Below is a selection of monologues that can be used as your 'Own Choice' piece for your LAMDA exam. These have been created to suit a range of ages, grades and styles. Have a read through and see which character or story speaks to you - you'll be working with it closely so pick something you're excited to perform.
Beauty and the Beast by Lucy Kirkwood
It's Here Somewhere by Joanne Watkinson
Keeping Up Appearances Again by Antony Wieland
Holka Polka (Good Deeds and Such) by D M Larson
Journey to the Science Museum by Louisa Worley
Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Big Bad Wolf- Eleanor McLeod
All I Want Is Scruff Back by Jeffrey Grenfell-Hill
Birthday Hijack by Caroline Petherbridge
The Brave Little Tailor by Eleanor McLeod
I'm Not Ready by Joanna Watkinson
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Little Match-Seller by Hans Christian-Andersen
Ernie's Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn
Tikki Causes Trouble by Louisa Worley
The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis
Talking to Jay by Jeffrey Grenfell-Hill
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Rehearsal Notes by Lynne C Jones
A Maple Leaf Wonder by Clare Price
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Blood, Sweat and Fears by Maria Oshodi
His Main Passion was Football by Nicola Hipps
Opening Night by Caroline Petherbridge
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Eleanor McLeod
Under Hypnosis by Jacqueline Stoker
A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, adapted by LAMDA
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine, adapted by LAMDA