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Choosing a speech for a drama school audition can be difficult. Here are our thoughts on what to avoid and why.

Continuing our chats with professional actors we speak to musical theatre actor Nicky Swift and hear about her life in the West End and what got her there.

From Guest Blogger ‘Bitter Gertrude’ – I love auditions. I recognize, however, that auditioning is a deeply flawed process with huge limitations.

Intentions and Realisations – What happens once dialogue is introduced into the action of the script?

Guest Post from Actor and Director Ben Hodge – We really don’t know what will happen. We think we know a lot of other things that often can mess with our choices, paths and decisions we make in our lives, art and work.

A list of songs which we think would be best when auditioning for pantomime to playing the leading female roles.

Here are some guidelines to help you choose the best audition song for you and the show you are auditioning for.

We asked Actor Hub readers to complete the sentence ‘The best piece of acting advice is …’ Here are some more of your answers

From Guest Author – voiceover actress and comedian Nicola Redman – So, here are my favourite tongue twisters that I use every day – “Ah hmmmmmm ma ma”… and other classics.