We are thrilled to announce the winners and shortlist in our first Monologue/Duologue competition! We had a lot of entries and the standard was so high that we struggled even to draw up a shortlist and ended up making Simon & Schuster take all the hard decisions! We didn’t envy ...

“I struggle with ______.” By Olakitan Delano (14) Fade In: Gloria reflecting on her disorder in a mental hospital How are you to deal with _______ in the world? I don’t mention my disorder by giving it a power of a name even though it can be more powerful than ...

Araminta is thirteen. She is a home educated child actress with a very pushy and exceedingly wealthy Mummy. Araminta lives in Chelsea and has had some moderate success in commercials & three episodes of a Norwegian daytime soap. She is spoilt, self aware and manipulative. She has been asked to deliver ...

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includes Waiting for Callback: Take Two and we're thrilled! 'Funny, frothy, light-hearted and a genuine page-turner' read the full review here

What I love about this book is that it's so, so funny... Thank you for this lovely review!

What I love is that this book is just so, so funny...   Thank you for this review!

"Our events with Perdita and Honor were brilliant. The blend of acting and writing/honest publishing advice mixed with hilarious anecdotes from their own experiences and audience participation made their events some of the best we've seen." Little Star Writing. Going into schools and talking not just about the books and ...

Check out these collections of auction pieces for young actors for inspiration:   The Methuen Drama Book of Monologues for Young Actors ed. Anne Harvey (2007) Methuen TheMethuen Book of Duologues for Young Actors ed. Anne Harvey (1995) Methuen Monologues for Young Actors ed. Lorraine Cohen (1994) Avon Books Audition ...

My daughter and co-author, Honor, is dyslexic. Not profoundly dyslexic but bad enough that it has a real impact on her reading speed and writing skills; bad enough to need provision at University and bad enough that she has to make a huge effort all the time to compensate. When ...