DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS-ENTRY 2010 - 4TH MAY!!!!

All applicants who complete the AUDITION APPLICATION FORM and pay the audition fee are offered an audition date. Those who cannot attend the first date proposed are normally offered an alternative date.

Auditionees should wear loose comfortable clothing and avoid jewellery or makeup. They are also advised to bring a small bottle of drinking water, to eat breakfast before setting out, and to bring a light packed lunch or money to buy lunch at a local shop, since the day can be very tiring.

The audition day begins at 9 am. Auditionees come to the AVONDALE Building in Landor Road, Clapham, SW9 9PH and report to Reception. (See attached map)

At 9.30am auditionees begin a half-hour warm-up, which will lead into an improvisation workshop led by one of our tutors. Then auditonees will have their individual auditions with a panel made up of the Course Director, Course Co-ordinator and other tutors and they will be asked to present one or both of their prepared audition pieces (neither must be longer than one and a half minutes). No comment is made at this stage.

There will be a question and answer session with the Course Co-ordinator and a lunch break between the morning and afternoon sessions.

At the end of the morning, when all auditionees have been seen, the Panel decides which individuals they wish to recall for the afternoon session. Those not asked to remain are then free to go.

The afternoon session begins with a movement workshop, followed by a singing workshop and then there is a voice workshop.

The final selection is made and those chosen will have an interview with Course Director, Course Co-ordinator and other members of the teaching staff, at which auditionees may be asked to sight-read, and to present either one or both pieces,  these may be redirected. The interview may cover a range of topics, including the auditionee's experience, aspirations and opinions. Auditionees also have the opportunity to ask relevant questions.

Generally no decisions are made on the day. Auditionees can expect to hear the outcome of their audition by post within two weeks of the audition date. Possible outcomes are as follows:
R (Rejection);  
C (Conditional offer);  
U (Unconditional offer);  
Recall

Applicants offered a recall will be invited to a session normally held in June or July.

Unsuccessful auditionees are entitled to feedback should they require it, and should contact the Academy by telephone, between 9am – 12noon Monday - Friday.

Successful auditionees are reminded that they are not permitted to accept offers at more than one Drama School within the Conference of Drama Schools (CDS)

Tips and Advice for Auditioning at Italia Conti
Making sure you maximise your chance of making a good impression

1. Please keep your audition pieces to one & half minutes or under.
2. Make sure that your pieces are within your playing-range in terms of gender, age and physical type.
3. Do not attempt accents other than your own unless you are very confident about your ability.
4. Learn your pieces very thoroughly.
5. Avoid self-written pieces.
6. If possible find at least one piece with which you have a particular relationship or connection: e.g. a piece by a Scottish writer if you are from Scotland.
7. Familiarise yourself with the plays your pieces are taken from.
8. Please choose one Shakespearean piece, from the attached list and one piece from a modern play (we define this as 1870-present day), of your choice.
9. Wear loose comfortable clothing, for ease of movement.
10. Try not to spend ages “getting into character”. It’s best to take a breath and jump straight in!
11. And finally, we don’t mind if you speak directly to the panel – we’d rather you spoke to us than to an empty chair!
12. Be prepared to be redirected – and if you don’t understand the redirection, please say so!

Good Luck!!

Please choose one Shakespeare speech from the list below:

Male
Edgar    King Lear Act 2 Scene 3
“I heard myself proclaim’d……”

Leontes    The Winters Tale Act 1 Scene 2
“Inch-thick, knee-deep, oe’r head and ears a fork’d one……….”

Macbeth    Macbeth Act 3 Scene 1
“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus…”

Arthur    King John Act 4 Scene 1
“Have you the heart?  When your head did ache….”

Brutus    Julius Caesar Act 2 Scene 1
“It must be by his death…..”

Orlando    As You Like It Act 1 Scene 1
“As I remember Adam, it was upon this fashion…..l

Female
Imogen    Cymbeline Act 3 Scene 4
“Why I must die…..”

Duchess of York    Richard III Act 4 Scene 4
“Either thou will die by God’s just ordinance…”

Goneril    King Lear Act 1 Scene 3
“By day and night he wrongs me………….Prepare for dinner”

Hermione    The Winters Tale Act 3 Scene 2
“Since what I am to say must be that....”

Queen    Richard II Act 5 Scene 1
“This way the King will come………..”

Helena    All’s Well that Ends Well Act 1 Scene 1
“ Oh, were that all……”