Phase 1: Recorded submission and performance CV

Recorded submission

You will need to upload a recorded submission of two prepared monologues and a movement exercise.

Monologues

The monologues can either be from:

• a classical speech in verse (not prose) that was written prior to 1800 (you may select from writers including Shakespeare and his contemporaries, or choose Jacobean, Greek, Roman or Restoration)
• a modern play (after 1990)
• a play of your own choice

These should:

• last no longer than two minutes each
• only be from published plays
• involve a character close to your own age
• not be a sonnet, poem or extracts from musicals, songs or novels
• be performed in your native accent.

Movement exercise

For the movement exercise, you will need to create and upload a movement piece that meets the following brief:

1. You open a door and walk into a room you are not allowed into. You close the door.
2. You take in the room. You move around the room. You see a table with a drink on it. You move to the table and decide to drink it.
3. The drink transforms you. You move back to the door and once again take in the room. You leave the room.

Note: This should be a piece of physical action in an open space. It should be one continuous long shot with no editing, close ups or special effects.The transformation should be in your body ​and in your breath. You may use a table and chairs and something to drink from if you wish.

The piece should last no longer than three minutes.

Performance CV

Download and complete the pro-forma CV which includes a headshot photograph here:

Pro-forma performance CV

The above video submission and performance CV must be submitted by 31 August 2020.

Depending on your Phase 1 audition, you may be asked to return for Phase 2.

Phase 2: Workshop

The Phase 2 workshop may be conducted in person or online and cover the following:

Acting

You will present one of your monologues from Phase 1 along with a third prepared monologue. This must be a classical speech if it wasn’t performed in Phase 1.

Improvisation

Through solo and group play, your improvisation skills will be explored.

Voice

Your spoken voice will be considered during the performance of your acting pieces.

Sight reading

This will be provided in the workshop.

Phase 1: Recorded submission and performance CV

Recorded submission

You will need to upload a recorded video of two prepared songs, one prepared monologue and a jazz dance routine.

Songs

Your two prepared and recorded songs should be from the musical theatre repertoire and:

• last no longer than two minutes each
• not be from the classical repertoire (this includes opera)
• be accompanied by a backing track
• give you the opportunity to act through the content of the words as well as to sing the tune.

Monologue

Your prepared and recorded monologue should:

• be from a modern play (post 1990) or from a play of your own choice
• last no longer than two minutes
• only be from published plays
• not be an extract from a poem or novel.

Dance

Your recorded jazz dance routine should be your choice of a commercial jazz or musical theatre routine and:

• include an introduction at the beginning, telling us a little bit about your history as a dancer and what you'd like to achieve in dance
• be recorded in a full length shot in good lighting
• not exceed 60 seconds.

Performance CV submission

Download and complete the pro-forma CV which includes a headshot photograph here:

Pro-forma performance CV 

The above video submission and performance CV must be submitted by 31 August 2020

Depending on your Phase 1 audition, you may be asked to return for Phase 2.

Phase 2: Workshop

The workshop may be conducted either in person or online and cover the following:

Acting

You will present your monologue from phase one along with a second prepared monologue. This may be a classical speech if it wasn’t performed in Phase 1.

Singing

You will present your prepared songs from Phase 1.

Dance

Following basic technical exercises, a dance combination will be taught and you will be given time to practice and asked to perform to the panel.

Improvisation

Through solo and group play, your improvisation skills will be explored. You will take part in an acting improvisation session. You will be considered for your commitment to the exercises and your imagination to bring to life given situations.

Voice

Your spoken voice will be considered during the performance of your acting pieces.