National Youth Theatre

Don't do the one from Gypsy - they will want a play not a musical. Anne Frank would be ok but she really needs to be familiar with the whole play and not just have learned the monologue. You should be able to get hold of a copy of the script pretty easily though.

The best thing to do is to find something from a play so that she can get an idea of the context of the speech. National Theatre Connections is a good place to start - every year the National publishes 10 new plays for young people and you can get the scripts in anthologies by year. They have produced a book of monologues from the plays (easily available ) What's her school drama dept like? I have all the anthologies - is it likely a school drama teacher can help? There's a speech in the play After Juliet by Sherman McDonald which is good for mid-teen girls. The character is Rosalind. That'll be in the Connections monologues book.

I have experience of this as a drama teacher. Good for her for going for it. Best advice is to really try to enjoy it and relax - then she will be at her best for the workshop. In terms of the speech, she needs to find something that is age appropriate and then make sure she knows it really well.

They will be lovely to her, and will try very hard to make her feel at ease. Lots of kids don't get in, especially at the lower end of the age range so make sure she gets what she can from the experience. I teach two boys who first tried when they were in yr 9. One got in last year and was subsequently in their 60th anniversary show in the autumn. The other is trying again this year, though he did get into the National Youth Music Theatre last year. They're both Yr 13 now.