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New! Theatre ticket offers for Spotlight members

Spotlight members can now take advantage of a number of discounts on West End theatre tickets. One of our current offers is for Dream Of The Dog, a  rich, textured and complex story of South Africa's emerging democracy, and its continued negotiation with its past in order to find a workable identity for its future starring Janet Suzman, Oscar nominated actress and Spotlight Prize 2010 panellist. 'Produced with care and flair, and performed with real passion…One of the most perfect one act plays I’ve seen in ages' The Independent **** For more information on this week’s...

posted on 25th May 2010 Read full article >>

Interview with Lauren O’Neil – 2009 Spotlight Prize Winner

In 2009 Lauren O’Neil graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama and won the Spotlight prize for best actress. This year she opened in her first professional stage role in ‘Women Beware Women’ at the National Theatre and will also be appearing on our TV screens in ‘Lewis’ on Sunday.  Will Davies, Spotlight Casting & Agent Liaison, spoke with her about her origins as an actress, her training at Guildhall and her industry experiences since winning the Spotlight prize. · Obvious question but did you always know you wanted to be an actress? Not at all, when...

posted on 20th May 2010 Read full article >>

Five top tips for musical theatre casting from David Grindrod

At this week’s Spotlight Graduate Programme event, casting director David Grindrod spoke to final-year musical theatre and dance graduates about casting for musical theatre. David’s vast theatre credits include Mamma Mia, The Phantom of the Opera Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Saturday Night Fever, Starlight Express, and he is currently appearing on the BBC’s Over the Rainbow. Topics covered included how to approach a casting director, what to expect in an audition and common pitfalls to avoid.  For anyone wanting to break into musical theatre here are his top five tips:...

posted on 21st April 2010 Read full article >>

Spotlight at the National Student Drama Festival

The National Student Drama Festival starts tomorrow in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and Spotlight is one of the sponsors. Pippa Harrison, Spotlight’s head of client services, and Will Davies, agent and casting liaison, will be at the festival from 30 March to 1 April hosting a seminar entitled “How to be a Professional Actor” and attending a couple of Equity networking events. The National Student Drama Festival is a week-long celebration of theatre, live performance, discussion and special events.  NSDF10 offers students the chance to attend workshops and discussions covering all aspects of theatre and performance, including acting,...

posted on 26th March 2010 Read full article >>

Spotlight members win big at this year’s Olivier Awards

             Big congratulations to all the Spotlight members who won awards at Sunday's Olivier Awards. They are Aneurin Barnard, Eddie Redmayne, Iwan Rheon, Mark Rylance, Maggie Smith, Samantha Spiro, Rachel Weisz and Ruth Wilson. Plaudits too to all the performers who were nominated in the actor/actress categories. On the dance side of things, Stephen Mears won Best Theatre Chorographer for Hello Dolly! at the Open Air and the Rambert Dance company won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. For a full list of the winners...

posted on 23rd March 2010 Read full article >>

Famous faces from Spotlight's past

Since 1927, Spotlight's pages have featured hundreds of famous faces.  The Hall of Fame is a compilation of our favourite actor and actress photos from stage and screen.  To view ‘When They Were Children’, ‘James Bond 007’, ‘Academy Award Winners’ and many more, click here. Tags: actor, actress, awards, film, photo, spotlight, stage

posted on 22nd March 2010 Read full article >>

Five top tips for musical theatre auditions

Leading casting director Pippa Ailion shared a wealth of advice on musical theatre casting with Spotlight Graduates last week. Spotlight’s agent and casting liaison, Will Davies, was at the Graduate Programme event and picked five top tips: Always keep a book of contacts, a record of who’ve you’ve met, that can be referred to at all times. Be proactive, not just in the beginning, but throughout your career. Continue to write to people, know what’s being cast or going into production. Once you’ve completed your...

posted on 15th February 2010 Read full article >>

Recent projects cast via Spotlight

The following productions were cast recently via the Spotlight Link: TV & Film Waterloo Road My Family Law & Order Moving On Brighton Rock (Film) Whitechapel Holby City Robin Hood (Film) Chatroom (Film)  Stage Private Lives (Bath Theatre Royal & West End) Columbo – Prescription Murder (UK No 1 National Tour) Hi-Di-Hi (Touring) ...

posted on 4th February 2010 Read full article >>

Latest projects cast via Spotlight

The following are just a selection from the many hundreds of projects which have been cast via Spotlight recently: Feature films Sherlock Holmes Sex and the City 2 Brighton Rock Clash of the Titans Untitled Ken Loach project 2009 Nowhere Boy Nine Harry Brown 1939 Centurion Commercials Vodafone Coco Pops Samaritans ...

posted on 18th November 2009 Read full article >>