This accessible, systematic guide will teach you how to memorise your lines quickly and effectively and let go of the fear of forgetting them—helping you build confidence and focus, and reducing anxiety and stress around auditions, rehearsal and performance. Inside, you'll find dozens of tips, tricks and techniques such as Memory Palaces, Mental Maps, Creative Memorisation, Visual Cues and many more, along with exercises and examples to illustrate how they work in practice. Discover how to harness these tools to strengthen your memory and develop a personalised line-learning strategy that works for you and your acting process—one that is easier, faster and more enjoyable. The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.
"'Very handy and easy-to-read… I highly recommend trying these creative ideas'"
Drama Resource
"'There is plenty in this small and reasonably priced book for any actor to try out if they want to improve their speed of and confidence in learning lines for rehearsal, the film set or a last-minute audition or self-tape'"
British Theatre Guide
"'Very useful and informative... compact and easy to read... sets out strategies for line learning at speed and, importantly, memorising... Each chapter is set out in short, clearly headed sections that are easy to identify... this book has introduced me to many very interesting and unusual ideas about line learning and memorising, many of which I would use, both as an actor and a teacher'"
Word Matters (Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama)
