Independent audition guide
Central Audition Monologues
BA acting courses: check your chosen course and entry year
Central has course-specific audition guidance and speech lists. Confirm the requirements for your exact course before selecting material.
Check before choosing your pieces
- Use the official BA audition process and speech-list pages below.
- Confirm the number of speeches, permitted texts and time limits for your course.
- This summary does not certify a current audition brief; no school-specific matching preset is applied.
Full current brief needs confirmation. Reviewed 2026-09-06. Check the official brief for your course, entry year and audition stage before settling on material.
Build your audition shortlist
Once you have confirmed your course brief, use Monologue Match to explore material by playing age, duration and style.
Find my monologueSave your shortlist for free, then open a scene to read and rehearse it. Full premium scripts require access.
Prepare the piece
Read the whole play. Know who you are speaking to, what you want, and what changes during the speech. Time the cut aloud with room for thought, then rehearse it without rushing.
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