UCAS report

Although I have already applied for Universities, I am still contemplating whether I still want to attend. This is due to finances and family related issues which I prefer not to say. However, the location of the Universities I have chosen are easy access through a train route as I live 30 seconds away from an Underground station. The Universities I have applied for are the University of East London, Central Saint Martins - UAL - University of Arts London and the Central School of Speech and Drama. The reasons why these were chosen and I am still contemplating about LAMDA, a Drama School I have always wanted to attend, is because the reviews are amazing and I have been to their open days - their facilities are amazing. And the staff are incredibly polite and that is the sort of environment I would like to surround myself with. They all encourage you to just be yourself and I am excited to audition for all of them. I am already preparing monologues for them.

Although having monologues is already a start, having at least another classical and a modern monologue can help secure your essentials for the audition as it shows the judges that you are well prepared. In addition some drama schools may ask for you to sing so having a few songs prepared may be a good decision to make just in case they do.  

When first deciding a monologue, you need to consider on how it impacts you as this makes it easier for you to extract the reasons on why you had chosen this purposefully. Once all monologues are obtained, first of all, you need to annotate it. For example, label specific words or phrases you want to emphasise and in brackets put an emotion or action/gesture you may want to accompany the part with. You may also want to consider the 6 W’s: Who are you? When are you? Where are you? Why am I here? What do you want? What will I do to achieve my want? Using these questions to break down the scene can help contribute to your character development and to allow yourself to relate to the character with your own interpretations. It may also be wise to watch your monologues performed online to give you a slight idea of how to portray that character.