Auditioning for Drama School

About the course

This practical course is the ideal way to prepare for your drama school auditions. Working with an expert LAMDA tutor, you’ll be guided through how to select, prepare and perform audition monologues – learning techniques and approaches which you can take away and utilise. 

Working alongside peers, you’ll be encouraged to support and celebrate each other as you learn and work. You'll explore how to build confidence in the audition room, how to make an impact and how to show your best work. You'll also get a chance to discuss the technique of self-taping and leave with practical techniques to help you film your work with confidence.  

There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions in an open, exploratory environment. Above all, this course aims to enable your independent practice and provide you with processes and techniques that you can take away and apply within your audition preparation after you've completed the course. 

Please note, this course is designed to introduce you to audition techniques and does not guarantee you a place on a drama school programme.

What will I learn?

• Learn how to handle audition nerves and find confidence in the audition room. 
• Understand what makes a good audition and how to make an impact on the audition panel. 
• Gain insight into how to select appropriate audition material. 
• Widen your knowledge of plays and playwrights by getting introduced to a range of texts. 
• Build a toolbox of key skills and tips to take forward to future auditions. 
• Be encouraged to reflect and ask questions as well as working practically. 
• Discuss the variety of courses and institutions available, and the types of audition you might encounter (workshops, devising recalls etc.).
• Practice responding to notes and redirection quickly.

Is this course for me?

This course is designed for anyone considering auditioning for Drama School. Whether it is your first time auditioning or you are returning to this process, this course will have something to offer you.

As this course will have students from a range of backgrounds and experience levels, you will learn both from your peers as well as the course practitioners.