Dear Evan Hansen collaborates with TIKTOK in search for new stars

By Jo Goodberry 30 Jan 2024

THE FIRST EVER UK TOUR OF DEAR EVAN HANSEN COLLABORATES WITH TIKTOK to give the next generation of talent the chance to be found.

The casting team of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, in collaboration with TikTok, are searching for the next generation of talent to star in the first ever UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical.

This opportunity is open for every role in the show, not just Evan himself. Applications from performers of all gender identities, with or without formal training, are welcome. Those interested are invited to upload a video on TikTok singing any number from the multi award-winning production with the hashtag #YouWillBeFound, before submitting their entry formally via evanontour.com/tiktok

After the closing date, the casting team will review all submitted videos and invite anyone who they feel could be a part of the cast to participate in the formal audition process at a central London location.

Video applications are accepted for 2 weeks from today, Monday 29 January, with entries closing on Sunday 11 February. Entrants must be 18+ and based in the UK or Ireland.

For all information and to apply, visit: evanontour.com/tiktok

Directed by Nottingham Playhouse’s Artistic Director Adam Penford, DEAR EVAN HANSEN will open at the Nottingham Playhouse on 9 September 2024, ahead of a UK tour.

Director Adam Penford said, “Dear Evan Hansen is about celebrating what you bring to the world as a unique individual. It’s very exciting to be collaborating with TikTok to provide a platform for those who love the musical as much as I do to sing these beautiful songs. We can’t wait to see who is out there.”

Ed Lindeman, Head of Entertainment TikTok UK & IE said: “Dear Evan Hansen is already a huge hit with the TikTok community, with thousands of people sharing creations using the much-loved soundtrack. We are delighted that the producers have recognised this and are now turning to TikTok to uncover up-and-coming talent for the touring show.

At TikTok, we’re committed to supporting theatre and the creative industries, TikTok is a platform where creativity is discovered, and emerging talent can really thrive; we can’t wait to see who will be found!”

Packed with some of the biggest musical theatre songs of the last decade, DEAR EVAN HANSEN has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar-winning composers for The Greatest Showman) and a book by Steven Levenson. Its many awards include the Tony® Award for Best Musical, Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.

Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why…

Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone around him.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN is presented by ATG Productions and Nottingham Playhouse by arrangement with Music Theatre International.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

About ATG Productions

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions (Producer) is the in-house producers and general management arm of the world’s largest live theatre company (Ambassador Theatre Group) – and places partnerships and creative excellence at our core.

Current and Upcoming productions: the seven-time Olivier Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Jake Shears (Playhouse); The Wiz (Marquis); Gutenberg! The Musical starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (James Earl Jones); Appropriate (Helen Hayes); Pretty Woman The Musical, I Should Be So Lucky: The Official Stock Aitken Waterman Musical, Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); Player Kings starring Ian McKellen (Noël Coward); Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club starring Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin (Hudson); Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger (Savoy/Broadway).

Recent productions and co-productions: Parade starring Ben Platt (Bernard B. Jacobs; Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical); One Woman Show (Greenwich House/Ambassadors); David Byrne’s American Utopia (St. James; Special Tony Award); Burn This (Hudson); A Doll’s House Part 2 (John Golden); Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger (Savoy), A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain (Hudson), the Olivier Award-winning Cyrano de Bergerac starring James McAvoy (Playhouse/Harold Pinter/Glasgow Theatre Royal/Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York), The Seagull (Playhouse/Harold Pinter), Betrayal (Harold Pinter/Bernard B. Jacobs) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal (Phoenix); Pretty Woman The Musical (Savoy/Nederlander); Mother Goose starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop (Duke of York’s/UK Tour); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse); The Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson (Duke of York’s/Park Avenue Armoury); Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward); Mad House starring David Harbour and Bill Pullman (Ambassadors); Fatal Attraction (UK Tour); 9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy/UK Tour/Australia); Caroline, Or Change (Roundabout, Broadway); Ian McKellen On Stage (Harold Pinter/UK Tour/Broadway); Sea Wall/A Life (Public/Hudson); Sunday in the Park With George (Hudson); Touching The Void (Duke of York’s); Ghost Stories (Ambassadors); Pretty Woman the Musical (Broadway/Hamburg); Pinter at the Pinter Season (Harold Pinter); King Lear (Duke of York’s); the Olivier Award-winning Caroline, or Change (Playhouse); the Tony Award-winning Oslo (Harold Pinter/Vivian Beaumont); Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse/UK Tour); Baskerville (Beijing/Nanjing, China); Abigail’s Party (Ambassadors); Strangers on a Train, Gaslight (UK Tour); Buried Child, Oresteia (Trafalgar Studios); Big Fish (The Other Palace); Hamlet (Harold Pinter); The Maids, The Homecoming (Trafalgar Studios); Doctor Faustus (Duke of York’s); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy/UK Tour).

About Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham Playhouse is dedicated to making bold and thrilling world-class theatre, proudly made in Nottingham. In 2023, it was named the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre in the UK Theatre Awards.

Nottingham Playhouse is one of the country’s leading producing theatres, renowned for creating ambitious and diverse productions, many of which have toured across the UK and have transferred to the West End and Broadway.

The theatre’s acclaimed participation programme creates life-changing experiences for the local community and its Theatre of Sanctuary status ensures it is a space where everyone feels they belong. Nottingham Playhouse nurtures the next generation of theatre-makers through their dynamic artist support programme, Amplify.

Recently awarded a Silver Carbon Literacy standard, Nottingham Playhouse is committed to continually improving its sustainability standards across productions and its Grade II* listed building.

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