I want to become an actress where should i look for auditions?

Question

I live in Lewisham, which is in London. My dream is to become an actress. But i don't really know how to start...

Answer 1

You need training before you jump into auditioning. Look for classes and workshops first. If you go to auditions unprepared, everyone will know it and they will remember that the next time you try to make an appointment and they may not even make time for you. Do yourself a favor. Take some time to prepare, then look into getting an agent and going on auditions.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

each city section has a commerce ebook with a "hotline" of auditions. yet your interior sight newspaper might have auditions listed besides. ought to you be close to Austin, this is a large industry for performing. the different component to do is open your telephone e book, and touch the theatre companies to be certain whilst their next auditions are. And, if there's a weekend insert on your newspaper on Thursday or Friday, they many times have audition listings. wreck a leg!

Answer 3

Forgive me, but do you think that is the first question to ask yourself?

Think about it. The first thing you wrote was, I want to become an actress. Immediately following that, is your question: Where should I look for auditions?
Then it looks like you settled in and asked the real question or told us the real issue: I don't really know how to start.

Auditions will come later.
In between wanting to become an actress and auditioning there are some really, I mean really important steps you missed! Like where to go to school? What kind of actress you think you would like to be? Which technique to study? Also, to ask and try to find out about what it really means to be a working actor out there pounding the payment, trying to find an agent, auditioning, getting rejected and not being told why, getting a job here and after a month, maybe another until you really learn the ropes. There are so many issues. It's important to know what you're getting yourself into.
And then, there's the work on yourself that you can't ignore, which includes four key steps, not to be under estimated:

1) KNOWING YOURSELF AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT: greater knowledge of yourself: strengths, weaknesses, resources you have at your disposal (and not only financial!)
Clarity of your vision for the future of your career in a very detailed way. If you can do that, your actions will be more focused and you will waste less time and energy. To put it in a positive sense, you will optimize your efforts and probably get results faster.
2) DEVELOPING YOUR MOTIVATION & CREATIVITY: The ability to keep yourself motivated to do what is necessary daily to further your career. Knowing how to do that will help you tremendously!
The creativity and innovation to apply in promoting yourself and helping you to stand out. You can imagine how important that will be with all the competition there is!
3) PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN: a solid and detailed plan for how you intend to achieve that vision. Many people think that planning is writing some stuff down on a piece of paper and doing those things. There’s much more to it than that!
4) MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS: essential business skills that will help you to be successful as the free-lance professional that you are as an actor. Unfortunately many actors don't realize that they are in business, with a product to sell and promote, that is themselves.

So what could your next steps be? Yes, find that class, but do your homework first to find the best one you can for your needs.

http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/acting_classes.html

Gather some information and talk to actors about what it really means to be a working actor, not like Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, but like the average Joe, out there pounding the pavement, getting jobs that last a few days, doing student films, commercials, looking for an agent, auditioning, getting rejected, doing mailings and drop-offs, preparing for auditions, going to class, saving up for months just to be able to get those new headshots, etc. Talk to successful, working actors, who are working regularly. Talk also to those who are working sporadically: a commercial here, a day role on a soap opera there, a play here, an industrial there, etc. And, you will want to talk to to those who are not working much, not auditioning much. Learn what to do and what not to do.

Here is a link in which I talk about one of my typical days last summer in NY, looking for work:
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/working_as_an_actor.html
And
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/a_working_actor.html in which I talk about an independent film I did not long ago.

And go check out suggestions I gave you above.

Lastly and maybe most importantly, realize that the person who will embark on this new mission of becoming an actor is you. Whether you are successful or not (and success is something that you must first define for yourself) will depend on the industry itself, but it also will depend largely on you. By that I mean, your attitude, your talent, your willingness to learn and be curious, your perseverance, determination, method, your clarity around what you want out of your career, your capacity to find creative solutions and creative ways to promote yourself and set yourself apart from the rest, your ability to create a financial base so that you can concentrate fully on your craft, your ability to motivate yourself and to handle rejection, your capacity to be disciplined and plan for your success and it will also depend on your capacity to sell and market your acting ability.

Good luck to you!

Tony
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com

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Answer 4

Ask your actor friends. They should be able to help you, or, ask your acting teacher.