Preparing for Drama School Auditions - Day Intensive Workshop
Sunday 30th November 10:00am – 5:00pm
£180.00
Join our Drama School auditioning workshop to develop your skills and confidence as a performer and learn what will really give you the best chance of success. The session is lead by a professional actor and director who has years of experience sitting on drama school audition panels. The day will encourage you to develop and fine tune your acting skills and rehearsal approaches. The skills and exercises we teach you will make your classical and contemporary speeches the best showcase of your talents and abilities.
Anyone 16+ that is considering applying to drama school or has already put in an application is welcome! Whether you're studying or working or ... gap yearing, applying for your first, second or third time our workshops provide a supportive and collaborative environment to grow and develop as an actor whilst using industry techniques and approaches (taught at drama schools) to deepen your acting skill.
The day cover skills on:
Choosing the right speeches that reflect your excellent personality ;) and show the best of what you have to offer as an actor and collaborator.
Acting for Contemporary Monologues - how to analyse, rehearse and perform them.
Acting for Classical Monologues - how to analyse, rehearse and perform them.
Creating a character Vocally and Physically
Analysing scripts.
Meisner technique - for rehearsing and performing. (Based on Stanislavski teachings - Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances)
Sight Reading
Taking direction and being versatile and adaptable to direction.
You will receive a free printed resource pack with every exercise you do with some background detail on it so the skills and learning can stay with you! :)
Bring at least one contemporary(modern) monologue and one Shakespearian monologue. We will have a selection also - but bring anything you've got that you think is worth a go!
The intensive drama school auditioning day course starts at 10am and has breaks throughout with lunch at 1pm and concludes at 5pm. The workshop is led by the founder of Compass Studio Exeter, a working professional actor & voice actor and director, giving you in depth knowledge, professionals skills and techniques.
We recommend wearing comfortable loose clothing you can move freely in. Think about what you would wear for first day of your drama school training about to walk in to your first acting, movement or voice class.
You'll gain valuable insights, receive personalised feedback, and meet other actors in a similar position. This is a great opportunity to start your journey and grow as an actor and hone your skills. The objective is that this training will enable you to hold your head up high as your walk out of the audition knowing you did everything in your power to do a quality audition.
This workshops take place at The Exeter Phoenix in Exeter (Top Studio - 2nd floor). More info below!
Receive benefits? Studying? Keen to come but really struggling with money?
Use our social tariff for 20% off The discount code is: DAY20 Accessibility is key! If you need it, use it.
Want to attend, but can't make the date or time? Contact us!
We are keen for feedback to make sessions as accessible as possible
