Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Mantras

Part One – Application Process

Which Drama School?

Research

Where and how to find things out

How to Apply

What’s the process?

When Do I Apply?

Photos

Costs

The Personal Statement

Dos and don’ts for writing your statement

The CV

Applying for the Second Time

Part Two – Preparation and Attitude

Choosing Your Speeches

Making a smart choice

Dos and don’ts when making a choice

Making a dynamic contrast

Accents and dialects

Preparing and Working on Your Monologues

Starting out – early thinking

Bookwork

More questions

Tackling your speech

Exercises

It’s All About the Words

Vital Edges

Positive actions to take while you are working

Delivery tips

Performance and delivery – honing your edges

Performance and delivery no-nos

Later in rehearsals, and into the auditions

Part Three – Practical Practice

Dealing With Shakespeare

Your Song

Exercises Explained

The Wall

The Mirror

Other things to fix

Use another body

Get physical

Give yourself another focus

‘Dances’

One-word build-up

Part Four – The Auditions: Winning Ways and Knowledge

Mantras Revisited

What Happens at an Audition

Group auditions

The Interview

Vital prep approaching the audition day

The night before

The audition day

Just before you go in

In the Room: Individual Auditions

What to do and how to be

After the Audition

Between Auditions

Recall Stages

On Recall Days

After the Auditions

End well…

Appendices

Likely Questions at Your Interview

Some Suitable Audition Songs

About the Author

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