Independent audition guide
Mountview Audition Monologues
BA (Hons) Performance (Acting): check the audition handbook for your entry year
Mountview publishes an audition handbook for each course and entry year. We could not confirm the current BA Acting handbook, so check its speech requirements before selecting material.
Check before choosing your pieces
- Use the official course and audition pages below to find the handbook for your course and entry year.
- Confirm the number of speeches, permitted texts, any date-of-writing rule and the time limits.
- This summary does not certify a current audition brief; no school-specific matching preset is applied.
Full current brief needs confirmation. Reviewed 2026-10-16. 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.
Save 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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