September from 7-10 pm. 269 Fenwick Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6JX
Principal audition pieces will be available after the company auditions on Sunday 1st 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 and Thursday evenings - 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.
Technical Rehearsal / Band Call - Sunday 8th December
Dress Rehearsal - Monday 9th December
Performances will be held from Tuesday 10th - Sunday 15th December 2024 in The Wynd Centre, Paisley
Members will be expected to sell a minimum of 10 tickets