- The minimum age for courses is 18 (apart from the Easter and Summer courses mentioned below). Although there is no upper age limit, students must be of good general health and capable of undertaking the strenuous aspects of the courses.
- The minimum age for the following two week Easter and Summer courses is 16: Audition Technique, Introduction to Screen Acting, Introduction to Drama School and Introduction to Musical Theatre. Note that housing can only be provided for summer courses and cannot be provided to students under the age of 18.
- All incomplete applications will be returned.
- Refer to course information pages for application deadlines.
- Auditions/interviews are held in London from November to June.
- Auditions/interviews are also held in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin Edinburgh, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Paris, York and New Delhi – see dates page for precise dates.
- Auditions/interviews in North America are held in January, February & early March only.
- Notification of audition/interview is usually sent giving two weeks’ notice. However, it may be sent at short notice on receipt of an application, therefore applicants should be prepared to audition/interview at the time the application is made.
- There is no need to send transcripts, headshots or any other photos with your application.
- References are only required for Easter and Summer courses (not required for EFL course).
- Payment of the non-returnable audition/interview fee can be made in pounds sterling only. Cheques are payable to LAMDA Ltd are only acceptable from sterling bank accounts.
- Auditions/interviews by video are not accepted.
- Applicants may be recalled for another longer audition .
- LAMDA is an eligible institution for the Guaranteed Loan Program operated by the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Vendor Code #021086).