Preparation for Audition Day

When going to an audition for a Drama school, the process of you as an actor preparing yourself for the audition requires a lot of independent work and no guidance as only yourself as an actor will know which monologues and styles of acting your are comfortable performing and which is appropriate for you!

However for an audition i feel it is important not only for the panel to experience your acting skills from your monologues you have prepared but also to get a taste of your own personality out of character. This exemplifies for the panel to see how as a person out of character you are ensuring you are capable of being a successful speaker and will fit into the all round requirements for drama school!

A way of presenting yourself to the panel to represent your own individuality and presence can be done before you perform your monologues through firstly introducing the monologues you will shortly perform. I feel it is very important for the panel to see how you are as a person and not only masked behind the characteristics of the character you are playing.

Below i have prepared a short speech to introduce the monologues i shall perform on the day. This introduction needs to be confident, clear and professional to instantly create a proficient representation of yourself:

"My first monologue i shall be performing today is from the play "School Play" by Suzy Almond. I will be playing 15 year old "Charlie Silver". In terms of the whole play i feel Charlie is a rebellious, confident character who is a bad influence on her peers. This monologue particularly excites me as Charlie is shown to be influenced to reconsider her current behaviour ways and therefor her own individual struggle concerning her attitude towards life is exposed for the first time.

My second monologue i will be performing today is from the play "My Mother Said I Never Should" by Charlotte Keatley. I will be playing the role of "Jackie Metcalfe" who in this scene is 34 years old who has previously experienced teenage pregnancy. I feel my character is very vulnerable and insecure due to her past which includes many secrets regarding single motherhood. This specific monologue particularly excites me as Jackie is faced with the confrontation from her daughter "Rosie". The monologue features vast heights of tension as Jackie struggles to justify her reasons not bringing her daughter up due to unsuitable circumstances"