The awkward hello when you haven't seen a person for a long time because you have being avoiding them hello.

Hello,
If you are wondering about the title of this post it is because, well I have being avoiding this blog...
Im sorry people but I have had nothing to write about since my life have being, well, very dull for the past week and I have no (ish) stories to tell you all.
BUT now I do so I thought I might write it down, which I am doing now...
Anyways it is two weeks until I head up north to Glasgow to attend the Summer Course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very excited/shitting ones self/god knows about the whole thing, I hope to learn a Scottish accent when Im over there as at the moment my accent is awful.
Also next friday I finish for the Summer Holidays!
However before I am free for 8 weeks we have to come in to attend two days, one of them is when people from different careers talk about their work and why they love it. It's called Careers day which is the most original name for it. Also on thursday we have to apply for UCAS and start our personal statements (which I have already done) so that sounds super fun.

In other news I have started watching Game of Thrones, I know that I am like three years behind everyone else but Im quite glad because I kind of know what is going to happen to people so I won't be too shocked when it happens. BTW Jon Snow is so dam hot! I don't give a dam if he is a bastard I would still have him easily. Also I am in love with the dwarf Tyrion and Starks youngest daughter Arya cos she kicks butt.

And because I am addicted to it I am going to leave this noisy room and watch a few episodes.
Adios 
Terri D

More Monologues...

Hello there people.
Since I have had an extremely busy week this is the first chance that I have had just to sit down and write on the blog for a while.
Manchester Met was A-MA-ZING! I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really want to go there as there is such a buzz feeling there and I know Manchester like the back of my hand so it won't feel like I'm entering a foreign country.  
Anyway in other news I have bought a play called Port by Simon Stephens (by the same man who co-wrote the west end show A curious incident of a dog in the night-time.) Basically it's about this girl who comes from Stockport (like me) and just wants to get out, it tells her story from 1988 to 2002.  The main reason for buying this play was for my auditions in December/January because when I went to Manchester Met in the lecture they gave on the Acting course the man said that they wanted pieces which related to you in some way, especially with the contemporary one.
And for me, coming from Stockport and feeling similar things about the place to Racheal (the main character in the story) I just got her and could relate to her on many levels.
From it I have chosen tow bits from the play to try out tomorrow with my Drama teacher to see what she thinks. One of them technically isn't a monologue but it can easily mash together to make something like a monologue.

The first one is when Racheal is 22, it's new years eve in 1999 and she has just been physically assaulted my her Husband in a posh hotel room. He leaves her on the floor.

Stage directions - Stands up after a while. It hurts. She goes to pick up the wine glass. Drains it. Gets the wine bottle from the fridge and refills her glass. She goes where Kevin (The Husband) has dropped her phone and picks it up.

Sits back on the bed. Drinks from her glass. Phones her brother.

Racheal - Billy? It's me, Racheal. How are you? Good lad. Are you? That'll be good won't it? I'm ok love. I'm fine. I don't know. I don't think so. Kevin's had a bit of a bad one mate, you with me? No I'm fine. He's just. I hate him Billy. I want to kill him. I think I might. I fucking could. I bet you. No. I won't. No don't worry about that. I'll be fine. I will. I'll be be magic. I just wanted to talk to you. I was thinking about yer. Got yer perfume on. I have and all. I like it. It's really nice. Oh, fuck him. I think it's lovely. I just wanted to wish you Happy New Year. I now well. I'm doing it early aren't I? Happy New Year. I know. Happy New Century. Happy New Millennium. It's mental int it? Listen Mate, I'm gonna fuck off. I just wanted to, you know, I just wanted to talk to you. No I'll be fine. I'm cracking. Yeah I know. I love you Bill. Well. I do. I'll see you later. You have a good night mate. See you later.

She turns the phone off. Sits up on the bed. Staring out of the window.

Now this second one is when Racheal is 24 years old and it is 2002. She has been living in York for the past 10 months to get away from her abusive husband. She is in a beer garden and is talking to her old friend and ex Danny about what she sees what has changed in stockport while she has been gone.
(Please note people that I have edited this slightly so it will flow well as a monologue.)

Racheal - When I was a kid I used to think the clock tower in the Merseyway was massive. Fucking big skyscraper. I couldn't understand how come, when they had programmes about the tallest buildings in the world, I could't understand why they never mentioned the clock tower in the Merseyway. I went back there at the weekend. It's tiny. Very Squat. Really short. I was quite disappointed. 
Noticed the Viaduct. I'd never really paid any attention to it before. I never really noticed it. But I was looking at it, on my way into town. It's actually, y'know, it's quite impressive. There's something about it.
I noticed  how many pubs  there are. Pub's fucking everywhere in this place. A lot of the shops have changed. Smartened up a bit. Some of them are all right. And I was up at the station. Looking down. Noticed the way the valley curves down. When I was little, Used to love geography. All about continental drift. And the ice age. Stuff like that. And looking at the town centre I could just have imagined what it must of been like. All the ice and that. How it would of settled. See all the curves of where the water was like underneath the sea. That was a bit mad. 
Funny going back into manchester. All that rain. Went in with Billy. It was pissing down. Felt, kind of, it felt all right. Felt like it was meant to be raining here. Felt OK.


^Both these monologues will be on the monologue page if you want to get access to them more easily.
I understand that I don't write many monologues for males and Im sorry guys if you feel like I have a limited sources when it comes to that but I am a female so I will be looking for me.
No I need to get some food to get the alcohol which I consumed last night out of my system.
Cheerio,
Terri ;D

Updates people!

Hola!

So people so many things to update you guys about in the last couple of days.
Firstly that yesterday I started my application for Guildhall's BA Acting course, I need to wait until I get my grades in the summer and my references from my Drama teacher (plus another!) but I'm glad that if I have started then I will know that I need to finish it. (the deadline for London auditions is mid October.)
Next is that the open day for Manchester Met is tomorrow and there is a big talk on acting so clearly its a big course there, I am also meeting up with my friends before heading home to see my best friend off to her prom.
Then I've managed to get on to the Model United Nations team for a competition on friday which will be very good to put on the personal statement when I make another draft.
And finally my friend who I am going on the summer course with has just been signed by an agency! It looks really good and she is asking me if I want to also apply for it so I am going to look into it.
Now I need to sleep as I am extremely tired.
Adios
Terri ;D

The Audience Reveiw

Hey guys,

So yesterday to my suprise I discovered that I had booked myself a ticket to go see the national theatre live screening of The Audience staring Hellen Mirren ( I did book it at midnight like two weeks ago so it was easy to forget). Anyway it was amazing, there was humour and a guenuin sense of getting snapshots into the queens past. Hellen Mirren was amazing as per usual but I was deeply impressed by the young lady who played a younger queen and she had such long monologues which she handled very well.

So I suggest you note down the name Nell Williams because if she continues to be that good then she has got a solid carrer ahead of her.

I would like to also say that if you want to go to the theatre but can't afford the prices (It cost me £110 to go see Peter and Alice a few weeks ago) then the National theatre screening program is brilliant and I would highly recomend it, especially to all thoes who want to apply fir acting courses as it will keep you up to date of what is playing at the moment.

So with all this I am going to give this play a 9/10, mainly because the changes hellen mirren did were spectacually quick.

Adios

Terri ;D

Grrrrr

Yo,
So I have finished all my exams!!!!!!
But now all my mates are trying to persuade me into going out with this guy that keeps asking me out because he's really nice.
Look kids let me get this straight.
I am the victim of sexual abuse, yes it was a year and a bit ago but THIS GIRL NEEDS TIME TO...
Heal? no more like get things straight in my mind before perusing something with someone I know well. And in my books I don't know this guy well enough to start something like that.
OK so lets just move on please to having a laugh with the need for romance, I've got Harry Potter, I don't need anyone else.
Bye
Terri.

The need to get healthy

Hiya there,
I realise that I haven't been writing on here for a while, but I thought that I might update on a few things, for example in the next 5 mins (well as soon as I finish this post) I will be starting a new diet.
Now I don't agree with diets where you starve yourself just to get a nice body but I have been reading up about what the drama schools look for in a candidate when the audition and what has popped up several times is that they are looking for stamina and energy, and at the moment, I struggle walking up stairs without getting breathless so clearly something has to be done about it.
Now my mum has suggested that I go swimming everyday since I am rather good at it (I was on the North West synchronised swimming squad until I got bored) but also I have been looking on the internet and there is this thing called the Couch to 5k running plan set up by the NHS where within 9 weeks you can be running 5k, all you have to do is download the free podcasts and just follow the instructions!
So now I am going to get a sports bra on and start!
Bye
Terri

Drama School Potentials (UCAS/CUKAS applicable)

Heya there!

Now firstly I should really think up a less cheesy way of starting a post because at the moment what Im doing is just saying "yeah she still watches High School Musical and Camp Rock in her spare time..." Which I don't, well not camp rock.

Anyway the point of this post is to discuss the different drama schools that I really want to audition for.

If you have done your research then you will know that there are 100's of different places which offer Acting/Drama degree's. 

Now personally I have avoided all courses which offer a Drama BA because according to my "So you want to go to Drama School" book these courses are very academic in structure and have little pratical lessons, so this to me would sound a bit like torture. In a lecture theatre having some old person waffle on about Shakespeare seems to me, rather dull plus a waste of three years. (Also you have to get the top grades to get onto these courses which for me will never happen.)

Now because of this, with places that offer the Acting BA the number of places offered in minute compared to the amount of applicants. For example at LAMDA they only take 3.5% anually so they really do want the best of the best.

And to be the best of the best you need to know what they want from you.

OK so I'm going to first start with the one's that you can apply for via UCAS...

1. Manchester Met.

One of the few Universities which offers a high standard Acting BA course it has trained the likes of Julie Walters and the late Richard Griffiths.

Number of places available - 80

Fee for audition - £45

Qualifications needed - 2 B's and a C at A2 level. (Or 280 UCAS points)

The initial audition peices (3 monologues are wanted) - 

*One Shakespeare which must be written in blank verse (this is when there is a flowing beat but it does not rhyme, usually it is iambic pentameter).

^Don't worry too much if you don't understand that, the majority of Shakespeare's monologues are written in this form, but if you are not sure then ask someone who has a good knowledge of the english language (an english/drama teacher perhaps) to check it just in case.

*The next needs to be from a play written after 1970.

*A monologue of your choice, from any era/genre.

Remember - These monologues can last up to 2 mins so they will probbably need to be cut down to the time limit. (In saying this, ensure that they are not too short either and that you understand the character and what they are saying - i.e. particually with shakespeare - and where this monologue is in the play.)

Why I choose this course...

-This course has been acredited by the NCDT. (Always look for this as it shows that the teaching standard is of a high quality.)

-It is very close to home so I would not have to spend money on rent and live at home instead.

- The course looks interesting and would help to be employable afterwards.

-The University has a very good special needs department that could help me with my dyslexia.

http://www.theatre.mmu.ac.uk/courses/ba-acting/

2. Italia Conti

 One of the oldest stage training schools in the world, covers a vast range of art training including opera, musical theatre and many others.

Actors who have trained there include Karen Gillan (Amy Pond - Dr Who), Noël Coward, Russel Brand and many more...

No. of places available - 24

Fee for Audition - £45
Qualifications needed - 2 C's at A2 level

The initial audition peices (2 monologues wanted) - 

*A shakespeare peice to be chosen from a list on their website :/

* A monologue from a play written after 1870.

The duration of each of these peices needs to be around 1.5 mins, if it is alot longer then you will be stopped.

Why I choose this course...

- It is a NCDT acredited course

- I belive this course would challenge me in the different aspects of theatre.

- If you don't get onto the BA course they also consider you for their foundation course which looks the best out of all the foundation courses that I have looked at.

http://www.italiaconti-acting.com/

3.Drama Centre London

Within the St Martin Central Campus the place is surounded by a creative energy (god I sound like a hippy) which the school focuses on in its aspect of learning. Famous students include Oscar winning Colin Firth, John Simm + more.

No. of places available - 16!

Fee for audition - £45
Qualifications needed - 2 Passes at A2 level

The initial audition peices (2 monologues are wanted) -

*A Shakespeare peice

*A monologue from 1830+

Remember - the monologues can be no longer than 3 mins (so they can't be too short either).

Why I choose this course...

- This course has been acredited by the NCDT.

- It offers something very different compared to the rest of them which I really like.

- Unlike the majority of drama schools in London it has accomadation.

http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/dramacentrelondon/

And now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, which you have to apply for via CUKAS (a website which works in a similar way as UCAS).

Based in Glasgow in the summer I am doing a course there with my freind and the School has trained people like David Tennant and James McAvoy.

No. of places available - Around 25

Fee of the audition - £45
Qualifications needed - 2 Passes at A2 level

The initial Audition Peices (2 monologues needed) - 

*One shakespeare, any of your choice.

*A moden one, now the site dosent say how far back you can use one from but I'll say go back about 50 years max as I feel that is a safe boundary.

Why I choose this course...

- An acredited course

- Has a broad range of ways in which to improve an actor

- Based in Glasgow so will be cheaper to live there in comparison to London.

http://www.rcs.ac.uk/

I will do another post on the Drama Schools that I want to go to which you have apply by their website individually but I don't want this post to get too long so I am going to bugger off now and do some maths revision...

Byeeee

Terri ;D

This is a very short, bragging post really.

Yo there homies,

Look what I just recived!!!

As you might of knowticed I am very happy with what I got. But now I have to go do some revision since I did none yesterday, however there is a really fat chinese guy who keeps talking to himself at a computer so I guess that I wont get much done.

Geromino 

Terri ;D

Results....

Hola
I realise that I said this a long time ago but I did say that when I got my LAMDA exam results I would tell you... - just to inform those who have no idea what is going on, in April I took my gold LAMDA exam in manchester because a) when it comes to applying for drama schools in September it would give me an edge and b) they are quite fun to do. -...
And, I got a DISTINCTION!!!!!! (i.e. the highest grade)!!!!!
^This is basically equivalent to an A at AS level, so obviously I am very happy because all the hard work paid off and it will be a very good thing to show to the people who audition us so YAY!!!!

This has to be the best weekend so far of this year, probably of my life really.
Wow I feel like Im gloating a lot here. I will stop now by saying that I have a maths mock tomorrow for the exam next week which I think that I am going to fail, miserably.
But still who cares, it's maths. As long as I can do the basic sums then I'm sweet. :D

But because of this I should be revising now.
Adios thespians,
Terri ;D

Peter and Alice - The reveiw

Hey Guys!
So if you have being reading this blog lately then you know that last night I went to see the play Peter and Alice staring Dame Judy Dench and Ben Whishaw.
And Oh My Word it was the most incredibul sight I have ever seen!

So the play is about a man called Peter Llewelyn Davis (Ben Whishaw) and a woman Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Judy Dench) both whom were real people who inspired the characters of Peter Pan and Alice from Alice in wonderland where the two of them met in a bookshop
The play showed the struggle of both Peter and Alice through being made to grow up too fast and the sense of loss.

I loved the play soo much. It made me both laugh and (I blame Ben) cry. Dench and Whishaw bounced off each other well and the abstract world which was created through the Characters and the set design was breath taking.
And also, Ben Whishaw is just as beautiful on stage as he is on screen, I was within 10 meters of him!!!!
I would also like to say that the people who played the book versions of Alice (Ruby Bentall) and Peter Pan (Olly Alexander) were really good aswell, with Peter Pan he really made me laugh and helped break up the sadness which this play revolved around.

Overall I would give this play a 10/10 because this has made me even more determined about becoming an actor...

Right back home now apparently we go!
Adios amigoses
Terri ;D