Description
Book SynopsisA book packed with one hundred monologues, aimed at young performers from pre teens to young adults.
The book has been written by a drama teacher with over twenty years' experience which includes heading up a performing arts faculty in a secondary school, GCSE and A-Level examining and most currently residing as the principal of a successful theatre school. She also has her work published in the 2019 LAMDA Acting Anthology and has several published plays.
The original monologues and scenes can be used for class work, festivals and exams. The monologues have guidance on age suitability, and there is a good mix of male and female characters, with some written as non-gender specific in order to give the performer a wider selection of pieces to choose from.
This collection of creative material would be a great asset to any drama teacher’s resources and be of benefit to primary and secondary schools as well as youth groups, and those preparing for auditions.
“A great series of monologues, funny, sad and heart warming. Like a little sidekick in paperback form! Extremely reliable resources for all genres of monologue. The author has, thankfully, broadened the horizons for anyone looking for suitable and appropriate audition material. Students will be thrilled to perform these fun, new, fresh, quirky and up to date pieces.”
Dave King (Drama Teacher and LAMDA Tutor)
Table of ContentsMonologue Activities 1
Rehearsal Tasks 3
Suitability: Pre-teen
Feisty Fairy 6
Jack 7
My Friend Henry 8
Peter Pan in Wonderland 10
Extraordinary 11
My World 13
I Won’t Choose 15
Alfie 16
It’s Here Somewhere 18
I’m Not Ready 20
My Grandma Never Sits Down 22
A Mermaid’s View 24
Magical Pet 25
Cowboy Trumps Indian 27
Wilderness Badge 29
Pirate Not Princess 30
Fame club 31
Santa Can Only Be Red 33
Check Mate! 35
Queen of Hearts and the Best Tarts 37
No One Understands Me 39
I Love the Ice 40
Poof! 42
Circus Dog 44
Show and Tell 46
I’m Not Contrary 48
Suitability: Pre-teen/Young Teen
I’m not Contrary 48
Gran Says 50
Evacuee 52
Fleeced 54
Winner 56
Loves me, loves me not 57
The Light 59
I Dated an Elf 61
The Breakup 63
There’s Nothing Merry About Me 65
Geronimo! 67
If Walls Had Ears 69
Caravanning 71
Angry Waves 73
Life in Black and White 75
Unsinkable 77
Happy Place 79
Dystopia — The Taste That Once Was 81
Turbulent Times 83
Mission Complete 85
Excitement is Exhausting! 88
One Last Spell 90
A Striking friendship 92
Hard Times 94
Bitter Sweet Nightmares 96
I’m Not Scared 98
The Audition 100
Suitability: Teen
The Audition 100
Cyber Torture 102
Dear Jenny 104
More Dragons 106
Dear Diary 109
Karma 111
Inner Beauty 113
Chapped 115
I’m Not a Vandal 117
Underworld 120
Mirror, Mirror 122
Less is More 124
The Ugly Vase 126
Curtain Going Up! 128
Enjoy the Moment 131
Going Solo 133
An Unwanted View 135
I Miss You 137
Trouble 139
The Lodger 141
Stinky Shoe 143
Sparkle 145
Little Red Lie 147
The Big Apple 149
Hair We Go! 151
Suitability: Teen/Young adult
Hair We Go 151
Solitary 153
Eat Me! 155
When the World Turned Grey 157
Haunting 159
No Stars on this Jacket 161
What Am I Doing Here? 163
The Beauty Treatment 165
The Loft 167
New Home 169
Oxbridge Material 171
And the winner is… 173
The Urge 175
Evil Personified 177
Rest in Purgatory 179
Sometimes 181
Suitability: Young Adult
Sometimes 181
Stood Here Looking at You 183
The Robbery 185
Desperate 187
Fashion Buzz 189
Me Too! 191
I Do 193
What I Never Had 195
