Reading Aloud Courses: for Actors and Performers

Reading Aloud From The Script

One day – for auditioning or performing script-in-hand

• Reading aloud: the guidelines
• Speaking: Relaxation, breathing, voice and microphone
• Non verbal communication: expression, body language and gesture
• The ‘secret script’ every actor needs to create
• Creating character and holding audience interest
• Reading exercises
• Discussion
• Post course: Continuing professional development

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For actors auditioning with an unseen piece, auditioning with prepared sides from the script, sight-reading at an unrehearsed play-reading, performing  poetry, dialogue or prose script-in-hand to an audience, recording a voice-over for advert, narration or talking book, working in radio drama, presenting from autocue [and reading the speech of thanks when you get the Oscar...], sight reading is a highly marketable skill.

But so many actors let themselves down by giving a dull, monotonous reading that fails to give the director an insight into their acting ability, bores the audience and fails to engage them.

The result is not being cast … earning a scathing review … even damaging your reputation.

So what three things does the actor need to learn to fix these sight-reading problems,  to impress the director, engage the audience’s attention and ensure he gets cast again?

• Vocal variety through use of  emphasis, pauses, change of pace and volume
• The feeling that ideas are occurring spontaneously with apparent changes of thought and direction, and
• Audience engagement through expression, eye contact, body language and gesture

All these skills are taught and practiced on our course

Reading Aloud From The Script

One day – for auditioning or performing script-in-hand

• Reading aloud: the guidelines
• Speaking: Relaxation, breathing, voice and microphone
• Non verbal communication: expression, body language and gesture
• The ‘secret script’ every actor needs to create
• Creating character and holding audience interest
• Reading exercises
• Discussion
• Post course: Continuing professional development