Theatre

In the context of a theatrical audition, a blind audition is an audition for an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 where there is no script for them to read from and they have to improvise lines. As an example, Eva Green

Eva Green

Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model.Green performed in theatre before making her film debut in The Dreamers , which generated controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven , and in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, for...

's first audition for the James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film Casino Royale

Casino Royale (2006 film)

Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...

was a blind audition.

Musical Performance

In musical auditions, a blind audition is one in which the person auditioning performs from behind a non-transparent wall or screen. This assures that those deciding on the musicians make their decisions only on the performance and not the appearance of the performer. Art Davis

Art Davis

Art Davis was a double-bassist, known for his work with various seminal jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach.-Biography:...

is known for launching a legal case which led to the current system of blind auditions for orchestras