Greg Bepper's Thunderbolt Theatre & Film Productio

When necessity became the mother of invention
The concept for Kids in the Limelight began after many fruitless searchers for an opportunity for my young acting students to showcase their talent in front of an audience along with their peers.

What I did find were very rigid, stale and well... boring, in a time when all the razzle-dazzle and razzmatazz of talent shows such as X-Factor, The Voice and Got Talent are the inspiration and excitement of young up and coming performers.

BUT ... The required 'talent' for all these competitions is primarily: Singing, Dancing or a Novelty Act. If your talent is purely 'acting', the opportunity is virtually non-existent.

SO... now It's time for the kids who don't sing, don't dance, don't pull rabbits out of a hat but can act and love doing it, to be giving a showcase. A showcase with all the glitz, glamour of these shows but still retaining the integrity of the art, the art that is acting... It's time for Kids in the Limelight!!!



Turning it all upside down with showbiz style
Kids in the Limelight is open to all young actors 9 - 18 years performing is 3 categories: monologue, duologue or ensemble scene. All characters portrayed must be within one year either side of the young actors current age.

Unlike any acting competition that has gone before, the Kids in the Limelight format has 4 full showbiz productions.

The young actors (9 - 18 years) attend the now popular Boot Camp in July 2014 and mentored, rehearsed and trained in the art of acting for their chosen category. All this before any of the young actors take to the stage and utter their first word in the competition!

Each of the 3 heats or 'Kids in the Limelight Hot Shows' as I have named them, will be held in the region of Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia in August 2014. The Hot Shows are not only the competition but an entertaining, rehearsed theatrical experience for the kids.

Finalist attend another Boot Camp where Artistic Director, Greg Bepper will give dedicated final direction to each of the young actors chosen pieces. Finalist will also rehearse 'the show' a full theatrical production that will be the 'Kids in the Limelight Grand Finale'



How passionate?
My passion for 'Kids in the Limelight' to become a reality surpasses my passion for this industry that I have called my life over the past 4 decades.

Kids that have the passion to just act are all too often seen as weird, strange and dreamers by their peers. they are not seen in the same light or pedestal as singers, bands and dancers. My goal is to give these young spoken word artisans a showcase, an experience and the time of their life through Kids in the Limelight, producing competition shows with The WoW Factor.

One of the great lines from the Mel Brookes classic: The Producers, "Don't put your own money in the show!" All sane producers should heed. But most of us independent producers don't... And I'm one of them. My belief, and as I have said, passion for Kids in the Limelight is so HUGE that I will also be personally funding this project. The total budget for this project is $127,000

The Team
Kids in the Limelight will provide the kids with the best production team of mentors, judges, stage management & sound & lighting with a passion only equal to my own that I can muster.

Want more?
Kids in the Limelight website contains all the information on this exciting, innovative project for you also become passionate about the limelight.

You will also discover the production of the ebook 'Kids in the Limelight Playbook' through the coinciding Writers Competition, Podcasting Hot Shows and the Grand Finale and online a twitter hash tag public voting.


kidsinthelimelight.com.au

Your support
Contributing to this journey will provide our future Jackman's, Streep's and Depp's to shine in their own right.

Your recognition
Your support will be recognised on EVERY PAGE of the Kids in the Limelight website on the Pozible Supporters list within 48 hrs from your pledge. I want everyone to know immediately of your generosity and support of talented young actors.

Rewards footnote
For sponsor rewards ($500, $1,500 $2,500, $7,500) Full details of sponsors packages are on the Kids in the Limelight Website

The greatest risk is the lack of young actors participating. But in this case that is very minimal as already enormous interest has generated through social media and local word of mouth.