So You Want To Go To Drama School?

by Helen Freeman

Overview

The essential guide to getting into drama school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848420168
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	05/17/2011
Series:	Nick Hern Books
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

HELEN FREEMAN has extensive experience of the audition process as an audition panellist and a student-performance assessor at the Guildford School of Acting.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Making the Decision 3

Why acting? What's acting like? What are you like?

2 University or Drama School? 9

Why drama school? What happens there?

3 The Key to Preparation 20

School, exams, extra-curricular performance and lessons

4 Research, Research, Research 32

Finding out about the drama schools and audition requirements

5 Choosing the Right Stuff 45

Finding a speech; putting your programme together

6 Working It! 63

Making the speeches work for you

7 It Ain't Over… 85

Musical-theatre auditions; singing for actors

8 Practice, Practice, Practice 101

Preparing the voice; exercises to sharpen your performance

9 On the Day 115

First-round auditions; recalls

10 The Final Word 135

A Postscript for Parents and Teachers 139

Appendices

Drama Schools, Funding and Contacts 144

Suggested Reading List 151

Glossary of Terms 157

Theatre Genres 162

Editorial Reviews

"provides precisely the information and advice aspirant actors need... if you are a potential drama student, or the parent of one, buy this book"—The Stage

"full of useful information... there's not a page in this book that doesn't contain something useful and important"—ReviewsGate.com

"provides precisely the information and advice aspirant actors need... if you are a potential drama student, or the parent of one, buy this book"—The Stage

"full of useful information... there's not a page in this book that doesn't contain something useful and important"—ReviewsGate.com

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