Children's theatre performer audition practice interview
Clear storytelling, playful audience engagement, adaptable stage performance, ensemble work and safeguarding awareness for children's theatre. Practise the 6 questions casting panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 15 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the audition
A children's theatre performer audition tests whether you can tell a lively, clear story while creating a welcoming experience for young audiences. Directors assess vocal and physical expression, playfulness, ensemble discipline, response to audience participation and sound safeguarding judgement.
How to prepare
- Choose clear objectives and physical images that make each story beat easy to understand.
- Practise inviting participation in ways that allow children to join without pressure.
- Rehearse recovering from interruptions while staying in character and moving the story forward.
- Prepare to adjust the same character for audiences with different levels of attention or confidence.
- Review the production's safeguarding information and ask how concerns should be reported.
Common mistakes
- Speaking down to children or using exaggerated babyish delivery.
- Letting audience participation take over the structure of the story.
- Competing with ensemble members for attention in shared scenes.
- Treating safeguarding questions as someone else's responsibility.
What to expect
A real audition interview
6 questions the way casting panels ask, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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