The Audition Room. A down to earth guide, for actors

The Audition Room. A down to earth guide for actors is a truly wonderful book written by Sharon Sorrentino.

It is an absolutely vital guide for all actors, be they thinking about a career as an actor, part way through their careers or already fairly well established.

Because if offers working actors and graduates from drama school some practical tips and guidance on all aspects of their chosen career.

It reveals what show business is and what it isn't, how to get the attention of the people in the industry who you need to get the attention of, how to market yourself, how people get cast for parts and how you can get cast for parts, too, how to ready yourself to actually get into the audition room, what to do once you are there and what to do afterwards, too.

There is also a chapter on how to prepare for auditions for screen roles, such as technical considerations, camera techniques and ways of ensuring that you are doing things properly during the auditions.

It tells you what you need to research and who you need to research and also why you need to do this.

The book contains very useful hints and inspirations from to actors and directors. And remember, they started out where you are and they probably wish that they had a copy of   The Audition Room. A down to earth guide, for actors at the beginning of their careers, too.

There's also a wealth of resources which will be useful to actors for many years to come.

It's published by The Book Guild at £9.95 and this book should be given to every drama student no matter what the year they are studying in. It should also be bought by every director and producer as a good resource for young and aspiring actors.