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76: Song from Music Theatre (14 Years)

Sat 31 May 2025, 5.00pm

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Solo Event
Event Age
14 years (only entrants who are 14 years old as of 31 December 2025 can take part in this event)
Total Performance Time
4 minutes
Venue
Chippen Street Theatre
Supported by
Sydney Eisteddfod Jubilee Fund

Entry Information

Own choice of one or more items performed in character from any stage, pop/rock, screen or film musical. Total performance time of up to 4 minutes, which includes time taken between items.

Adjudicator

Mr Nathan Gilkes

NATHAN (NATE) GILKES is a Helpmann award winning musician, arts educator and artistic director working across disciplines of New Music Theatre, Arts Education and Training and Community Works. His practice sits at the collision points of music, theatre and opera, often using multiples modes and artforms to convey story and build engagement and participation. As a creator of work for young people, Nate composed the score for the Helpmann Award winning production, Robot Song with Arena Theatre Company (Best Production for Children and Young People) and Imagine Live(Riverside and Geelong Arts Centre) both shows undertaking tours nationally as well as North America and Canada. As a community facilitator and educator he has created works such as POWER (Force Majeure and Sydney Biennale), Hipbone Sticking Out (Big hART and Melbourne Festival), and Acoustic Life of Sheds (Ten Days on the Island) all building education and community outcomes into new large scale artworks. He is a former Artistic Director at Marian St Theatre for Young People in Sydney and currently the Head of Education, Learning and Participation at Opera Australia. Nates holds degrees from the Victorian College of the Arts in Directing, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Education and currently completing an MFA in Cultural Leadership at NIDA.

Important Notes

Conditions

Appropriate choreographed movement is welcome. Music Theatre Declaration: entrants and or their legal guardian must e-sign a declaration prior to their event stating the title of the song/s, composer & relevant production. This declaration will be made available to entrants upon receiving their entry confirmation, and must be submitted no later than two weeks prior to the event. Please refer to the Contemporary Singing Rules & Conditions of Entry. Your entry is accepted under these conditions.

Prizes

Winner: $150 & Medal
2nd: $100 & Medal
3rd: $50 & Medal

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