ACT ONE PRESENTS OFF BOOK / BOOK 01

Nobody teaches you
what happens
in the room.We do.

Jodie Steele smiling outside the theatre with arms outstretched — JODIE STEELE / OUTSIDE THE THEATRE FROM THE ACT ONE ARCHIVE

First audition. Next recall. A job you want to keep. Get closer to the working life of musical theatre, with the people who know it from the inside.

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01 / YOUR WAY INCome prepared.
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THE AUDITIONTHE REDIRECTTHE RECALLTHE FIRST JOBTHE NEXT ONE

01 / LESS MYSTERY. MORE PRACTICE.

You’ve learnt the song.
Now what?

The music. The nerves.
The conversation before you sing.

Jodie Steele arriving at her Bonnie & Clyde dressing room — JODIE STEELE / AT THE DRESSING-ROOM DOOR

START WITH SOMETHING YOU CAN TRY

The pianist cannot
read your mind.

You know the version in your head. They have the music in front of them. Try the opening together. Find the unclear instruction. Mark it. Run it again.

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02 / WHEREVER YOU ARE, THERE’S A NEXT STEP.

Closer to
your next room.

01
Finding your feet.
Applying to drama school? Start with preparation and what makes you you.
02
In training.
Connect what you practise in the studio with what the working room asks of you.
03
Out into it.
Agents, auditions and the decisions nobody can make for you.
04
Doing the job.
Company life, covers, touring and building a life around the work.

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03 / THE QUESTIONS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE