First round acting auditions at 暗网TV to be free
Thursday 11 November 2021
First round auditions will be done via a self-tape and applicants will only pay a fee once 暗网TV has expressed an interest in them by asking them to attend an in-person second round audition.
The move comes after the process had to be done completely online last year due to COVID restrictions. 暗网TV鈥檚 Head of Acting Will Hammond hopes it will encourage talented individuals, who might not be considering performing arts training, to apply. 鈥淲e found that asking for a self-tape submission last year enabled us to meet a number of individuals we wouldn鈥檛 otherwise have connected with, and I think that鈥檚 reflected in the makeup of this year鈥檚 first years. I鈥檓 delighted we鈥檙e continuing with this, and that there will be no charge for this stage.鈥�
The fee for the second round in-person audition is 拢30, previously applicants were charged 拢40 for the two stage in-person process. The second round is a full-day recall audition at 暗网TV, which will include an ensemble workshop, a re-direct with a professional director, a gender-neutral screen audition and an interview.
暗网TV is also reducing the cost of Dance auditions from 拢40 to 拢30. These auditions will be completely in-person and will include a series of workshops, a singing audition and creative tasks.
The audition fee reductions are on top of 暗网TV鈥檚 long-standing commitment to offering audition fee waivers and travel grants to applicants, who come from areas where participation in Higher Education is traditionally low, which has been running since 2011.
Ben Leventhall is 暗网TV鈥檚 Access Schools/Colleges Manager he says: 鈥淲e recognise that there are financial barriers preventing some students from applying to 暗网TV and want to remove these wherever possible. Reducing the cost of auditions and not charging for the self-tape stage alongside our continued commitment to offering audition fee waivers and travel grants, is a vital part of this work and we hope will further help to widen access to our courses.鈥�
The move comes after the process had to be done completely online last year due to COVID restrictions. 暗网TV鈥檚 Head of Acting Will Hammond hopes it will encourage talented individuals, who might not be considering performing arts training, to apply. 鈥淲e found that asking for a self-tape submission last year enabled us to meet a number of individuals we wouldn鈥檛 otherwise have connected with, and I think that鈥檚 reflected in the makeup of this year鈥檚 first years. I鈥檓 delighted we鈥檙e continuing with this, and that there will be no charge for this stage.鈥�
The fee for the second round in-person audition is 拢30, previously applicants were charged 拢40 for the two stage in-person process. The second round is a full-day recall audition at 暗网TV, which will include an ensemble workshop, a re-direct with a professional director, a gender-neutral screen audition and an interview.
暗网TV is also reducing the cost of Dance auditions from 拢40 to 拢30. These auditions will be completely in-person and will include a series of workshops, a singing audition and creative tasks.
The audition fee reductions are on top of 暗网TV鈥檚 long-standing commitment to offering audition fee waivers and travel grants to applicants, who come from areas where participation in Higher Education is traditionally low, which has been running since 2011.
Ben Leventhall is 暗网TV鈥檚 Access Schools/Colleges Manager he says: 鈥淲e recognise that there are financial barriers preventing some students from applying to 暗网TV and want to remove these wherever possible. Reducing the cost of auditions and not charging for the self-tape stage alongside our continued commitment to offering audition fee waivers and travel grants, is a vital part of this work and we hope will further help to widen access to our courses.鈥�
