CAN you sing, dance, tell jokes, do magic, mime or juggle? If the answer is yes, then we want you for our search for Nottingham's Top Talent.
We've teamed up with the Royal Concert Hall to find the city and county's best performers for a showcase there in front of 2,000 people.
And there's a cash prize for the winner.
"There's so much talent out there," says Jonathan Saville, the director of sales, marketing and development at the Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall.
"This show will give budding dancers, singers and entertainers an amazing opportunity to perform in front of what we hope will be a sell out audience.
"It's an amazing feeling just walking out onto the stage when the auditorium is empty so I can only imagine how much of a massive thrill it would be for someone to step onto that stage, in front of a full house, and perform.
"Whether you're a dance school or choir or a street entertainer I would urge you all to enter this if you'd would like the opportunity to be crowned the inaugural Nottingham's Top Talent winner."
There'll be three categories: Dance, Music and Variety. We will shortlist 15 acts, five in each category, to go forward to the Grand Final at the Royal Concert Hall on Saturday, September 13.
Each finalist will perform live in front of a panel of five judges and thousands of people in the audience.
"If I won I'd use the £1,000 to go in to a recording studio," says Nicole Bull, a 17-year-old singer from Carlton who was one of the first to enter Nottingham's Top Talent.
"I love to perform songs from the charts and a musical theatre songs. I entered because I want to gain more experience and I think talent shows such as this will give me that," adds Nicole, who will be performing at Arnold Carnival this weekend.
It's not just solo singers; bands can enter.
"We're a relatively new band and we think it will be good exposure," says Joseph Parr from rock band Kaizen.
"It's an amazing opportunity for us. Given the chance we will give it our best shot."
He adds: "We fuse melody and sonic fury with diverse influences and we are sure to get the crowd going."
Should Kaizen win, he says they'd invest in some new recordings to follow up their self-released debut EP.
Glam metal band Shattered Generation have also joined the race for the prize.
"We entered because we believe we have something that people need to see and we have a real shot at winning," says bassist Ash Wilson.
The quartet started making music together while still at school and have since recorded with acclaimed producers Dito Godwin, whose past clients include Motley Crue, No Doubt and Kiss, and Grammy award winner Jon Moon.
"Our biggest crowd so far was around 250 people at Rock City, so the chance of playing to 2,000 at the Royal Concert Hall is exciting."
Already used to big crowds are Harmoneyes, a 'signed singing' duo, who have performed at Wembley Arena.
"We perform well known songs in British sign language in a way that mesmerizes people as the story of the song unfolds," says Simon Astill from Gedling, who is joined in the duo by Sue Bailey-Douglas from Long Eaton.
"We perform anything that looks good in British sign language ranging from The Beatles to Coldplay. We want to show a wider audience the beauty of signed singing."
As well as local events, including the Arnold Carnival this coming Sunday, Harmoneyes have faced 15,000 people at Wembley as part of the annual concert by Voice in a Million, an organisation that promotes adoption and fostering through choirs in schools.
"It was very scary," laughs Simon, who is profoundly deaf.
"But luckily with the spotlights being so bright, we couldn't see most of the audience!"
Emma Bullin, 36, from Hucknall, has already had a taste of fame, appearing on the ITV talent show This Is My Moment in 2001.
"I feel I could be a real inspiration," says the visually impaired singer.
All finalists will be featured in the Nottingham Post and on nottinghampost.com.
You can enter until midnight on Sunday, June 28.
Shortlisted acts will be chosen by our panel of five judges based upon the videos and completed entry forms.Click here to enter!TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Entrants must reside in the Nottingham Post circulation area.
Each audition can be no longer than 3 minutes (one audition per group)
No more than 40 people per group.
Audition has to be submitted by a person who is 18 years or older. All child performances have to have permission from a parent or guardian.
Strictly no animals in any of the performances.
Nominated auditions have to be available from 10am to 10pm on the date of the event due to possible last minute sound checks.
Judges decision is final on the night.
The performance that is submitted for nomination has to be the performance given on the night. (Have to be conscious this is a family event and we need to have control of the performance on the night).
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