Learn how to showcase your strengths as an actor and hone your skills for drama school auditions with our specialised online training. Develop best practice approaches for selecting and preparing a contemporary monologue that showcases your unique skillset and learn how to interpret and analyse your selected text to uncover the layers of meaning for a compelling performance.
Guided by NIDA Open’s teaching artists with current industry expertise, you’ll craft a structured approach tailored to thrive in high-pressure audition environments. Engage in dynamic acting exercises designed for seamless online learning, where you’ll dissect characters to articulate their motivations, desires, fears, and inner conflicts. Discover techniques to present yourself with confidence and receive constructive criticism that enables you to refine your performance and address areas for improvement.
This course offers valuable tips and insights into the expectations and formats for both face-to-face and online auditions. It can be undertaken as a single unit or paired with Audition Preparation: Heightened Text & Language course.
Receive a 20% discount when you enrol in both courses, discount applied at checkout when you add both courses to cart (cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount).
Delivery: Face to face via Zoom, 4 × 2.5 hour sessions.
Pre-course work: Choose a short contemporary monologue (no longer than 2 minutes duration, from the 20th or 21st century. It should be sourced from a play text and not a screen play.
Self-directed learning: A minimum of 60 minutes between sessions to rehearse monologue .
Components
Learn how to select, prepare, and perform material for your audition with confidence in both online and face-to-face settings
Develop skills to analyse and interpret a contemporary monologue
Improve your confidence as you learn skills for preparing and rehearsing for an audition with autonomy.
Prerequisites
This course is Core level. Some performance experience is helpful.
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