Reads & auditions
Cold reads, self-tapes, new-play readings, development residencies and festival runs.
- Cold Read Series: How to Run a New-Play Reading Night
How a cold read or new-play reading series works and how to start one: choosing scripts, casting, rights and permissions, rehearsal time, running a feedback session and keeping it going.
- How to Memorize Lines: What Research on Actors Actually Shows
How professional actors learn a script without rote repetition, what memory research says about testing yourself, spacing and moving while you learn, and a week-by-week plan for getting off book.
- How to Prepare for a Cold Read Audition
A step-by-step method for cold reads: what to do in the minutes you have with the sides, how to hold the page, how to work with a reader and how to take a redirect.
- Play Development Residencies: What They Offer and How to Choose One
What a new-play development residency or reading programme usually includes, the questions to ask before applying, how to prepare an application, and red flags to watch for.
- Self-Tape Setup: A Practical Guide for Actors
How to record a self-taped audition that looks and sounds clean: camera, framing, eyeline, light, sound, readers, slates and file delivery, without expensive gear.
- Taking a Show to the Edinburgh Fringe: A Practical Primer
What independent theatre makers should know before taking a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: open access, venues and deal types, registration, budgeting, housing, marketing, visas and wellbeing.
