Drama - how do I help learn lines with DS for an audition?

[hulahoopsilove]

My DS8 has a script to learn for an audition in a couple of weeks, never done this before any ideas on how to do this with him please?

[Groovee]

My dd gets us to read it with her and she gets to know her part. She keeps reading it over and over until she has it.

She's been doing drama since she was 7, and that's her way of learning. She has one part in her own show and has stepped in to play 2 parts in the younger class's show as someone has had to drop out. She often does this and manages well.

Get him to think about what he's saying and how to say it too.

[DowntonTrout]

Learn it in chunks. When each piece is word perfect, put it all together. If she stumbles give her the first word, or repeat the sentence before, this helps jog the memory of what follows.

I find it helps to write the first word of each "chunk" or paragraph down as a kind of list as a visual reminder. They can picture this in their head.

[DowntonTrout]

Him, sorry.

[AnAdventureInCakeAndWine]

Let him read it through for himself a few times. Then you read it through together with your taking all the other parts and his delivering his lines; you don't need to do full-on emoting for your lines (although a bit will help him get into the mood) as the main point is to get him used to the cues.

DS likes to do it with going right the way back to the beginning of the scene the moment he makes the smallest mistake. That seems a bit over-the-top to me but it does seem to work for him and he learns lines very quickly.

[hulahoopsilove]

yes I think we need to know both parts as otherwise he wont know where to come in...I can be the other part