Choice of monologues

These monologues are the ones that I have chose:

Curious Incident
I chose this for my modern monologue because I think that the charecter is close to my age and I know what it's like to be a 15 year old boy. He is also the same gender making me more realistic and I know how to be more like a boy than a girl. It also will show that I am versatile actor as Christopher is autistic and none of my other monologues are spoken by a charecter who is autistic showing a range of skills. Also, I am familiar with this play as I have performed in it before, have seen it live and have watched a filmed version a couple of times.

Wasted talent

I have chose this emotional because it is quite emotional towards a friend. I feel like emotional is one of my strengths. The fact that he is also the same gender makes it more realistic and the charecter is a teenager which is around my age which also makes it look much more realistic. This contrasts with my other modern monologue which is much more passionate and is a totally different charecter.

Romeo and Juliet

I chose this for my classical monologue because I think that the charecter is close to my age and I know what it's like to be a teenager. He is also the same gender making me more realistic as I know how to be more like a boy than a girl. It also will show that I am versatile actor as Christopher is autistic and Romeo has no learning difficulties showing a complete contrast of charecters. Also they are done in different times aswell meaning different language being used aswell. Also, I am familiar with this play as I have seen it doesn't ne before making me more familiar with his whole story and journey throughout the play.

Tuesday 7th July

Today we ran act 2 and I felt like there was a lack of energy today. I think that this may be because we haven't done it for a while and wasn't used to doing it every lesson. I think that we're ready to perform and I think people just need to learn their lines.

Monologue shortlist

Romeo and Juliet
Although I wouldn't choose a classical monologue as it wouldn't really reflect to my personal experiences, both of my schools require one classical monologue so I chose to look at classical monologues aswell at modern monologues. I think that this monologue is ratable because it's about getting something that you can't get even though you're so desperate to get that one thing.
Duchess of Malfi
I chose this monologue because one of the schools asks for a different type of classical monologues. I thought that I would have two and choose one. I think this is relatable to me and it is engaging and a serious monologue and would be good if I put it with a comedy monologue .

Curious Incident
I think that this will be a good monologue because it will show a wide range of acting skills as he is autistic meaning that's it's different to all my other monologues and Christopher is 15 and I know what it is like to be a 15 year old. I have also seen this play done with multiple actors in this role making it easier to give me an idea on what I can do with the monologue

Wasted talent
I think that this is a good monologue for me to use because it's modern and the character is around my age meaning that I can relate to him. Also, I know how it is to lose somebody that you love and I know how the character would feel.

Single Crutch
I think that this monologue would be good for me as I know how annoying it is when somebody won't give me something. I can also show more than one emotion and I think that this monologue definitely tells more of a story than all of the other monologues that I have done.

Like dreaming, backwards
I think that this monologue would be good for me because the character in it shows a wide range of emotion and once again tells a story that you can build upon making the audience feel more engaged and connected with me.

Monday 6th July

Today we was doing our backstage jobs. I worked on the tickets for the whole lesson to get them done the way I wanted and used a range of designs until I found the one that I liked the most. I will give the file to my teacher who will print them off so that we can sell them soon.

Drama schools requirements

Mountview

Mountview recognises that talent cannot always be measured by conventional academic achievement and welcomes applications from people without standard entry qualifications. However, one of the following is desirable:

• Five GCSE passes, including two at A-Level
• Four SCE Higher Grade passes
• BTEC National or Higher National Certificate or Diploma with merit grades
• Foundation course

They ask applicants to use

• One classical monologue
• One modern monologue

LAMDA
LAMDA asks you to prepare:

• one monologue from an Elizabethan or Jacobean play; and
• one monologue from a play written in either the 20^th or 21^st Century, but not a piece written by you or by an unknown or little-known author.

Thursday 2nd July

Today we ran Act 1. I think that this went really well and I think it's now a case of people learning their lines especially as it's only a couple of weeks away. This will make running the show much easier as people will then know what they are doing rather than constantly looking at their scripts. It will male the show look much neater aswell..