truly horrifying tv and theatre auditions - storytimes

[@tomosgibson7]

I can literally imagine Amy crying over the phone to her mum saying "I THINK.... I THINK I MADE UP A CAT!"

[@beek.4860]

AHAHAHA that’s a great mental image

[@KatesAdventures]

The shoes story, I'm genuinely crying.

[@jessicaebirch]

I fully understand that all of these experiences would have been traumatic as hell at the time but Amy, you're such a creative storyteller. You make me laugh so hard! Big hugs!

[@belles8095]

Hey Jess, and she makes me laugh too😂👑

Hears “2 hour dance call”...immediately gets sick.

[@beek.4860]

As a theatre kid who CANNOT DANCE, a 2 hour dance call sounds like hell.

@@beek.4860 I've been in open call dance auditions for theme parks that felt like two hours but like....woof its not fun

[@rainbowbinocular]

I’m so sorry about that one audition where you chose to read the script because dumb people at school bullied you for being extra. Those people are the worst.

[@amyrae2397]

I have a story! I was trained in musical theatre and never did any TV training but I got a TV audition. Having never done any preparation I had no idea what to expect. The first thing the director asks is to see my sides. I stupidly think he's on about monologue sides, so I tell him that i unfortunately haven't brought any as i didn't know....well...he wanted to see the sides of my face. So i didn't get the job haha

[@peytonp8512]

oh no! i would’ve done the same thing lol

[@MsHolli09]

‘Look at me I look like a bush baby!’ AMY stahp I’m cackling 🤣🤣

[@jam.943]

Omg I remember my costume ripped in the butt ON STAGE and I had to go through TWO WHOLE DANCES with a HOLE in my COSTUME so I had to cover it up with my prop teddy bear

[@patriciomejia1114]

OH NO! I hope it all went well, at least as much as it could.

[@meghanmcgrath3368]

Damn now I wanna know what Netflix show she auditioned for

[@x-menlol1613]

Same

[@katiieproctor]

i relate so hard to this video, i was once asked in an audition by a producer if i was popular and i panicked because i didn’t expect a question like that and told him i had no friends. needless to say i didn’t get the job

[@phoebep4688]

I’m a teenager and I always feel bad for trying hard, and knowing that it’s not something to be ashamed of was nice. Thanks for saying that. Also I love your channel. You’re hilarious!

[@sandwichguardian8544]

I was in a Christmas Carol and tripped over tiny Tim’s cane...

[@1SuperJule]

I have so many bad audition stories. 😂 Here are my highlights: - I started singing at an audition and in the middle of my 32 bar cut the accompanist stops me and says, “what you’re singing is not what I see in my sheet music.” Turns out when I had photocopied my 32 bar cut, I had put the music together out of order. I was able to tell him the correct order of the sheets and I redid it, but man it was BAD. - I was at a dance audition and I literally fell on my ass and made direct eye contact with the choreographer. It was not during the final audition part, it was a practice round, BUT STILL. Miraculously, I did get a callback for this show, but I was not cast in the end. - I went to an audition where we had to sing two separate 32 bar cuts. I sang one and it went great! I started my second, and halfway through my mind went BLANK. I just completely forgot the lyrics. I literally just sang gibberish like I was having a stroke, and then remembered the lyrics again to finish out the song. Wow, was that humiliating. I wanted to die. 😂

[@marke5338]

I don't get why people at school think it is bad to try hard, and it is like an insult, I just don't get it.

[@calliemyersbuchanan6458]

honestly it has nothing to do with the thing itself. It's just that most people don't try hard like that or go the extra mile. By that fact alone it makes you an outlier. it makes you stand out. Birds that stay in the bush and blend in go unseen. Birds that are bright and colorful and fly around become targets. 🎯

[@marke5338]

@@calliemyersbuchanan6458 yeah, I think it is also to do with jealousy, when they see you doing well they have to bring you down so turn something good against you

[@xubs5919]

because not trying or caring about anything is cOoL

[@orchidsarepretty1422]

@@xubs5919 ikr it’s so annoying

[@beek.4860]

I auditioned for Miss Hannigan in a production of Annie. I was cast, but as Pepper, the mean orphan. Seriously. At least I got to yell at people? (the show had to be cancelled because of COVID anyways so)

[@hgus5]

Was it jr

[@annawolff3135]

When you continue to react to starkid can you please watch Spies are Forever before Black Friday please becuase I think it will make you like certain characters, actors and themes.. for example I wouldn't have liked Curt Mega if I hadn't already seen Spies are Forever before Black Friday. Also you will understand the audiences reactions more

[@WhedonianPotterhead]

I saw Black Friday before Spies and I loved both Curt and Kim, I don't think not knowing/seeing them beforehand really affects your appreciation of BF

[@annawolff3135]

@@WhedonianPotterhead well I just know that when the audience reacts to the introduction of both is becuase of SAF. Also I've watched Spies for years and having this connection made me like BF a lot more. I think that piecing the actors together with the show made it more interesting becuase I personally didn't like Black Friday as much as other shows

[@annawolff3135]

@Zofia Graham I think Amy should definitely see both, becuase the more the better. That's super interesting that you liked Curt more in BF. Maybe you're right and it doesn't matter which order she watches it. As long as she doesn't forget to watch Spies becuase it's tin can bros and not starkid!

[@healthyholemealbread]

Amy you were SOO amazing in your concert at the Above the Arts last year and in fanatical too. As ‘enjoyable’ as it is to hear these stories and laugh with you I can’t think of anyone more deserving to get a lead role in a show so breaks my heart slightly that you’ve faced all this rejection. The acting industry can be so creul. It might just be me feeling super inspired after seeing Hamilton but Lin said that he couldn’t see roles for himself so he created them instead. I know it’s easier said than done but I’m sure your thousands of followers agree that if you ever created something to star in we would support you 100%. I’m wishing you all the love and positive vibes for your future auditions in the meantime !!!! 🥰 xxxx

[@Sophie-hf1ti]

‘I’m gonna blame those year 8 kids for the rest of my life’ is a total mood

[@jamescarson6823]

Not my nightmare, but my friend's. She booked an audition for a Broadway show and was feeling good about it. Really good. She went in and felt like she knocked it out of the park. It was The Who's Tommy (so a long time ago). But she couldn't figure out why the looks on peoples' faces were those of a little bit of horror. They said thank you and she left the room. That's when she realized she had used the bathroom before the audition and had tucked her skirt into her pantyhose. That's all everyone saw in the mirror behind her. She didn't get it that time, but she did audition again a few months later and used the experience as an ice breaker. Everyone had a laugh and she got the part. Lesson: use your downfall as an advantage and don't take things too seriously.

[@AngelaBonanza]

The mural you show at the beginning is SO cute!! I love it so much, would be really nice on nails or as a throw pillow too!

[@sethtack2955]

This weirdly gave me courage to start submitting myself again. Once we realize that even the most talented people have hilariously bad auditions it's less scary! One time I realized I forgot my book and resume at my hotel 30 minutes before my audition and ran almost a 5k in a full suit. Now I realize I could've just asked the moderator to move me later, but I live for drama I guess!

[@AmyLovatt1]

I’m so glad you’re submitting again!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I so feel you. My worst experience I think was a callback for the big equity theatre in town. It was after my first audition there, and I got asked to come to the dance callback (I am a singer who moves). All but one other person there had learned at least one of the combos at the initial dance call (which I did not attend). I thought I still did halfway decently at the jazz combo, but I'm pretty sure I literally made up about 90% of the ballet combo. That was in 2012. I have not been called back to that theatre since, despite doing at least 1-3 auditions for them every year.

[@jamescarson6823]

Just subscribed. Love your videos! Not a Glee person, but love MT and have done it professionally (as a tech) for decades. As someone who has worked with many well known people, keep auditioning. You'll get your role and it will snowball into bigger things. You are someone who people will want to work with and that's half the battle! Keep up the good work! Cheers!

[@AmyLovatt1]

Thank you so much, this is such a kind comment! I really appreciate it :D

[@katies7415]

I really love this video because it shows how resilient you are. Like these are ranging from slightly awkward to downright horrible to go through and you can still laugh about them (and tell the stories so funnily!) and move on. I already admired you a lot but this video has somehow made me admire you even more 💜

[@callumswords1524]

I don't have an audition story, but, on OPENING NIGHT of my schools production of Guys and Dolls where I played Arvide, the part of the mic that goes on the back of your trousers FELL TO THE FLOOR while I was singing my solo song.

[@hannahj8099]

I could feel the pain when you talked about the Emmerdale bit. I used to be a competitive skier and then went onto teaching but the skiing world is *ugh* toxic (child abuse, pushy parents etc) so I ended up completely quitting. Only now, 9 years later I’m like damn, I peaked at 14 and quit the only thing I was good at 😭🤦‍♀️ it’s not too late for us to turn it around though!💙💙💙

[@LukeHearfield]

Oh Amy you give me life 😂💜 that cat story was BRILLIANT 😹 I too have had auditioning experiences which I look back on and cringe at just thinking about. From hungover morning afters, to calling the casting director mum when he was a he. I once lied about my dance ability for a show thinking I’ll wing it on the day, got to the audition and they were asking me to do like a triple axel into a split and let’s just say if I could’ve had the world open up and swallow me whole I would’ve let it. 😆 don’t lie on your cv kids hahaha x

[@helenasorrows4863]

When you talked about feeling chill about Be More Chill (insert meme face thing)

[@callumclackett4430]

I'm sitting here eating my fish and chips. I just choaked, girl you crack me up😭😭

[@juliagibson3816]

The mural is so pretty!! I saw you posted it on your Instagram and hoped we’d get to see it in a video!

[@oliverharris60]

I was just wondering how you managed to paint that on your wall after just designing it on Procreate? Because the proportions are perfect it's like you used a stencil!

[@AmyLovatt1]

Ahh it’s definitely not perfect! If you saw the original next to it you could see it’s not exact. I did it in pencil though and was able to rub it out if I went wrong. But I really just did it by eye

[@elzmelz]

I auditioned for Sister Mary Roberts and we had to do the section of "Raise your voice" that she slams.... I had rehearsed and got it down best I could. Then for SOME REASON I sung it an octave higher than it was supposed to be done 🙃 I left the room and the people waiting were like "woah why did you do it that high" and I was just like "oh don't even know 😭" 😂😂😂 Two years later (same company) I auditioned for Skimbleshanks in CATS and decided literally last minute to do it in an accent (the character is typically Scottish), I decided to do an accent because I was the only girl auditioning and I really wanted it. I did it in an Irish accent and the panel literally said "why?" once I was done 😂😂 I didn't get either role but thoroughly enjoyed my time in both ensembles it was smashing

[@jaskper]

I love your mural!

[@duckislord7187]

Last time I was this early, Anne Boleyn still had her head.

[@abbiezinn3352]

he is lord a duckin lord

[@duckislord7187]

@@abbiezinn3352 SATAN IS A REAL MAN

[@marygillen9294]

The comment is about six, but the replies are about STARKID....sound legit

[@abbiezinn3352]

@Duck Is Lord HARRY FREAKING POTTER

[@duckislord7187]

@@abbiezinn3352 WE DON'T PREFER-

[@becka_little]

I love the background and lighting! Also you and your makeup look very pretty 🥰

[@averykristinik5595]

What a cool mural!! I love it!! :)

[@erikandchristine102]

My worst audition was my college audition when I FORGOT MY CLASSICAL MONOLOGUE. Like I totally blanked. It was totally horrible lol

[@colebeck6528]

Same tho. It’s like a first word thing. If I get the first word I can keep going. I’ve also definitely made shit up on the spot during a classical monologue before.

[@niamhrtditchfield2348]

WHATTTTTT OMG THATS SO BAD. I'm so sorry, just out if curiosity how did u forget it

[@MaritMarzipan]

Wow the mural is amazing!!

[@AnaHernandez-yr2np]

I love the wall art !

[@reedkruger5031]

My very first audition for my college shows was an audition for Cabaret and Once, and we were supposed to have one song in the style of Cabaret and then have like 30 seconds of an instrumental piece to play for Once. For Cabaret I sang King Herod's Song, but literally forgot all the words cause I was so nervous and just stood there with my mouth open, and then told them I blanked on the words. And that was a disaster, but then I still had the Once part. And what did I do? I brought my clarinet, which isn't even an instrument in Once, and played the Cats Overture, and not even well at that. I didn't get anything, and I don't blame them.

[@lucasheap]

This is brilliant🤣🤣🤣🤣 who's your agent?

[@calvinglenperformermusicia4108]

You would've been amazing in Be More Chill! 🎉

[@Danisnotonfore]

I honestly can’t fathom how awkward it must be to accidentally take your shoes off and have to put them back on while trying not to facepalm 😂😂😂

[@colebeck6528]

I remember making a lot of eye contact with people I was auditioning for at my first professional audition. I learned you’re not really supposed to do that shortly after.

[@thxu4_the_venom657]

i have a really embarrassing failed audition! ok this was my first and so far only audition back when i was in 4th grade, it was TERRIBLE, so our teacher told us we had to bring the music our self, i planned on on singing how far i'll go from moana, but i had no way to get the music, i didn't have an ipad or phone, i couldn't use my moms because she wasn't able to stay at the studio, and at the time you couldn't get a karaoke version of the song on a CD, so i basically walked into the studio hoping someone would be nice enough to let me borrow their ipad for my song, luckily someone was singing the same song and let me use it too, our teacher told us we only needed 30 seconds of the song, so i only memorized 30 seconds, i had a vague idea of the rest of the song but i didn't know it by heart, so im waiting my turn and i hear other people singing MORE than 30 seconds, and i started freaking out, then it was my turn, i went and sang my 30 seconds, but after the part i knew was up, the song kept going, so im like "shoot now i have to sing the rest of the song" so im just mumbling the lyrics that only i know like half of, then my teacher realized i had no idea what i was doing so she stopped the song and had me sing happy birthday... i was trying my best not to cry or pass out at this point, needless to say, i haven't auditioned for anything since then, i would really like to but there aren't any good theaters places near us :/ so yea that's my embarrassing story that i never tell anyone

[@beek.4860]

rip lol, at least u were a little kid at the time 😂 (i have done this sort of thing as a high schooler so)

[@katiedarken5219]

I'm just getting into musicals, what are the best cast albums to listen to???

[@aliceloftus]

Hamilton , dear Evan Hansen, six, school of rock those are a few but all amazing :)

[@rufus.sy8]

Hamilton, Heathers, Six, Dear Evan Hansen, Be more chill and Wicked 💕

[@yuki-pj5vv]

Definitely listen to the 25th Anniversary of the Phantom Of The Opera

[@thespacedoutace]

Beetlejuice, the 2003 revival of Little Shop of Horrors, Carrie, and West Side Story are all really good!

[@broadwayonix46]

in the heights, phantom 25th anniversary, last 5 years, into the woods!

[@icemage156]

My first ever big audition was for the Dead Like Me movie. I was about 12 at the time. I completely forgot all my lines and broke down in front of the casting director. She was really nice and gave me the "Don't stress out so much next time, just remember we want you to do well" line. Needless to say I didn't get the part, shocked I even got to audition for her again in the future. Glad she didn't blacklist me haha

[@rachelkibble7653]

When I was about 9/10 years old I went to a kids group casting in my town, they usually use the kids they cast for kids tv shows, ads etc. I hadn't done any professional acting before I was actually just put forward by a teacher at school bcos she thought I was dramatic and would do okay😩😂 Anyway, got to the casting and back in the day I was a big CBBC fan, and one of the characters from Young Dracula was there being a 'mentor' 😐😂 Needless to say I was star struck and a combo of that and no previous acting experience meant I never got contacted, performed awfully and ended up talking about Zac Efron (lmao HSM2 had just come out) in the improv section in front of everyone🙃😂

[@emilyhill5170]

I am dying over the 'I look like a bush baby'

[@sshaw32096]

I'm sure these were probably at least a bit traumatic to retell, but thanks for the laugh.

[@ebl_]

My worst audition was for a Local TV Show and I originally auditioned for a Kid’s Musical TV Show, but when I got there, the producer actually was there and they asked me to also audition for another role in a different show, and then there was a screen test and I totally blanked and I couldn’t remember my lines. And then I shook the producer’s hand! I don’t know why I did that.

[@duckydae]

The losing your voice story brings back so many memories when I lost my voice the morning before performing Romeo & Juliet. 😂

[@ErikDijk]

I LOVE YOUR NEW WALL

[@dylanwalsh9219]

I had a school audition I had a month to rehearse and my friends kept annoying me and I blanked out so you could tell I was looking at them furiously

[@NicoleFoti]

These are amazing

[@westworld237]

YES!! This is the type of content that I need 😂

[@erinmcdonagh831]

i’m really curious on what Netflix show you auditioned for especially one that hasn’t come out yet

[@racheltfisher]

Love the storytimes 😊

[@amyroberts534]

MY NAMES AMY TOO

[@carne]

Loved this video 💛

[@sweetForgiveness]

I love the Set Up you should def keep it. I think the lightning is kinda off but i dont know why. BUT KEEP THE SET UP

[@nellmichie1658]

Oh my god I would have loved to see you in be more chill ❤️

[@AndreaCardenas]

i think my worst audition ever was when me, a non-dancer, auditioned for a newsie... i literally remember just standing there in the middle of the floor when the tapping part came lol however my most embarrassing one is definitely when my voice cracked at the high note on "see I'm smiling" on an audition for a theatre college

[@abbye6082]

I really felt these in my soul. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who’s completely bombed an audition.

[@tonks3575]

“Did that make you feel sick?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@MerynNixon]

Oh god Amy, that Emmerdale story... I did something very similar at an audition when I was younger, for the exact same reasons. I didn’t want to look too keen because I’d been bullied relentlessly. Honestly hate myself but it’s kind of encouraging that I’m not alone 😅 Bullies eh?

[@annaparr9218]

0:01 me every day my brain decides to play an embarrassing memory.

[@pixiedust429]

Ooh, there's that wall!! Still gorgeous!!

[@letsbetogether7467]

Bad audition. Yep. Cabaret. I auditioned after a woman who was brilliant and it shook my confidence. I was terrible. Part 2 of the audition was a cold Shakespeare reading. My little ones were being noisy outside. Terrible.

[@ny1045]

My school did a musical that my friend wrote and I was the lead. I was wearing black skirt with suspenders that crossed on the back and a peasant blouse. My suspenders snapped in the middle of a song and I had to do 4 more songs after that and I did them in a blouse and tan tights.

[@magickdefender3283]

Hi Amy!

[@lll.24601]

YOU WOULD BE A LESBIAN IN EMMERDALE! DUDE I WOULD STAN YOU AT THIS MOMENT!

[@awindow4658]

And I'm like "I have to leave for this audition soon but I'm crazy and I've lost my mind" Ah the everyday struggles

[@Georgina_Frost]

Amy, I am CRYING 😂😂😂

[@alicesmith1101]

make a video about drama school!!

[@hoaxheaux]

Omg the bush baby 😂😂😂

[@NotaFro]

The cat story cracked me up

[@lauravross7585]

You are so funny and I love you

[@cadiwatkins7978]

The shoes😂😭

[@robh8460]

came here to see if there is any tea in these stories

[@HollyWhiting]

Omg these stories😂

[@x-menlol1613]

I recently auditioned for a Liverpool FC advert. I think I did a good audition, I don't think I got it tho, cuz I havent heard back and I don't even think I'm the right person they are looking for even tho my agent woman sent me the script to do the audition. Lol.

[@rebeccasnowden3769]

I went to an acting agency and did an audition for them and then they asked me about me... then I froze... and couldn’t think of anything about me and they said “so you’re from [where I live]”… they had to PROMT ME on the part where I talk about myself… needless to say I didn’t get representation 😂

[@roseschocolate1991]

The main pop crossover with classical music group I’ve heard of is All Angles. You didn’t audition for them did you?

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

I gave up on netflix.

[@carolineschmid6887]

When you said “alas I am not” your voice sounded like Elizabeth Bennett from pride and prejudice

[@HopeWilson1]

This video is a big oof. But we love that. Musical theatre KZbinr here too :)

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

You have a great sense of humor about yourself 😂

[@patriciaedwards1953]

🤣🥰🤣🥰🤣🥰🤣🥰

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

❤️

[@musicalgeeks7570]

What other new channels are struggling to grow? 🌸

[@brycecollis3536]

October and a black cat?!? BAD LUCK CENTRALLL

[@albieemery2828]

Amy I absolutely love your sense of humour. Please Marry me.

[@judahfletcher691]

Just out of interest what drama school did u go to

[@brookecutter607]

💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@lukenickarchie9889]

You should react to Henry danger the musical!

[@bashcastro658]

So once I had this dance call (I’m a terrible dancer) and we had to do a number from singing in the rain, so umbrellas were involved. I literally hit every single thing in the room with my umbrella. Of course I never heard back 😂