Full details of all London based Drama Schools, accredited by the NCDT,

offering a three year BA course in acting accredited schools

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“To train as an actor you have to have talent as well as self belief, perseverance  & confidence. 

The techniques you learn when training to be an actor will build on these qualities and your talent and provide you with not only the discipline, practical skills and intellectual understanding necessary for building a lasting career, but also opportunities to be seen by agents, casting directors, theatre and television companies, so vital to securing that all-important first job.”

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Arts Ed

Course details:

The School of Acting aims to develop reflective, contemporary actors who are able to work effectively throughout the performance industry.

The course offers opportunity for:

• Acquiring and developing a range of core performance skills.
• Discovering and understanding professional performance practice.
• Reflecting on and analysing one's own work and the work of others.
• Working in a range of live and electronic performance contexts.

By way of developing a full understanding of the skills required for performing to a range of audiences. Year One places emphasis on the development of your body, voice and imagination.

The main emphasis is on classroom work. Your work will encompass live performance, screen performance and radio performance. You will perform only to tutors and to your peers.

Year Two develops your understanding of the actor's process in a range of contexts and styles.

Classroom work continues alongside rehearsal processes for small-scale classroom projects. The development of your understanding of the actor's process through rehearsals is a key aspect of this second year.

Year Three consolidates the training and gives you a thorough grounding in the business aspects of your chosen profession. You will spend the year putting your skills into practice in a broad range of productions, and continue developing your film and television skills.

"The School of Acting is truly supportive and encouraging. It's the perfect environment for the start of any actor's career."

Students who successfully complete the course are awarded a B.A. (Hons) Acting validated by City University. As the course is fully accredited all graduates are eligible for full Equity status.

The School has around 90 students on the 3 year course and prides itself on the excellent working relationship between staff and students.

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

You must be over 18 years of age. No academic qualification are required.

Selection criteria:

Your potential for training will be assessed at a full day's workshop audition. You need to demonstrate natural talent, the ability to work in a group (assessed at a group workshop) and the ability to take direction.

What to prepare:

You need to prepare two pieces: 1 classical and 1 contemporary.

Contact details:

Phone: 0208 987 6655
Fax: 0208 987 6656
Email: drama@artsed.co.uk

School of Acting
Arts Educational London Schools
Cone Ripman House
14 Bath Road
Chiswick
London W4 1LY

Central School of Speech and Drama

Course Details:

Internationally acclaimed theatre, film, radio, and television practitioners work closely with BA Acting students throughout the course. Resident staff share a substantial portfolio of industry links and contacts - including The Royal Court Theatre, The National Theatre, National Theatre Studio, The Gate, The Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Globe, The Royal Shakespeare Company etc. Over 180 agents, casting directors, and producers attended the most recent BA Acting Agents' Showcase. Indeed, 70% of the 2003/4 graduating Acting students had secured representation before they had graduated from the course - gaining major contracts in theatre, film, television, and radio.

The course will require you to focus on your intellectual and practical development as a contemporary professional actor, through participation in and interrogation of a fast-changing, culturally diverse programme of practical performance work. Staff concentrate on the exploration and development of your creative potential through a programme that incorporates acting, voice and movement. You will learn in a variety of environments, including classes, workshops, rehearsals and performances. Alongside performance skills, you will develop complementary personal skills in self-motivation, self-discipline, initiative, time-management and critical reflection. You will also be required to maintain a rigorous code of professional conduct throughout the course. This is a crucial part of your training for the industry.

In Year One your work will be largely class-based as you explore and develop existing and acquired skills that are applied to performance projects in each term. Year Two will build on this foundation, enabling you to develop increasing confidence in your own creative and learning abilities. Year Three is an intensive professional preparation in which you will apply your skills to camera and radio as well as give public performances to agents, casting directors, production managers and prospective employers of the industry. In addition, the radio technique unit works towards the Carleton Hobbs BBC Radio Competition, the winners of which are offered a six-month contract with the BBC Radio Drama Company. In 1999, 2001 and 2002 this award was won by BA Acting students at Central.

You will have heard of many of our Acting Alumni. Our graduates’ performances have been recognised by major award-giving bodies such as the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTAs), the American Academy Of Motion Pictures (Oscars), the Laurence Olivier Awards, the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Awards, the London Evening Standard Awards and the Sunday Times/Royal National Theatre Ian Charleson Awards.

As of September 2005, 2nd Year students of the 3-year Acting Diploma at Webber Douglas will transfer to Central, onto a Central degree, as part of the plan for a closer integration of the two institutions.

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

• Standard /higher than required A level (or equivalent) requirements (Passes in two subjects at Advanced level at grade C or above. Passes in three subjects at GCSE at grade C or above)
• Engagement with subject at national/local level in addition to subject specific requirements of A Level
• Evidence of sustained practical / theoretical interrogation of subject as opposed to recent ‘interest’
• Single focus – i.e. not wanting to opt for combined study
• Clear identification with breadth of theatre context – i.e. not exclusively West End or Youth Theatre
• Demonstrable proficiency in the English language

Selection criteria:

• Evidence of a receptive and enquiring mind
• Evidence of a trainable voice and body
• Evidence of the ability to participate actively in a group or ensemble*
• Evidence of the ability to understand and give life to a text
• Evidence of the ability to portray and inhabit an imagined or fictional world.
• this will be assessed at a final, group recall audition.

What to prepare:

• two classical speeches from the audition speeches list supplied.
• a speech from a contemporary text (written after 1960 and to be no more than two minutes in duration).

The audition will normally consist of:

First Round Audition: Candidates will perform one classical speech from the audition speeches list supplied and one contemporary speech to the panel. This will be followed by a short tour of the Swiss Cottage site of the School and an opportunity to talk to current Acting students. Successful candidates will be asked to stay on for a Second Round Audition in the afternoon.

Second Round Audition: The candidate's suitability for the course will be further explored in a workshop context. The candidate will engage in a brief interview – the basis of which will be his/her UCAS application form. Candidates may be required to perform the second speech from the classical speeches list. Candidates who successfully complete this stage will be asked to stay for a Final Recall Audition.

Final Recall Audition: Candidates will normally participate in further intensive workshop sessions involving voice, movement, and acting.

The full audition process is available only to those candidates who successfully complete the Second Round.

The Audition Workshop

The candidate will be invited to attend a brief practical workshop and discussion interview at which s/he can explore the practical and intellectual requirements of the BA (Hons) degree. Candidates may be required to bring with them an example of their written skills. This may range from a detailed critique of a play that they have seen to a reflective appraisal of their process in performance. Admission will be based on the reasonable expectation that the student has the potential to complete the course successfully, and to contribute positively to and benefit from honours study.

Classical audition speeches:

King Richard III: “Was ever woman with .... some little cost.”, Richard III (Act 1 sc.2)

Romeo: “But soft what light .... cheek.”, Romeo and Juliet (Act 2 sc.2)

Macbeth: “To be thus is nothing .... utterance.”, Macbeth (Act 3 sc.1)

Leontes: “Gone already .... feel it not.”, The Winter’s Tale (Act 1 sc.2)

Angelo: “What’s this? What’s this? .... I smiled and wondered how.”, Measure for Measure (Act 2 sc.2)

Edgar: “I heard myself proclaimed .... Edgar I nothing am.”, King Lear (Act 2 sc.3)

Hamlet: “Look here upon this picture .... O shame, where is thy blush?”, Hamlet (Act 3 sc.4)

Romeo: “’Tis torture and not mercy .... that word banished?”, Romeo and Juliet (Act 3 sc.3)

Ferdinand: “Let me see her face again .... thou hast done much ill well.”, The Duchess of Malfi – Webster (Act 4 sc.2)

Monticelso: “Shall I expound whore .... all that receive it.”, The White Devil — Webster (Act 3 sc.2)

Hamlet: “O that this too too solid flesh .... hold my tongue.”, Hamlet (Act 1 sc.2)

Contact details:

Phone: 020 7722 8183
Prospectus order line: 0906 565 6000

E-mail: enquiries@cssd.ac.uk

Central School of Speech and Drama
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London
NW3 3HY

Drama Centre

Course details:

BA (Honours) Acting is offered at Drama Centre London and is accredited by the National Council for Drama Training. The work at Drama Centre gives students access to many of the innovations in the training of actors emanating over the past century from Russia, Germany, France, the United States and, in Great Britain, the pioneering work of Joan Littlewood.

Three principal approaches to acting are considered in depth. The most famous and detailed is the Stanislavski Method, the point of departure for many subsequent developments. The course looks at some of these developments in the Actors’ Studio and at the HB Studio of Uta Hagen and Herbert Bergof. It also explores the work of Rudolf Laban, architect of the European Modern Dance, and of Yat Malmgren, whose work on character analysis is a unique feature of undergraduate training at Drama Centre. This represents the practical and theoretical investigation of the expressive power of movement or ‘gesture’. Finally, the training reflects the influence of the great French actor-directors, Copeau, Dullin, and in particular Jouvet.

The course offers a methodological approach to conservatoire training and develops an understanding of both the classical and the modern repertoire.

There are public performances throughout the third year designed to equip you with an active experience of the interpretative problems attached to an extensive repertoire. A well-attended Agents‘ Showcase is also presented. The course operates a mentoring scheme twinning final year graduates who help to bridge the often difficult move from training into the profession.

Audition fee: Applications for the undergraduate courses should be made through UCAS. Once UCAS has forwarded your application form to Drama Centre you will be sent an audition pack. You must complete the form contained in this pack and return it to the college, together with the audition fee of £33, before you can be allocated an audition slot. Auditions take place normally between November and May. Drama Centre London seeks to audition and interview all applicants. We recommend that you choose an early audition date when the dates are sent to you.

Basic entry requirements:

You must be a minimum of 18 years old and possess passes in 2 subjects at A-Level or the equivalent, supported with 3 passes at GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at grade C or above.

Selection criteria:

We are looking for students who are ready to take on an extremely demanding profession, who are mature and self-confident, willing to take criticism and turn it to their advantage while preserving a sense of humour. Above all, we are looking for students who can express themselves freely and with confidence. We audition all applicants.

What to prepare:

Candidates for audition are required to prepare two speeches, each lasting no longer than three minutes. One should be in verse by Shakespeare or one of his contemporaries. The other may be a piece of your own choice from any play written later than 1830.

You may replace one or both speeches with duologue scenes from the same period(s); in which case you need to bring a partner with whom to present the scene(s).

You may also be asked to improvise or attempt simple exercises.

Both speeches or scenes are initially heard by a panel that normally includes a member of the profession.

A recall system is used thereafter. If you are selected after the first stage, you are seen by the Audition Panel . The Panel hears one or more speeches, interviews you about yourself and the material you have presented and may also ask you to improvise, work under direction and do some sight reading. Selected candidates will be re-called again to work with other candidates on exercises in movement and improvisation and may have a final interview with the opportunity to ask questions. Those who successfully pass the audition day will then be invited to attend a 'Recall Day' which consists of classes and further opportunities to meet the tutors.

Contact details:

Phone: +44 (0)20 7514 7022
Fax: +44 (0)20 7514 7254

E-mail: info@csm.arts.ac.uk

Information Office
Central Saint Martins
Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AP

Guildford School of Acting (GSA)

Course details:

In the first year, after the initial excitement of starting a new course and meeting the inspirational tutors at GSA, you will work mainly on the techniques you need to sustain a career as a professional actor/performer. Actors nowadays must be able to work in every branch of the industry, from television to musical theatre. In acting we will help you develop your imagination; understand your own character and personality so that you are free to explore other characters and personalities; be spontaneous and react truthfully in imagined situations.

Public productions are staged in a range of  venues, from small studio productions - Bellairs Playhouse (100 seats), to main stage productions in the Electric Theatre (180) and the number one touring and producing venue - the Yvonne Arnaud (550 seats).

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

a) 5 passes at GCSE
b) 2 passes at “A” level

Selection criteria:

The first audition panel looks for:

• A vibrant and energised body and mind
• A healthy body and a healthy voice
• Knowledge of theatre, television and film
• An ability to transform the written text in either song or speech into believable and theatrically truthful words and thought
• An ability to freely use your imagination

What to prepare:

You will be asked to prepare four monologues (two classical and two modern).

Candidates for the acting courses should choose a contemporary speech which is within their age range. Keep it simple and no longer than two minutes. Your classical speech should ideally be from a Shakespeare Play and be in verse.

The panel will choose which speeches they wish to see. You may be asked to represent your speeches in a different way, so be prepared for this.

Second Audition:

This is spread over two days and includes attending classes at the Conservatoire, watching a video about the Conservatoire’s training, doing an acting workshop and taking part in classes in voice, movement, dance and singing.

Contact details:

Phone: (01483) 560701
Fax: (01483) 535431
E-mail: enquiries@conservatoire.org

Millmead Terrace
GUILDFORD
Surrey
GU2 4YT
England

Guildhall

Course details:

Years 1 and 2

The first two years of the programme are training years, when you concentrate on acquiring the skills you need as professional actors. The time is divided between classwork and rehearsal projects, when you work on a play-text. During the first two terms you spend most of your time in classes, but as you proceed through the programme, you spend proportionately more time on projects. Both classwork and rehearsal projects focus on developing and integrating four main areas of study: acting, voice, movement and contextual.

For several years now, second year acting students have participated in an international summer school in Italy, with teachers and students from Italy, Spain, Russia, France, Germany and the UK.

Classwork

There are also classes in theatre background and stage make-up.

Year 3

By the third year, you should be technically proficient vocally and physically, and have developed your own working processes. You should know how to approach a part and do the research and preparation necessary. Most of your time is spent rehearsing and performing to the public and to potential employers. There are also sessions to prepare you for the acting profession. It is still, however, a learning year, with classes in voice and movement and an independent study to complete.

Audition fee: £39

Basic entry requirements:

Either: 2 GCE A Levels

Or:                   1 GCE A Level and 2 GCE AS Levels

Selection criteria:

Entry to the Acting Programme involves a two-stage audition, the Preliminary Audition and the Recall Audition. You must pass the first stage in order to proceed to the second.

The panel is looking for talent.

What to prepare:

These are held between November and March in London.

The preliminary audition consists of three parts:

A short movement warm up and improvisation session for which no preparation is necessary;

A short audition session using the pieces you have prepared;

A short interview.

You should prepare three contrasting dramatic pieces of your own choice:

One must be in verse (blank or rhymed) from a play by Shakespeare or another Jacobean playwright;

One from a modern play;

One should be a lighter piece from any period.

No piece should last longer than two minutes.

In addition, you should also be prepared to sing a short unaccompanied song of your own choice.

If you are successful at the Preliminary Audition you will be invited to return for a further two days, at no extra cost, for the Recall Auditions.

Contact details:

Phone: 020 7628 2571
Fax: 020 7256 9438

Email: registry@gsmd.ac.uk

Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Silk Street
Barbican
London EC2Y 8DT

For questions relating to course details and student status please contact the Academic Registry on 020 7382 7180, or send a fax to 020 7382 7220.

For questions related to fees please contact the Finance Office on 0 20 7382 7186.

Italia Conti

Course details:

No other UK drama school offers this type of programme.

Vocal and Physical skills are seen as essential building blocks of actor training, and are totally integrated into the course. Acting skills are grounded in Voice and Movement through holistic team-taught workshop classes.

Total professionalism is demanded from day one.

Acting is a way of life as well as a job; trainees are expected to make necessary changes to their lifestyles. Before you print off the application form, ask yourself how much do you want to be an actor?

The third year is the ‘rep’ year, in which actors undertake three stage productions, a radio production and a television production, putting their craft into practice and developing their professional self-marketing skills. The course culminates in a showcase, to which agents, casting directors, producers and directors are invited. Many graduating actors will be signed up by a personal management agency as they complete the course.

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

GCSE 5 at grade C or above including English
A-Level 2 at grade E or above

Selection criteria:

The ability to take direction and interact with other people freely and honestly.

The audition day will start with a warm up and workshop.

Candidates will be called out from this to perform their audition pieces individually.

After this you may be recalled for the second round, which takes place that afternoon.

There will then be a group singing workshop and movement workshop, followed by an acting workshop in pairs.

Further selections are made after each workshop.

Finally you will be called for a short interview.

What to prepare:

3 pieces:        1 x Shakespeare,

                        1 x contemporary,

                        plus one other piece.

The audition panel will select which pieces they would like to see.

Contact details:

Phone: 020 7733 3210

Fax: 020 7737 2728

E-mail: acting@lsbu.ac.uk

Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts,
'Avondale',

72 Landor Road,

London,

SW9 9PH.

LAMDA

Course details:

The Three Year Acting Course is our flagship course, which provides a

Course content remains the same under BA (Hons) validation.

DISCIPLINES

During the course, students might expect to engage in the following disciplines:

Acting and Improvisation

Voice, including the Speaking of Poetry

Movement, including Period Movement

Singing, including Choral and Solo

Textual Interpretation and Analysis

Alexander Technique

Physical Theatre (including Mask, Clown, Bouffons, and Melodrama)

Stage Combat

Dance, including Tap, Jazz, Flamenco, Historic

History of the Industry

Three kinds of ‘performance’ accompany classwork: scene studies, workshops and fully realised productions.

PLAYS

During the course students might expect to experience a variety of

performance styles including:

Greek

Shakespeare and Jacobean

Restoration

19th Century Russian Naturalism

 20th and 21st Century plays

Music Theatre

A play-making process

Television and Film work takes place in the second and third year.

Unique to LAMDA is a project that takes place at the end of the second year in which students collaborate with a writer and director to produce the “first draft” of a new work. This may be developed further to become a full production in the final year. Two of these projects have gone on to be productions in the National Theatre repertoire.

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

Academic qualifications are not necessary.

Selection criteria:

Looking for students with potential, something they can work with.

The ability to show yourself off to the best using your own imagination.

What to prepare:

One monologue from an Elizabethan or Jacobean play.

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

Neither piece should last longer than 3 minutes each and must be clearly contrasting.

All Acting Course Applicants Please Note:

You should be comfortably dressed with suitable footwear for auditions.

This information regarding audition requirements refers to first round auditions only. If you are recalled, information on what to prepare for the recall will be sent to you.

Contact details:

Phone: 020 8834 0500

E-mail: enquiries@lamda.org.uk

LAMDA

155 Talgarth Road

London

W14 9DA

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Course details:

A highly respected course rooted in the principles of Stanislavski A highly respected course rooted in the principles of Stanislavski.

Mountview provides a diversity of experience throughout the three years of training. Students study the History of Theatre and explore and investigate many different genres of theatre including Shakespeare, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Comedy, Chekhov, Ibsen and Modern and Contemporary British and American Drama & Theatre.

Course work includes:

Acting and Text

Singing

Dance and Movement

Voice and Speech

Performance Projects

Radio Technique

Alexander Technique

Television Technique

Basic armed and unarmed Stage Combat

Audition Technique

Improvisation

Plus:
specialist workshops and masterclasses with professional practitioners

As the course progresses the classes become more intellectually and technically demanding, as do the performance projects.

The Final Year:

The third year of the course focuses on public performances, directed by experienced Theatre Directors with support when necessary from professional Musical Directors and Choreographers. Productions are presented at our own venues and other London theatres.

Showcase:

In the final term students present a West End Showcase attended by Agents, Casting Directors and prominent members of the industry.

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

Five GCE/GCSE passes, including two at A-level

Four GCE/GCSE passes including three at A-level

Selection criteria:

The panel is looking for speeches that ‘take the candidate on a journey.’

What to prepare:

For the Acting options you are required to learn and present two pieces taken from plays and you will also take part in improvisation and voice sessions.

One piece should be Shakespeare and the other from a play written post-1945. Each should last no longer than 2 ½ minutes.

Auditions and Interviews are held throughout the year at the Ralph Richardson Memorial Studios. They normally take place between September and March of the Academic year preceding your year of entry. Your audition/interview day can last up to 7 hours.

Contact details:

Phone: 020 8881 2201

Fax: 020 8829 0034

To contact Admissions (Performance and Directing courses):

020 8826 9216

Email: admissions@mountview.ac.uk

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Ralph Richardson Memorial Studios

Kingfisher Place

Clarendon Road

London. N22 6XF

Rose Bruford

Course details:

The programme is designed to produce an artist who is flexible and articulate, able to work in a variety of genres and repertoires with the ability to apply skills as demanded by a text and its performance conditions. You will develop a range of analytic and communicative skills in order to become an articulate and reflective practitioner and to enable you to be successful in an increasingly competitive profession.

Year 1, Semester 1

·        The introduction of core skills and concepts of acting.

·        Contextual study programme relevant to practical work.

Year 1, Semester 2

·        The development and extension of core skills.

·        Contextual study programme relevant to practical work.

Year 2, Semester 1

·        Chorus and ensemble work.

·        Contextual study programme relevant to practical work.

Year 2, Semester 2

·        The development and extension of acting skills.

·        Contextual study programme relevant to practical work.

Year 3, Semester 1

·        First public performance.

·        Research project and dissertation.

Year 3, Semester 2

·        Second and third public performances.

·        Professional preparation workshops and London Showcase

Audition fee: £30

Basic entry requirements:

Suggested ‘A’ Level subjects: English, Theatre Studies, Drama.

Selection criteria:

You will be expected to demonstrate an active interest in performance arts and some prior experience in, for example, youth groups or amateur theatre will be an advantage.

What to prepare:

The audition process has three stages. Firstly, all applicants are invited for an audition at which you will present two pieces to programme tutors and in front of other applicants. One of these should be from a contemporary play (chosen by you,) the other will be a Shakespeare (selected by the college and sent to you after application.) These will be three minutes long (exactly – they time and stop you!)

You will also have the opportunity to meet current students and tour the facilities. Selected candidates are then invited to attend a call-back audition, which consists of workshops in voice, movement, improvisation, and singing. Following the workshops, selected candidates are invited to stay for an interview with the Programme Director and other acting staff.

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Contact details:

Phone: 020 8308 2600
Fax: 020 8308 0542

Email: enquiries@bruford.ac.uk

Rose Bruford College
Lamorbey Park Campus
Burnt Oak Lane
Sidcup
Kent
DA15 9DF

RADA

Course details:

The course lasts for nine terms, which vary in length from 11 to 13 weeks.

The individual work is on voice, movement and physical skills. In voice the students have the opportunity to develop projection, range, clarity, strength and flexibility without losing their individual characteristics of speech. The study of dialect and phonetics enables mastery of speech patterns other than their own. Rudiments of music are taught and students have individual singing lessons. A complex of movement skills, combining group work and individual classes in Alexander Technique, form the basis for interpretative expression and the ordered movement of tumbling, armed and unarmed combat and dance. Movement and voice are brought together as the course develops. In the second year, students are taught radio, television and filming techniques. All Acting Degree students have a term of training in playwriting and technical crafts. The course is flexible enough to allow changes of emphasis according to the needs of a particular group.

During the first term, students are introduced to Stanislavski-based acting exercises, alongside their vocal and physical skills classes. In the subsequent terms they go on to explore the application of their developing skills in a series of 'in-house' presentations of texts, including Shakespeare, Jacobean, Restoration/18th century drama and 19th and 20th century realist plays. The strong classical element in the training is complemented by classes involving improvisation, devising and contemporary text. During the third year, the students work with a number of guest directors drawn from the profession.

First year students receive Front of House training and are required to work as ushers during the termly production seasons. First and second year students are encouraged to attend all third year productions. Students on the acting course are not permitted to accept professional acting work for the duration of the course. Students do not appear in public performances until the end of the summer term of the second year. In the course of the final year, each actor will appear in several public, professionally directed and designed productions. The 'Tree Performance' of individual speeches and scenes is presented for an invited audience of agents and casting directors.

Audition fee: £33

Basic entry requirements:

Although no specific qualifications are required for entry, candidates will need to demonstrate their intellectual, creative and practical abilities to undertake higher level training. The work is arduous and general good health is essential.

Selection criteria:

Entry is by audition and interview. The panel is looking for natural talent.

What to prepare:

Candidates offered a place are selected from those who after a successful initial audition are recalled for further assessment either by audition, workshop or individual working session. It is a lengthy and rigorous audition process and may span several months.

Candidates must perform two pieces of their own choosing, neither of which may be longer than 3 MINUTES. One piece must be a monologue from any play by Shakespeare or other Elizabethan/Jacobean playwright, the other a monologue from any play by another author and in clear contrast to the first piece. Only one of the two pieces may be a direct address to the audience.

N.B. A list of audition guidance notes will be sent to those who register for entry.

Contact details:

Phone: 020-7636 7076

Fax: 020-7323 3865

Prospectus Tel: 020-7908 4710

RADA

62-64 Gower Street,

London.

WC1E 6ED