Here you'll find a curated selection of monologues, grouped by grade, to help you prepare for your LAMDA exam. Your teacher will guide you on which grade is most suitable for you. Take some time to read through the options and choose a monologue that inspires you and feels like a great fit.
Wendy & Peter Pan by Ella Hickson, adapted from the novel by J. M. Barrie
Is This A Fairytale? by Bea Webster
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe, adapted by LAMDA
Cheese and Pickle by Rosa Hesmondhalgh
Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw, adapted by LAMDA
Little Violet and the Angel by Philip OsmentIt
When This Is Over by Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, adapted by LAMDA
This Massive Universe by Hannah Kennedy
The Wish Collector by Oladipo Agboluaje
Robin Hood by Laura Dockrill, adapted from the novel by Howard Pyle
King Henry V by William Shakespeare, adapted by LAMDA
Come to Where I'm From by Sarah McDonald-Hughes
At First I Was Afraid? (I Was Petrified!) by Douglas Maxwell
A Husband for Mum by Trish Cooke
Life of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti, adapted from the novel by Yann Martel
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by LAMDA
Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe, adapted by LAMDA
The Old Bachelor by William Congreve
Red Dust Road by Tanika Gupta, adapted from the novel by Jackie Kay
Two Billion Beats by Sonali Bhattacharyya
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, adapted by LAMDA
I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother by Amir Nizar Zuabi
Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton
The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Antigone by Lulu Raczka, adapted from the text by Sophocles
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeish
Listen To Your Parents by Benjamin Zephaniah
Votes for Women by Elizabeth Robins, adapted by LAMDA
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) by Rob Madge
The Diary of a Hounslow Girl by Ambreen Razia
Women of Troy by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish