Audition Requirements for Drama School

I feel it is important to get more of a knowledge on specific requirements which Drama School's request when an actor is preparing for an audition. This allows the actors to be given a guide to what they will be too present on the day however normally some spontaneous improvisation or other requests will be asked of the actor on the day. This allows the panel to see how the actor will react in a unseen environment and also if there ability to work as a team is suitable.


LAMDA-Audition/Interview Requirements:


Applicants should present:

• One monologue from an Elizabethan or Jacobean play.

• One monologue from a play written in 20th or 21at centuries but not a pice written by yourself or by an unknown or little-known author.

Neither peice should last longer than 3 minutes each and must be clearly contrasting.After the audition speeches you will be taken to meet admissions staff for a brief interview. The interview is part of the admissions process and app;icants should therefore be perpared to ask and answer questions accordingly.Applicants auditioned in North America will be asked to sing a short simple unaccompanied song of their choice.Full information on the audition requirements and the admissions process is sent to the applicants with their notification of auditionAll acting course applicants please note:

• You should be comfortably dress with suitable footwear for auditions

• This information regarding audition requirements referes to the irst rounf og auditions only. If you are asked to attend a second audition or a recall, iformation on what to prepare will be sent to you accordingly.

RADA-Audition/Interview Requirements

Preliminary audition
The Preliminary audition usually consists of two, but sometimes three, audition speeches. Each speech should last about 2 minutes, and certainly no longer than 3 minutes. The panel may stop you if your speech is longer than 3 minutes.Piece A - Classical The ‘classical’ piece should be from Shakespeare or an Elizabethan/Jacobean playwright (Jonson, Marlowe, Webster, etc). It should be originally written in English – so do not choose a piece from a Greek tragedy or a Moliere comedy, for example.Piece B - Modern The modern piece should provide a clear contrast to the classical piece and we would encourage you to choose a piece written after 1960. Do not use Chekhov or Shaw for this piece.

• All candidates must have an alternative classical piece prepared (same rules as Piece A), which they may or may not be called upon to perform.

• Preliminary auditions run continually between November and April. All auditionees are seen at preliminary auditions by two members of the audition panel

Recall audition
Speeches presented at the preliminary audition are repeated at the recall audition, unless candidates have been recommended to prepare a new audition piece. They are also required to sing a prepared unaccompanied song.

Short workshop
A three hour workshop, where students work on scenes from a variety of classical and contemporary plays.

Day Workshop
This is the final stage and all candidates are required to prepare a new audition speech of their choice, either classical or modern.