ACT DALRO NEDBANK PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS 2015 PROGRAMME GUIDELINES 1. ELIGIBILITY 1.1. Grade 12 learners (in Grade 12 in 2015) and individuals older than 18 and under the age of 25, who are not considered to be professional, and who are not currently registered for a degree are eligible for participation. 2. IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2.1. Candidates must be available for the final round, which will be taking place in Johannesburg from 6 12 October 2015. 2.2. ACT will cover finalists travel and accommodation. 2.3. The final adjudication will take place on 12 October 2015. 2.4. Scholarships may only be utilised for Performing Arts Studies at an accredited South African tertiary institution. Winners will be at liberty to choose the performing arts course and institution. 2.5. Candidates are required to familiarise themselves with the information and procedures stipulated in this document. It contains vital information about their registration for participation and preparation for the audition. 2.6. After carefully reading through this document, follow the link on the last page to submit your registration. 3. AUDITIONS 3.1. Regional auditions will take place as follows: 30 June and 1 July: Durban (Kwazulu-Natal) 3 and 4 July: Cape Town (Western Cape) 6, 7 and 8 July: Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape) 15 July: Pretoria (Gauteng) 16 and 17 July: Johannesburg (Gauteng) 25 July: Bloemfontein (Free State) 23 July: Kimberley (Northern Cape)
28 July: Potchefstroom (North West) 30 July: Witbank (Mpumalanga) 1 August: Polokwane (Limpopo) 3.2. Candidates are required to prepare ALL of the following for the audition: 3.2.1. One monologue selected from the list provided. 3.2.2. One monologue of your own choice (no longer than 1 2 minutes). 3.2.3. One song selected from the list provided. (Backtracks of prescribed works will be available at auditions.) 3.2.4. One dance/movement piece. Maximum 1 minute long. A CD player will be provided. 3.2.4.1. Candidates are required to bring the music for the dance/movement piece to the audition on a CD. Please double-check the CD s format. CD s will be played on a hifi. Please note that a PC will not be available at the audition. 3.2.4.2. Mobile storage devices cannot be accommodated and it is not permissible to audition with music on your cell phone. 3.2.4.3. The dance/movement piece should be prepared and not improvised during the audition. Candidates are discouraged from doing club dancing for their audition. 3.3. No parents or teachers will be allowed in the audition venue during adjudication. Kindly bring minimal amount of props. No costume changes are allowed. A table and a chair will be provided by the venue. 4. CLOSING DATE 4.1. The registration deadline is Sunday, 31 May 2015. This is the date by which the ACT office must be in receipt of your registration as well as your proof of payment. 5. REGISTRATION DETAILS 5.1. A R120 registration fee per participant is payable when your registration is submitted. The registration process must be completed by no later than 31 May 2015. Proof of payment must be emailed or faxed to the ACT office. Email: scholarships@act.org.za Fax: (086) 629 2233 Please use applicant s name and surname as reference on the payment. 5.2. No late entries will be processed. 5.3. No refunds will be made on cancellation
6. ACT BANKING DETAILS Account name: Arts & Culture Trust Bank name: Nedbank Account number: 1908 614 927 Branch name: Fox Street Branch code: 190805 Account type: Current Account Reference: Full Name of applicant 7. REGISTRATION FORM 7.1. Follow the links below to submit a registration: http://tinyurl.com/pns49bz or http://www.act.org.za/programmes/scholorships.html 8. PRESCRIBED MONOLOGUES: Option A: Hally from Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard [Hally is a 17-year-old schoolboy, an only child, growing up in Port Elizabeth. His father is disabled and in hospital; his mother runs the St George s Park Tearoom, where this scene is set. Hally s closest relationship is with Sam, his mother s long-time black domestic worker and now waiter. Hally is reminiscing with Sam about a younger time together. Athol Fugard is South Africa s major internationally known playwright. This full play is published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983, and Cape Town, 1993. ] (Pause. The telephone rings. HALLY answers it) Hello, Mom... Yes... Yes no fine. Everything s under control here. How s things with poor old Dad? Has he had a bad turn? What? Oh, God! Yes, Sam told me, but I was sure he d made a mistake. But what s this all about, Mom? He didn t look at all good last night. How can he get better so quickly? Then very obviously you must say no. Be firm with him. You re the boss. You know what it s going to be like if he comes home. Well then, don t blame me when I fail my exams at the end of the year. Yes! How am I expected to be fresh for school when I spend half the night massaging his gammy leg? All it needs is for you to
put your foot down. Don t take no for an answer. Yes, Sam gave me lunch. I ate all of it! Right, I ll tell them. I ll just do some homework and then lock up. But remember now, Mom. Don t listen to anything he says. And phone me back and let me know what happens. Okay. Bye, Mom. (He hangs up. The men are staring at him) My Mom says that when you re finished with the floors you must do the windows. (Pause) Don t misunderstand me, chaps. All I want is for him to get better. And if he was, I d be the first person to say: Bring him home. But he s not, and we can t give him the medical care and attention he needs at home. That s what hospitals are there for. (Brusquely) So don t just stand there! Get on with it! Option B: ABNORMAL LOAD PAUL SLABOLEPSZY GREG: So I say to her, I say hang on a moment, lady, stick around, just hold your horses, here all I want is a ticket. She says, sorry, I haven t got a ticket. Now you must know, I been standing there over two hours already I m buggered if I m leaving empty-handed. I say what else you got? She says, like what? I say, like anything. Like, you know, like Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino anything! She says, no nothing. I say what d you mean no, nothing? Have a look, man! She says no, she knows I say, what you mean to tell me there s not one movie with either Clint Eastwood or Jack Nicholson or Robert de Niro on the whole bladdy circuit!? She says, no. I say OK, what about Stallone. No. Schwarzenegger? No. Jackie Chan? No. Now, I m getting really pissed off now, because this is getting ridiculous now.. (STOPPING AND INDICATING THE GLASSES ON THE TABLE) Sorry can I get you another drink! You sure? OK, so where was I? So,all of a sudden this other bloke pipes up. He s about five back, down the queue. He says, excuse me, he says you got a problem? I say no, I haven t got a problem have you got a problem? Because if you haven t got a problem, I ll give you one! Now I m ready for action, hey I just wanna kill. Pow! glass all over the place. Next minute whistles, sirens, cops, security guards total chaos. I say to myself, oh-oh Home time! I duck out the back down the escalators. I m gone. I wash my hands of it. (HE ALLOWS THIS TO SINK IN) Ja. Moral of the story if you wanna book for a show, don t try to do it on a Saturday morning. (RAISING HIS GLASS) Cheers.
Option C: The Faculty Lounge Written by Michael Schulman (This is the first day of school. When Norman Barnes went to his car this morning to drive to his job as Chairman of the high school English Department, he discovered that his trunk had been broken into. Among the items missing were some home movies that, to say the least, could be very embarrassing if shown to the wrong people. He rushes to the faculty lounge to make a phone call. After a brief encounter with the new mathematics teacher he is left alone and dials) Norman: Roger. Roger. The movies were stolen. What am I going to do? They stole them from my car - right out of the trunk. I don t know what to do first, take poison or slit my wrists. I d jump out the window, but the bloody building has only two floors. Roger, I'm desperate. Help me!... It s NORMAN, YOU ASS-HOLE. Who do you think it is? Well, yes, Roger, I do tend to loose my sense of humor when I m thinking of killing myself. Don t you understand how serious this is? This is a small dorpie. My whole life is How the hell do I know who stole them? One of our postgraduates, no doubt and definitely one who failed industrial arts from the mess he made of the back of my car. (With repugnance) Industrial arts a training ground for second-story men, if you ask me. What difference does it make why I left them in the trunk? I thought they d be safe there. Don t you tell me to calm down. By the time this day is over the whole town will know that crusading Mayor Bertram and his head speech writer, yours truly, who also happens to be the respected chairman of the high school English department, are homosexual lovers. Or will they prefer fags or faggots or moffies or It s not serious? I can t believe you. You idiot. It s the end of our careers. And it s all your fault. Option D: Black Dog Written by Barney Simon I remember when he came to our school. It was on June 16, 1976. We were all sitting in our classrooms waiting. We knew something was going to happen but we didn t know exactly what. And then we heard the voices of many children singing outside. The voices came nearer and nearer. Sizobadubula Ngombayimbayi!
We all ran to the windows and teachers tried to chase us back to our desks, but we ignored them and shouted Bayesa! Bayesa! They re coming! Bayesa! Soon the marchers were in our playground and in our classrooms. At their head was Madoda Dhlamini, Nj emnyama. He swung the chain over his head and everybody had to duck. He shouted, Amandla! Awethu! He said: Fello students, we would like to apologise for being so late. Things have already started. The protest is soon. As you all know there s been a boycott of classes. Do you know why? Crowd? Yes! Because we want to have a say in what we learn Do you want to learn maths in Afrikaans? No! Do you want to learn history in Afrikaans? No! Do you want to learn science in Afrikaans? No! So this is what is happening today. The Soweto Students Council have organized a protest march to Orlando Stadium where we will meet. Please! Please! Try to be strong. There s been some trouble on our way. And in Orlando West some people have been killed. So when you see the police coming don t throw stones. Don t do anything. Just sing, and if they charge at us, we all sit down and shout peace. Do you understand? Crowd? Yes! Soon we were in the streets. Kubi Kubi yoo! Siyaya! When we passed Nancefield Station, we saw many people watching and shouting from trains and platforms. Hadibaje! they shouted - Go for it! Option E: Ugly Noonoo Written by Andrew Buckland MAN 2: I was the victim of an attack of blindness and stupidity which left me at the mercy of a ruthless being that lives in secret luxury beneath the soft underbelly of the human race. A monstrous, unspeakable, cunning and evil insurgent. The tormentor of the lonely maiden, the persecutor of children. Heartless and fearless. The ultimate urban terrorist. The ugly noo noo supreme. Saltoria Ensiferia Gryllagridoidia Stenopilmatidae Maxentis Henicus monstrous The Parktown Prawn. It was a Sunday night. And I was alone in the kitchen. At least, that s what I thought (He is in the kitchen, clearly after a long afternoon nap, humming a tune with confidence. His focus shifts to the floor.). AAAUUUUGGGHHH!!!
PRAWN 1: I am so sorry to have disturbed you. Please don t be alarmed. I know I appear to have broken in like this, but I did knock at the back door for a good ten minutes, and, well I knew you were home so I sort of came in underneath. Now I have not come here to sell you anything MAN 2: (Hitting out with magazine.) O shit! Kill! Kill! Kill! PRAWN: (Jumping) Sorry! Sorry! I m so sorry. Um, could I ask for you not to give me unnecessary frights? You see I m rather nervy and I tend to jump, and I ve really no head for heights. MAN 2: AAAAUUUGGGHHH!!!! It s coming over here! (Slapping himself) Stop it! Stop it! All right. Now just remember, it s only an insect. Yes, but it s very big. I know, I know, but we re going to have to look at it. OK, but it s you turn! All right all right. I m going to look at it five four three-twooooneaa AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!! Oh, god, make it go away, pleeeaaasee! (Throws magazine) PRAWN: Ow! So sorry but I think you ve dropped your magazine. MAN 2: AAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!! All right, jus jus jus calm down. Now think. Think. You are Okay. Okay. Now this calls for some serious extermination. Plastic bucket and Doom. (Slams bucket down.) PRAWN: Hello? Um, it s gone dark, have the lights hello? MAN 2: Right! You are going to get my boy. Right in the face! Relax relax. (kicks bucket and sprays long and hard.) 9. PRESCRIBED SONGS: (An MP3 and lyrics of the selected prescribed song will be emailed to participants after completion of their registration.) Option A: When I first saw you (Dream Girls). Option B: Singing in the rain (Singing in the rain). Option C: Now I ve seen you (Honk) Option D: Sweet Transvestite (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Option E: Run and Tell That (Hairspray)