By NICOLE VALICEK
A NEW show that will headline the upcoming Newport Folk Festival is calling on the sirens and seductresses of Newport to participate.
This year for the first time Newport Folk Festival will present Fem Vox to headline its festival in July.
The show will be directed by local Donna Jackson, with music director Jennifer Lund and executive producer Michael Stewart.
Ms Jackson said the production will celebrate women’s voices and female singers who have sung to seduce and remember.
The audience will hear songs of cabaret and seduction, from across time and into this century.
“I see it as being a spectacular night of voice and soul that’s celebrating our skill,” she said.
Ms Jackson said applications are now open for all singers who would like to be part of the show.
“There is a selection process which will be decided upon based on what is required to create a fabulous show.”
The event is open to soloists and group singers from Newport and the western suburbs.
It is also open to singers, dancers and circus performers.
“I would encourage people from this area to apply.
“There might be a woman who has one song she does fantastically and she can tell a fantastic story through it… It might be a vocalist with fantastic range who sung opera and lives locally.”
To get involved applicants must fill out an application form online and come to a try out workshop.
Applications close on Monday 10 February.
Visit www.nffc.org.au to fill out an application.
