12 musical theatre actors move in together with one common aim, to out perform and out shine the others in weekly challenges to land the role of a lifetime, only to find eating, sleeping, & rehearsing together presents unexpected personal challenges. And there's a WICKED Twist.

SYNOPSIS:

THE CRUCIBLE

A Reality TV Show

Introduction: Every actor dreams of being the lead of a show. What happens when you put ten such lime light seeking individuals in a house to compete for the chance at a West End Show? Who steps into the spotlight and who fades into the wings?

Comps: The concept of the show is a combination of the inter-personal relationships of TV reality shows such as Big Brother and Love Island and the ability to see this new talent upon the stage as shown in the Andrew Lloyd Webber TV reality shows I’ll do Anything, and Over the Rainbow together with Take That’s Let it Shine,.

Working Title: THE CRUCIBLE.

Genre: Reality TV / Competition

Rating: 13+

Time slot: 9pm

Format: Airing an hour a day, with 24/7 live feeds via the internet and late night broadcasting.

Nutshell: Big Brother meets Over the Rainbow.

The Challenge – The contestants have to work together, follow the lead of their Director, and learn the routines from their Choreographer showing not only their ability to shine but also their team commitment, their support for a lead other than themselves.

Each week a challenge. A short story, with familiar, well-known songs, acting and dance, to rehearse and perform at the end of the week live on Saturday night.

The theme, script and song options are provided to the Director and Choreographer in advance, and it will be for the Director to create their vision of how to portray the story, together with the Choreographer, assigning the roles of principal or lead actors and supporting roles. E.G Grease: Five songs from the hit musical, linked by acting scenes to tell the story.

In addition, the actors will be paired off and given an individual challenge of a song, a dance or an acting scene. Pairs can be the actors’, the director’s, or the judge's choice, or randomly assigned out of a hat.

The contestants face the added challenge of living together in a Big Brother styled house, cut off from the outside world, unaware of how their performances and personalities are being received, judged, and commented on by the public.

The Directors and Choreographers could be up or coming professionals, celebrity guest appearances, or a combination of both.

The Prize - A role within a new or established musical.

The Expectation – Like all reality shows, some people will rise to the top, some will sink to the bottom. Jealousies will arise, arguments will ensue, romances blossom, talent uncovered, and tomorrow’s stars discovered.

Unlike other shows, winners are selected from anywhere on the popularity spectrum, and at anytime during the series. The team building choreographer, or the funny dancer, the mean director, or the charismatic actor, any or all, could win. Equally, any or all could lose.

Audience Experience – The viewing public will watch the stars of tomorrow create, develop, rehearse, and deliver the show all whilst dealing with their own and each other’s personalities, thoughts, feelings, infatuations, flirtations, and not forgetting the desire to be the star, on and off the stage.

Audience Participation – The audience, through voting on the best “Couples’ Challenge of the week and the person they feel made the greatest contribution over all, could influence the panel into making an offer. The show is delivered in front of a live audience, “X-Factor” style.

The Process Of Elimination – Unlike other shows of this nature, those that are offered a role leave immediately, those that remain still have a chance at success.

The Judges - A panel of professionals from casting companies, producers, and directors, who have a project in the making or roles to fill, will judge the contestant’s abilities and suitability for their needs.

Weekly challenges can include scenes/scripts and songs from their plays to test the contestant’s suitability.

The Finale - Unlike most Reality shows, there won’t just be one winner. There could be no winners, there could be several winners. It all depends on whether someone on the panel wants to hire them. Those left in the houses are the losers, as no one wants to hire them.

The Finale will be their realisation.

The audience and those remaining in the house will see what happened to those that left. Film footage of them in rehearsal or joining a directing team of a theatre show, meeting agents, or attending auditions all the while cutting back to the remaining house mates, waiting to see realisation dawn, that those “evicted,” won, those that remained, lost.

Subsequent Seasons - Like X Factor, The Voice, Over the Rainbow, the format would continue to draw in the audience but to spice things up, introducing a second house, more contestants, and film and TV professionals added to the judging panel are all options to explore.

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Thank you for your time

Simon