About me and the purpose of this Blog.

Hello, to anyone who reads this!

My name is Jack Davies and I am 18 years of age and I live in Clapham, South West London. I moved to London about six months ago from Nottingham to experience a GAP year. I was employed at Waitrose for about three months but I left because I had to get up at 4am every morning and it was making me depressed and very very tired. I am looking for a job.

I have a passion for acting and performing, I have done since I could talk. In order to pursue my dream I have decided to take part in the audition process 2011 for drama schools. So, throughout my time on the blogsphere I will be informing you, my lovely readers what the Drama school process is like, any hints and tips that I get from the experiences and try and work out what the selection panel are looking for.

For the 2011 year I am auditioning at these following universities.

Guildhall School of Drama and Music
The Drama Centre
Central School of Speech and Drama
Rose Bruford
RADA

I have also applied for places to do drama at Queen Mary University and Goldsmiths University as a kind of back up plan if things don't go to plan. But drama school is the only option for me, really.

If I have enough money, I will think about auditioning for LAMDA and Bristol Old Vic, but at this moment in time, I think not.

Last year, I auditioned for two drama schools. LIPA and Manchester Met. I was going to audition at other places but could not as I could not afford the fee's. Although I did not get through in any stage for these places, I put this soley down to being UNPREPARED. I had not researched my speeches enough, in my LIPA audition I could not even remember a single line from my shakespeare piece, that I had to keep going backwards and forwards with the panel asking what line comes next. Embarrasing, yes I know!

I think Manchester Met, taught me to be selective over my pieces. I choose to perform two of the most popular Shakespeare pieces out there, romeo and Macbeth. I was just being Lazy expecting everything to come my way and not expecting to work for anything. Also it made me realise that I had to find pieces that compliment me as an actor and pieces that I am passionate about.

But this year, as I have had more time and really really want to get through, I have decided to do things properly. I started researching my monologues about two or three months ago, instead of a week before the audition day.


I have one audition date confirmed and that is for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on the 3rd Feburary 2011! For this audition I have decided to do Prince Hal from King Henry IV part 1, Cosmo from the Pitchfork Disney and Adam from The priory by Michael Wynn. I am very nervous about this audition, is it is the first audition I will experience this year. The first always seems the worse!

I will also be writing about other things such as reviews about the latest plays I have seen, and ideas about acting.

So, tell me about your experiences at drama school. I want to know where you are applying and if you have had any success.

My next update will most probably be after the Guildhall audition on the 3rd feb! EEK!