Audition Intensive
FOCUSED TRAINING. PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
An intensive training experience for actors preparing for drama school auditions.
The Actor’s Nest Audition Intensive is designed for actors who want concentrated practical work on their audition material — and the acting craft behind it.
Across online preparation and a full in-person training day, you’ll explore text, test choices, receive detailed individual coaching and develop greater clarity, connection and confidence in your work.
This isn’t about creating a “perfect” audition monologue.
It’s about developing work that feels truthful, specific and genuinely yours.
ONLINE PREPARATION
ONLINE PREPARATION
ONLINE PREPARATION
Arrive ready to work.
FULL TRAINING DAY
ONLINE PREPARATION
ONLINE PREPARATION
Concentrated practical actor training.
MAXIMUM 12 ACTORS
ONLINE PREPARATION
MAXIMUM 12 ACTORS
Small-group training with individual attention.
Register Your Interest in an Audition Intensive
Who the Intensive is For
Ready to put your preparation into practice?
The Audition Intensive is designed for:
- Year 13 students preparing to apply to drama school
- gap-year actors approaching the audition process
- actors reapplying and wanting to strengthen their work
- applicants who have begun exploring classical and contemporary audition material
- actors who want experienced, honest feedback on their work
- students looking for concentrated practical training without committing to a longer programme
You do not need to have completed another Actor’s Nest programme before attending.
However, if you are still trying to understand the application process, decide where to apply or work out how to approach the year ahead, we recommend beginning with the Drama School: Strategy Session.
MORE THAN MONOLOGUE COACHING
Drama schools aren't simply assessing whether hether you can perform two polished speeches.
They are looking at the actor behind them.
Can you connect with the text?
Can you make clear, specific choices?
Can you respond to direction?
Can you work with openness and imagination?
Can you remain truthful rather than presenting something rehearsed into rigidity?
The Audition Intensive gives you the space to investigate those questions through practical work.
Rather than simply telling you how to perform your monologue, we help you understand why choices work, test alternatives and become more independent in the way you approach your material.
THE INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
1. Online Preparation
Before the in-person training day, you'll join a live online preparation session.
We'll explore:
- choosing and evaluating audition material
- approaching classical and contemporary text
- what makes audition material effective
- common problems actors encounter in preparation
- how to prepare your work for the Intensive
The aim is simple: when you arrive for the training day, you're ready to work.
2. Intensive Training Day
This is where the work becomes practical.
In a deliberately small group, you'll perform, investigate and develop your audition material through detailed coaching and practical actor training.
You'll work individually while also learning from the development of other actors in the room.
The day is designed to challenge your choices, deepen your understanding of the text and help you discover what makes the work genuinely connect.
3. Continue the Work
Development doesn't have to finish at the end of the day.
Optional online refinement sessions allow you to return with revised work, test what has changed and receive further feedback as you move towards self-tapes and live auditions.
WHAT WE WORK ON
Developing the actor behind the audition
Depending on the needs of the group and the individual actor, our work may explore:
CLARITY
Understanding the text, your character's circumstances and what you are actually trying to achieve.
CONNECTION
Moving beyond presenting a rehearsed speech and finding genuine connection to the words, circumstances and imagined other person.
TRUTH
Making choices that feel specific and alive rather than manufactured for an audition panel.
UNDERSTANDING
Knowing why your choices work, how to respond to direction and how to continue developing the material independently.
We may also work on:
- objectives and actions
- interpretation and textual detail
- classical and contemporary technique
- vocal and physical communication
- stillness and presence
- responsiveness to direction
- confidence under audition conditions
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
By the end of the Intensive, you'll have:
✓ a stronger understanding of your audition material
✓ greater clarity in your performance choices
✓ detailed individual feedback on your work
✓ practical approaches for continuing to develop your monologues
✓ experience responding to direction and testing new choices
✓ greater confidence in your ability to take ownership of your work
Most importantly, you should leave understanding not simply what to change, but why.
“It’s a much more intimate and focussed environment… there was a real professionalism to the training.”
Lauren — Drama School: Unlocked
WHERE THE INTENSIVE FITS
INTENSIFY — DRAMA SCHOOL AUDITION INTENSIVE
By the end of the Intensive, you'll have:
Every actor's preparation journey is different.
You don't need to complete every Actor's Nest programme.
For some actors, the Intensive follows the Drama School: Strategy Session, taking the understanding gained there into practical actor training.
For others, it provides concentrated development alongside their own ongoing training.
Actors wanting sustained support throughout the application process may be better suited to Drama School: Unlocked, while those with developed material approaching submission may move next towards a Self-Tape Assessment, Private Coaching or Mock Audition Panel.
Not sure which option is right for you?
Start with the Drama School: Strategy Session.
Programme Details
Format:
Live online preparation session + Full in-person intensive training day
Group size:
Maximum of 12 students
Places are deliberately limited to allow substantial individual coaching within the group.
Location:
Central London
Investment
Audition Intensive — £425
Includes the online preparation session and full in-person training day.
Complete Intensive Programme — £650
Includes the preparation session, in-person Intensive and three online refinement sessions to support the continued development of your material.
Actors booking the Intensive may upgrade to the Complete Intensive Programme afterwards, subject to availability.
Upcoming Intensivese
October 2026
Register your interest now to receive full dates and booking information when places are released.
RESULTS THAT MATTER
THREE YEARS. 100% SUCCESS.
Every student we've supported through the drama school application process over the past three admissions cycles has secured a drama school place.
Our students have received offers from many of the UK's leading drama schools.
READY TO INTENSIFY YOUR PREPARATION?
If you've started developing your drama school audition material and are ready to put it under pressure, explore new choices and receive detailed professional coaching, the Audition Intensive is designed to help you take the next step.
Places are intentionally limited to protect the quality of individual training.
Still working out what you need?
Start with clarity.
The Drama School: Strategy Session will help you understand where you are now, what you need next and how to approach the year ahead.