Entrance to all BSA Courses (excluding the 10 WEEK FOUNDATION IN ACTING) is strictly by audition. Minimum age of entry to all courses is 18 yrs. There is no upper age limit.

AUDITION FORMAT

The audition process will consist of:

• SHORT INTERVIEW
  
• PERFORMANCE OF TWO MONOLOGUES (details below)
  
• SIGHT-READING
  

AUDITION CRITERIA

For the ONE-YEAR ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAMME, all candidates must learn and prepare:

• A Contemporary Monologue from either a published play or screenplay written post-1980
  
• A Monologue written no later than the 19th Century

FOR ALL OTHER COURSES, candidates must learn and prepare two contrasting Monologues from published plays or screenplays written post-1980.

No audition is required for the 10 WEEK FOUNDATION IN ACTING.

For a full list of Audition Guidelines, please refer to the Application Form.

The BSA Actor Training application form comes in PDF format.

You can read PDFs using Adobe Acrobat reader, available as a free download from Adobe