Articles tagged with symposium

Top tips from Spotlight’s Casting Symposium

Spotlight’s Casting Symposium at the BFI yesterday (Tuesday 18th October) was one of the hottest industry tickets of the London Film Festival, with over 400 performers gaining valuable insights from our panel of top casting directors The panel was made up of Lucinda Syson (W.E., X-Men, Kick Ass), Reg Poerscout–Edgerton (Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla) and Karen Lindsay-Stewart (The Other Boleyn Girl, Submarine, Marie Antionette), while the session was co-ordinated by Spotlight’s Pippa Harrison and Emma Dyson. Topics covered included the casting process in full, an insight into important audition dos and don’ts and a Q & A...

posted on 19th October 2011 Read full article >>

Spotlight at Actor Expo in Scotland

Spotlight will be in Scotland on Saturday June 27th as part of Actor Expo, Edinburgh. We'd love to see you there! We've got lots going on for our members, including: Spotlight Seminars We'll be offering two free seminars for Spotlight members: GETTING WORK AS A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR Will Davies and Thom Hammond (Spotlight) 11.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 2.30pm (identical sessions) Two Spotlight experts will provide invaluable advice on how actors can improve their chances of finding work. Topics discussed will include photos, CVs and cover letters, showreels, basic networking and how to...

posted on 1st June 2009 Read full article >>