The Excellent Audition Guide

An engaging, upbeat guide for any student thinking of applying to drama school.

If you're thinking of applying to drama school, The Excellent Audition Guide will give you everything you need to prepare well and perform your audition to the best of your ability. Experienced actor, director and drama teacher Andy Johnson leads you through every step of the application process:

  • Researching drama schools
  • Writing personal statements and CVs
  • Choosing and working on your speeches and songs
  • Brushing up technical and vocal skills

And, of course:

  • How to tackle the auditions themselves by being true to yourself and making fear your friend

A reassuring, encouraging 'how to' book that demystifies an often scary-looking process, The Excellent Audition Guide is ideal not just for applicants themselves, but also for parents, teachers and careers advisors looking to help them fulfill their acting ambitions.

'Smart, dynamic and inspiring, this is an invaluable book for anyone thinking of trying for drama school' Michael Simkins

'There's only one book in the world I would read about getting into drama school and doing good auditions. It's this one.' Vanessa Kirby (Great Expectations, Labyrinth, Three Sisters, Jupiter Ascending)

'This book is accurate and beautifully concise. I wish Andy's written wisdom had been with me when I was applying to drama school.' Freddie Fox (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Judas Kiss, Hay Fever, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

'Brilliant... really practical... It's like being led through the process by a trusted and knowledgeable friend... a most useful book which anyone about to start on the application process should read' The Stage

'A very thorough self-help guide... Johnson begins with clear strategies to help uncover meaning within the text, moving to more complex rehearsal techniques to help release the words and make them your own.... Terrific.' Teaching Drama Magazine

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The Excellent Audition Guide

An engaging, upbeat guide for any student thinking of applying to drama school.

If you're thinking of applying to drama school, The Excellent Audition Guide will give you everything you need to prepare well and perform your audition to the best of your ability. Experienced actor, director and drama teacher Andy Johnson leads you through every step of the application process:

  • Researching drama schools
  • Writing personal statements and CVs
  • Choosing and working on your speeches and songs
  • Brushing up technical and vocal skills

And, of course:

  • How to tackle the auditions themselves by being true to yourself and making fear your friend

A reassuring, encouraging 'how to' book that demystifies an often scary-looking process, The Excellent Audition Guide is ideal not just for applicants themselves, but also for parents, teachers and careers advisors looking to help them fulfill their acting ambitions.

'Smart, dynamic and inspiring, this is an invaluable book for anyone thinking of trying for drama school' Michael Simkins

'There's only one book in the world I would read about getting into drama school and doing good auditions. It's this one.' Vanessa Kirby (Great Expectations, Labyrinth, Three Sisters, Jupiter Ascending)

'This book is accurate and beautifully concise. I wish Andy's written wisdom had been with me when I was applying to drama school.' Freddie Fox (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Judas Kiss, Hay Fever, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

'Brilliant... really practical... It's like being led through the process by a trusted and knowledgeable friend... a most useful book which anyone about to start on the application process should read' The Stage

'A very thorough self-help guide... Johnson begins with clear strategies to help uncover meaning within the text, moving to more complex rehearsal techniques to help release the words and make them your own.... Terrific.' Teaching Drama Magazine

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The Excellent Audition Guide

The Excellent Audition Guide

by Andy Johnson
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The Excellent Audition Guide

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Overview

An engaging, upbeat guide for any student thinking of applying to drama school.

If you're thinking of applying to drama school, The Excellent Audition Guide will give you everything you need to prepare well and perform your audition to the best of your ability. Experienced actor, director and drama teacher Andy Johnson leads you through every step of the application process:

  • Researching drama schools
  • Writing personal statements and CVs
  • Choosing and working on your speeches and songs
  • Brushing up technical and vocal skills

And, of course:

  • How to tackle the auditions themselves by being true to yourself and making fear your friend

A reassuring, encouraging 'how to' book that demystifies an often scary-looking process, The Excellent Audition Guide is ideal not just for applicants themselves, but also for parents, teachers and careers advisors looking to help them fulfill their acting ambitions.

'Smart, dynamic and inspiring, this is an invaluable book for anyone thinking of trying for drama school' Michael Simkins

'There's only one book in the world I would read about getting into drama school and doing good auditions. It's this one.' Vanessa Kirby (Great Expectations, Labyrinth, Three Sisters, Jupiter Ascending)

'This book is accurate and beautifully concise. I wish Andy's written wisdom had been with me when I was applying to drama school.' Freddie Fox (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Judas Kiss, Hay Fever, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

'Brilliant... really practical... It's like being led through the process by a trusted and knowledgeable friend... a most useful book which anyone about to start on the application process should read' The Stage

'A very thorough self-help guide... Johnson begins with clear strategies to help uncover meaning within the text, moving to more complex rehearsal techniques to help release the words and make them your own.... Terrific.' Teaching Drama Magazine


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780012544
Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
Publication date: 07/31/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 200
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 12 Years

About the Author

Andy Johnson is an actor, writer, director and drama teacher. His work includes acting roles in Peak Practice , The Bill and Picking Up the Pieces , and directorial credits at venues such as the BAC and Young Vic. He has taught at East 15, Mountview, Middlesex University and the University of Nevada, and is currently Director-in-Residence at Hurtwood House, Surrey.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Mantras 3

Part 1 Application Process 9

Which Drama School? 11

Research 11

Where and how to find things out 12

How to Apply 13

What's the process? 14

When Do I Apply? 16

Photos 21

Costs 21

The Personal Statement 22

Dos and don'ts for writing your statement 24

The CV 31

Applying for the Second Time 34

Part 2 Preparation and Attitude 37

Choosing Your Speeches 39

Making a smart choice 40

Dos and don'ts when making a choice 42

Making a dynamic contrast 47

Accents and dialects 49

Preparing and Working on Your Monologues 52

Starting out - early thinking 60

Bookwork 67

More questions 72

Tackling your speech 73

Exercises 77

It's All About the Words 81

Vital Edges 86

Positive actions to take while you are working 86

Delivery tips 90

Performance and delivery - honing your edges 94

Performance and delivery no-nos 104

Later in rehearsals, and into the auditions 107

Part 3 Practical Practice 111

Dealing With Shakespeare 113

Your Song 122

Exercises Explained 126

The Wall 127

The Mirror 128

Other things to fix 128

Use another body 129

Get physical 131

Give yourself another focus 131

'Dances' 132

One-word build-up 135

Part 4 The Auditions: Winning Ways and Knowledge 137

Mantras Revisited 140

What Happens at an Audition 142

Group auditions 144

The Interview 146

Vital prep approaching the audition day 150

The night before 152

The audition day 154

Just before you go in 159

In the Room: Individual Auditions 160

What to do and how to be 160

After the Audition 167

Between Auditions 168

Recall Stages 169

On Recall Days 172

After the Auditions 174

End well… 174

Appendices 177

Likely Questions at Your Interview 178

Some Suitable Audition Songs 184

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