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How to Audition for West End Musicals

Friday, November 26th, 2010

If you’ve always dreamed of being in a West End musical but you’ve never been sure of how to get started, here are some tips. Believe it or not, West End auditions are not just for people who are already famous.

First, you need to be able to sing. If you’ve never taking voice lessons, now is the time to start. Even if you’re lucky enough to have an amazing voice when you start, lessons can improve anyone.

Next, take a speech class or an acting class. This will help you with public speaking skills that you will both for auditions and interviews as well as your performances on stage.

Do some small amateur productions. This can be anything from being an extra in a local play to singing in a pub. This gives you a chance to see what live performances are like, and you can also ask for feedback.

Build a portfolio. Include a CV with relevant information—such as any performing you have done. Also include some good photos of yourself.

Record a demo reel. This gives you an opportunity to present yourself at your best even if you don’t do your best in an audition.

Finally, relax and do your best. If you are good at what you do and you want it badly enough eventually you will succeed.

To find musical auditions try theatre magazines, newspapers, the Internet, and Audition Now—a company that provides audition information via text (to those 18 and over, £1.50 per text, up to three texts per week).

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How to Have a Successful Theatre Audition

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Do you have a talent for acting or maybe singing? Maybe you’ve always known you wanted to star in a West End musical or a Broadway play, but you’ve never had a successful audition. Maybe you’ve never even had a call back. Here are some tips to help you have successful theatre auditions.

1.    Practice makes perfect. Even if you’ve got your lines down pat, and you feel confident, if you’ve only been over them a few times, you have not practiced enough. You need to practice hundreds of times. You should do it for some friends as well so you can get some feedback.
2.    Take a speech class. Speech therapy, voice lessons, or a speech class will help boost your confidence and public speaking skills.
3.    Be healthy. If you feel healthy physically you’ll feel better mentally and emotionally. Get plenty of rest, exercise, and eat properly.
4.    Dress modestly. Don’t try to impress with your clothes, hair, or makeup. If you need those trappings to look good, trust me – they’ll know.
5.    Relax. Take a deep breath. Make sure you’re ready before you start. If you’re relaxed and confident it will show.

Theatre casting calls are often open which means anyone can try out. Try to remember that while you may not be the best, you are probably better than some.

To find opportunities for musical auditions, theatre, TV, and modelling, try Audition Now. They provide inside information via text message to those at least 18 years old (£1.50 per text, up to three texts a week).

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How to Find Acting Auditions

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

If you don’t have any experience in the field of acting, it may be hard for you to know where to start, or even how to find an audition so that you can try out. Here are some tips for finding acting auditions.

Try contacting local theatres directly. If you’re interested in being plays, this may well afford you opportunities to perform in small and large rolls—in both plays and musicals. Some local theatres produce multiple productions each season.

If you would rather be a TV actor, you may need to apply to an agency. Put together a good portfolio including a CV with any relevant information and education, as well as some good recent photos of you. Contact the agency and submit your portfolio for review. If you get called in for an interview you may well be on your way to some great auditions.

Don’t discount the chance to be an extra. Extras in movies often move on to much greater things. Sometimes when films are done locally, the producers will advertise for extras to show up for crowd scenes, street scenes, etc. Try your local newspaper and the Internet to find such opportunities.

Another way to find opportunities is to subscribe to an information service such as Audition Now. This company provides only the best audition information via text message (to those at least 18 years old, for £1.50 per text.) You can text them up to three times a week for opportunities in stage acting, TV acting, and modelling.

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How to Be An Extra in A Soap Opera

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Many people begin their acting careers by appearing in TV shows as extras. If you want to make a break but don’t have the background or education, or you don’t have an agency, you may want to start really small. Here are some tips on how to be an extra in a soap opera.

Soap auditions may be harder to find because they generally have a smaller budget that more widely broadcast television shows, and certainly less than a Hollywood or even a BBC movie. This means that the producers work with a small pool of actors and that’s why you often see the same faces more than once – even if they are walk-ons.

To find opportunities to be in soap operas, it may seem like you have to know someone who knows someone. But if you know where to look, you will soon find that soap castings are available to people out of the loop as well.

Audition Now is a company that provides inside information about auditions that are tailor made to your interests. You can choose from theatre acting auditions, TV acting, or modelling, and receive up-to-date, relevant casting information directly to your mobile phone for just £1.50 per text. (You must be at least 18 years of age.)

If you use a company like this you are receiving information from people who are educated in the industry and they only pass on the best information to you. You won’t waste time auditioning for things you aren’t interested in.

Good luck!

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Automatic Update Service for TV, Model, and Theatre Castings

Monday, November 8th, 2010

One of the great things about showbiz is that the faces are constantly changing. Soaps bring in new characters all the time, and hire tons of extras, magazines and catalogues cannot be seen to use the same models again and again, and new stage shows are always in production. This constant flux can work in favour of newcomers, provided that they have the correct information, such as insider knowledge about TV or dance auditions for example.

Audition Now offers just such a service to would be models and actors, sending information about upcoming acting castings directly to their mobiles via text message. If you are aspiring to work in show business – whether TV, stage, magazine, or catwalk – we can help you to secure more opportunities to begin turning your dream into a reality. Using our industry resources, we can identify suitable opportunities and send the information straight to you, saving you hours of research time.

You must be at least 18 years old to sign up for this service, but upon sign up, you can choose from our three categories: to work as a model, in theatre, or in television – or select more than one if you want to keep your options open. This way, we can make sure that information regarding catalogue modelling opportunities does not get sent to someone who is only interested in hearing about upcoming theatre castings. Each text costs £1.50 (with a maximum of 3 texts being sent per week), but the information it contains could be priceless, leading you to chances – one of which could be your big break.

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Musical, Model, and Soap Casting Information

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

The world of show business is constantly changing, always seeking new talent to fill its screens, stages, and runways. Those trying to secure one of these much-envied professions know how many hours it can take to track down suitable potential work, time which could be better spent training or rehearsing. Audition Now is a service which alerts would-be models and actors to upcoming modelling, TV, play, and musical auditions that may be of interest to them. So if show business has been beckoning your name for some time, why not sign up for these text alerts?

Using our insider knowledge and contacts, we can save you time and provide opportunities to set you on your way to becoming a catwalk model or soap extra. Every job you secure, no matter how small, provides you with more credibility, allowing you to chase bigger breaks, working your way up the ladder until you reach your dream. Almost any super star has stories of how they started off small, and as with any profession: experience counts. For £1.50 a text (with a maximum of 3 texts being sent per week) these chances can be put in your hands, finally allowing you to take control of your career by attending the soap castings or other acting auditions we send.

With the option to choose which alerts to sign up for – TV, stage, or model alerts – you can ensure that only relevant information is sent to you. If you are over 18 years of age, this service may be able to assist you in securing your big break.

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Alerts for Model and Acting Auditions

Monday, November 1st, 2010

There’s no business like show business, and no business you know is as hard to get into. Even some of the most famous stars in the industry have stories of how they struggled for years before catching a break. At Audition Now, we want to help you to find this break sooner.

Whether you are interested in acting, theatre, or model jobs, we can help you to get noticed using our text alert service, which lets you know when and where auditions and castings are coming up that might interest you.

So if you are dying to appear on TV or the stage, or to strut your stuff on the catwalk, and think that you have what it takes: we may be able to help you arrive at your dream destination. This service – for which you must be at least 18 years old to sign up – can save you hours of searching elsewhere for audition opportunities, whether acting auditions for TV or the stage, or to be a model.

The industry is always on the lookout for new faces, and even by auditioning for TV extras roles you can begin to get noticed and get yourself recognised. Like every job, building up a good resume is important and our potential jobs can help you to achieve this. Even the biggest stars started out small, so unless you try – how can you know which break will be the big one? The cost of this fantastic service is £1.50 per text, with maximum of 3 texts per week being sent.

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In the Right Place for Acting Auditions

Friday, October 29th, 2010

It often happens that actors feel that they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They recognise that some of the best acting opportunities pass them by because the auditions are held on the other side of the country, and they don’t know about them. This can happen whether you are represented by an agent or not.

If you are prepared to travel to acting auditions, and to work away from home, then you may find you have many more performance openings than you thought.

The major cities across the UK, such as Cardiff, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, all boast well-established theatre companies that are constantly on the look-out for fresh talent. In addition, and particularly if you are more inclined to work in musicals, there are London-based companies that send tours out across the country, with many opportunities for longer-term contracts.

Some of this work may be advertised nationally in trade magazines and papers such as The Stage, but as often as not, acting auditions and casting calls for the provincial companies don’t make it into the national press. This can make it hard for you to keep tabs on auditions that may be coming up, which in turn means you may be missing out on excellent acting opportunities.

At Audition Now, we have access to a wide network of contacts in the theatre industry. We can therefore help keep you fully informed of a high volume of work possibilities across the country.

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The Life-work Balance and Acting Auditions

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Traditionally, actors hate acting auditions: they rarely know the competition they are up against, they never know what they will be asked to do, and there is no time to warm up the audition panel. However, acting auditions are the actor’s ‘bread and butter’, so if you want to make a career out of acting, then however much you hate or dread them, you have to learn to live with auditions.

There are many techniques you can use to help you keep at bay your fears about auditioning. With experience and a bit of practice, you can learn to control your nerves, and make the process a useful element in the development of your talent.

Screen star Katharine Hepburn once famously said: “Life’s what’s important… acting’s just waiting for the custard pie.”
The point of the remark is to put acting in perspective. You will doubtless know of people who become so obsessive about getting the next part, that it seems they would rather die than fail to be cast. Don’t forget that life is also the actor’s ultimate study resource. What the audience recognises as ‘true’ in a performance is more often than not what the actor has, perhaps by chance, observed in ordinary people in everyday life.

Here at Audition Now, we help you get to as many auditions as you can through our customised texting service. With so many work opportunities to hand, you can be sure of achieving a healthy life-work balance.

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Being Prepared for Acting Auditions

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

There are plenty of conventions for how acting auditions are conducted. However,  the truth is that there are no hard and fast rules, so you may need to be ready for some surprises.

Much will depend on the type of project you are auditioning for.  High-profile prestigious shows, such as West End musicals, which will draw a large volume of auditionees, will have very strict criteria by which their selections are made, and will have correspondingly limited time-slots for each candidate. Very often there are preliminary rounds where you may get to perform for less than a minute while they eliminate the hopeful amateurs.

In straight theatre, the large national companies have talent scouts looking out for new faces in performance, but open theatre auditions are occasionally held, so should not be missed. Such acting auditions offer much more time to the candidate, and the structure of the audition is more open-ended, depending somewhat on what the director is looking for in the play in hand. With small-scale projects such as theatre-in-education shows, the company may be looking for creative input from the actor, and an ability to improvise.

So, the precise format of acting auditions does vary enormously: contrasting pieces of prepared material are a sure bet. You should also expect to be given a reading to perform ‘cold’, but beyond that, expect the unexpected and be ready to be creative.

Here at Audition Now we help you access all the latest auditions through our up-to-the minute texting service.

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