It is unbelievably hard to get into drama school in the UK. About 4,500 young people apply every year, pay a fortune to be seen for about 90 seconds (which is outrageous, but that’s a different debate!) and will most likely be rejected by all of them. Either they tell you you need life experience [...]

Auditioning is hard. That’s no secret. It is terrifying putting yourself on display with the risk of failing – and even the best actors are rejected from time to time. Sometimes you are just not right for the job. There are factors you can’t argue with and have to accept. Auditioning for drama schools is [...]

When you are applying for jobs it’s usually your CV you have to worry about – your experience, your degree and how it all fits in with the company for which you are hoping to work. But with auditioning, it’s different. It’s not only about your training, your experience and how you look on paper: [...]

Age seems to be a big issue in life. We want to look younger, live longer, try many different and desperate ways to pursue youth – even when we hit our twenties we worry that we aren’t as interesting as the 16-year-olds around us. In acting, age is of vital importance; you have to be [...]