Author: Kristyn Coutts
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Olivier Awards 2025: Full Winners List
Fiddler on the Roof, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Giant are the big winners at the Olivier Awards 2025, each winning three awards. The ceremony, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, was held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 6 April and featured several live performances from shows, including a special…
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How to Get a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Performer
Expert advice for freelance actors and performers about how to increase your chance of getting a mortgage and what you can do now to prepare for future home ownership. As a performer, your income structure can be quite unique with your personal finances fluctuating depending on your working situation. Due to the particular nature of…
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An Actor’s Beginner Guide to Performing Shakespeare
Tips for Shakespearean acting from breaking down Shakespeare’s verse to acting techniques. For over 400 years, Shakespeare’s plays have allowed actors the opportunity to play out the greatest heights of tragedy and explore the joy of outlandish comedy. One of his most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has been staged over 118 times. Others,…
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The Spotlight Podcast: The Impact of Performer Injury with Tome Levi
Injury prevention consultant, Tome Levi, joins us to discuss the findings of her report that looks at the impact on performers and productions when an injury is sustained at work. In this episode we’re joined by injury prevention consultant, Tome Levi, to talk about the stark findings revealed in the Impact of Injury report. The…
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How Casting Directors and Agents Use Spotlight
From searching for performers to making connections, industry professionals shed some light on how they use Spotlight. If you’re a performer, you’re probably aware of how Spotlight can be used to promote your acting career. Your Spotlight profile is the perfect place to display all the useful information that will make casting directors want to…
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Impact of Injury Report Reveals High Rate of Performer Injury During Film, TV and Theatre Work
IPC’s Impact of Injury report shows prevalence of cast and crew injury whilst working in film, TV and theatrical production. Today, Thursday 6 March 2025, the Injury Prevention Consultancy (IPC) released a report looking into the impact of injury in film, television and theatrical production. Authored by IPC founder, Tome Levi, the report shows the…
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Is Your Audio-visual Work Shown Overseas? Get Additional Payments from BECS
How the British Equity Collection Society (BECS) helps performers get additional payments when their film and TV work is shown overseas. If your work is being shown anywhere in the world, you may have the right to receive additional payment (additional to what is provided for in your contract with the producer) – and that’s…
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Full List of Artios Awards 2025 Winners
Casting Directors including Nina Gold, Martin Ware and Bernard Telsey win awards for ‘Wicked’, ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’. Last night (12 February), the Casting Society’s Artios Awards, presented by Spotlight, took place with glittering ceremonies in London, New York and Los Angeles. The Artios Awards honours the year’s…
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Yesi Ramirez on Award Nominations and Casting ‘A Complete Unknown’
The Head of Casting for Searchlight Pictures shares her unique insight on the Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ as well as her casting process. Yesi Ramirez may arguably be best known for casting 2016’s Oscar and BIFA-winning Moonlight, a film that won her an Artios Award and also saw two of its cast members…
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Exclusive Screening of ‘The Substance’ and Panel Event at Berlinale Film Festival
In association with the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) and the European Film Academy, Filmmakers and Spotlight are delighted to present an exclusive panel and screening of The Substance at the Berlinale International Film Festival. The special event celebrates the European Film Academy’s (EFA) introduction of a new ‘European Casting Director Award’. Congratulations to the…