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Undergraduate Audition Information

Auditions to Celebrate the Individual

Auditions for our undergraduate courses (CertHE Acting & Theatre Making & BA (Hons) Acting) are designed to be dynamic, supportive and personable, to provide you with the chance to experience our unique and vibrant drama school and its training philosophy; to ensure that Fourth Monkey is the best drama school and will offer the most suitable approach to training for you.
 
We want everyone who applies to audition with us to come away with a clear picture of what training to be a professional actor with Fourth Monkey is truly like.
 
Early application to our courses is advised as offers to train with us are made continually throughout the audition process and places on all of our accredited courses are limited.

How to Apply

 
All applications to undergraduate courses, can be made by direct application or via UCAS.*
Direct Application
Applications to all undergraduate courses can be made directly to the school using our quick and easy online application form, providing the following details:
 
  • Your Choice of Course
  • Your Choice of Audition
  • Personal Information incl. Photo
  • Personal Statement
  • Contact Information
  • Education History
  • Equality & Diversity Information
  • Portfolio Piece & Performance Information (MA Only)
 
You will receive an email confirming that your audition application with us has been received and your audition date has been confirmed.
 
Applications for auditions close 48 hours in advance of the audition in order for the administration for each audition to be carried out in good time.
UCAS Application
If you would prefer, applications to undergraduate courses can also be be made online via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
 
 
Fourth Monkey Institution Code: F33
 
 
Please ensure that your use the correct code for your preferred course only. Applicants are automatically be considered for all undergraduate courses from one application, so you do not need to use separate UCAS choices if you are interested in more than one of the acting courses at Fourth Monkey.
 
You will receive an email inviting you to complete an audition application with us, to secure your preferred audition date from a list of available options. Please check your junk folder as sometimes invitation emails can sometimes be sent there.

*UCAS applications currently closed

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Audition Day

Taking place over the course of a full day, our drama school auditions are designed to explore an applicants’ performance of text, their vocal and physical suitability and their individual drive to train professionally. Our auditions are also designed to give each applicant opportunity to ensure that Fourth Monkey will offer the most suitable approach to professional actor training for them.

At a Fourth Monkey audition, you will experience workshops in Act. Make. Move. Collaborate. Alongside numerous opportunities to speak with staff, students and alumni about Fourth Monkey and our training.

There will be a tour of the venue and facilities, plenty of opportunities to ask any questions that you may have with one of our Students or Alumni about our drama school, approach to actor training and the Fourth Monkey student experience.

ALL APPLICANTS ARE ASKED TO PREPARE AND PERFORM TWO SHORT AUDITION SPEECHES, EACH LASTING NO LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES:

  • ONE CLASSICAL SPEECH (SHAKESPEARE OR SIMILAR ELIZABETHAN-ERA WRITER)
  • ONE CONTEMPORARY SPEECH

Applicants will then perform their chosen monologues to the panel and re-work at least one of their chosen speeches, working one-on-one with the panel member. This is intended to enable us to play with the speech and to further explore the choices an applicant has made, as well as give an insight into who they are as an actor and performer.

Each applicant will then have a one-on-one interview with a member of the audition panel, discuss their application and have a further opportunity to ask any questions about Fourth Monkey.

Offer to Study

Our auditions see beyond the traditional conservatoire Drama School criteria. We find interest and curiosity in those applicants who don’t conform to traditional expectations.
 
A Fourth Monkey student is someone who demonstrates potential, drive and a passion for learning and play. They are invested and exciting, with the potential to grow and benefit from our training. A successful applicant is not defined by what they can or cannot do, but what they have the potential to do.
 
Fourth Monkey take considered and balanced risks on potential, but only on those who demonstrate the drive and passion to succeed and a connection to the training we offer. They can often be actors or any combination of performer, such as dancer, musician or artist. If invested and presenting the right attitude and aptitude to train – the person can override perceived talent and show they are a fit for Fourth Monkey. We only make offers to those individuals we feel can confidently begin a course with Fourth Monkey with an expectation to develop during the training, succeed in their training goals, and to achieve a HE qualification.

 

Our Admissions Team

Our approach is to provide the best ‘customer service’ that we are able. We endeavour to answer all admissions queries within 48 hours. We hope to ensure that everyone feels supported, receives clearly communicated information and has a complete understanding of any requirements throughout their Application, Audition and Enrolment with Fourth Monkey.
Audition Assessment Criteria
Fourth Monkey applicants are only assessed on individual merit at audition, focusing on their potential as an actor creative performer.
 
Practical Assessment
  • Ability to take direction
  • Understanding of text and use of emotion
  • Truth & Focus
  • Expression of thought and feeling through movement and voice
  • Openness to others’ imagination and creativity
  • Communication, generosity and collaborative skills
  • Creativity, boldness and playfulness
  • Potential for development of technical capabilities and performance skills
 
Interview Assessment
  • Enthusiasm for, and evidence of a commitment to acting, theatre or creative performance
  • Understanding of the opportunities and demands of the actor training offered at Fourth Monkey
  • Understanding of acting theatre or creative performance in its wider context, i.e. awareness of critical issues relevant
 
During the Fourth Monkey audition process, certain expected professional practices are upheld, such as; attendance, promptness, etiquette and appropriate clothing.
Academic Requirements
Offers to study with Fourth Monkey are made purely on merit, based on assessment at audition and/ or interview.
 
Previous formal academic qualifications are not essential, but as the course is within the NQF HE framework, it is hoped that you have achieved, or be currently studying a Level 3 Qualification or Higher
 
Upon completion of a successful audition, to accept any offer to study made by Fourth Monkey, you must register and satisfactorily adhere to the Admissions Policy of our Awarding Partner, Falmouth University prior to the completion of enrolment for the course.
 
If you are lucky enough to receive an offer to study with us, as the course is within the NQF of HE, you must and will be over the age of 18 at the start of the course.
 
If you have any questions regarding the Academic Requirements for the course, please do get in touch.

Postgraduate Interview & Workshop Information

Information about Auditions for our Postgraduate Courses

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Courses

Information on our CertHE Acting & Theatre Making, BA (Hons) Acting & MA Collaborative Theatre courses.

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