Choosing your audition piece

Find out everything you need to know about our audition requirements here.

We strongly encourage you to find material from a play you like or are passionate about. Remember you can ask any drama teachers for suggestions. But if you need help finding a piece, we've compiled this handy list of resources for you. Below you'll find a selection of contemporary pieces.

Please remember your audition speech should last no longer than 2-3 minutes. 

The Oberon book of Queer monologues 

Hear Me Now: Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour 

Oberon Modern Monologues for Women: Teens to Thirties 

Oberon Modern Monologues for Men: Teens to Thirties 

Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors

Faber Book of Monologues: Men 

Faber Book of Monologues: Women 

Radioactive Monologues for Men

Rebel Voices: Monologues for Women by Women

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Men 

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women

Radioactive Monologues for Women

Queers: Eight Monologues

Bird and other monologues for young women

National Youth Theatre Monologues