Author: Spotlight Admin
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Pensions for Actors: How to Defuse the Savings Time-Bomb
IPSE partner with Spotlight to give us their article on managing pensions (Otherwise known as ‘how to stop worrying and defuse the savings time-bomb!’) Pensions. They’re not a comfortable thing to talk about, are they? You don’t like thinking about getting to retirement age – let alone the ticking savings time-bomb you’re sitting on. But if you’re…
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Top Tips for Preparing to Tour
TheatreDigsBooker give their tips on selecting suitable accommodation for when you’re on tour… If you love visiting new places and meeting new people, then you are probably about to embark on one of the best journeys of your life. Being cast for your first tour is an incredible experience and opens the door to a…
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Safety, Harassment and Bullying in the Industry
Addressing safety, bullying and harassment in the acting industry. On this big episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we discuss safety, harassment and bullying in our industry. Joining us, we have Maureen Beattie, performer and President of Equity, Wendy Spon CDG and former Head of Casting for the National Theatre, and Ita O’Brien, Intimacy and Movement…
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How Young Performers Get Theatre Work
Casting Director Verity Naughton gives all the key advice for young performers on stage. In this episode of The Spotlight podcast, we’re joined by Casting Director Verity Naughton, CDG where we talk all about young performer casting. Topics we cover include: Headshots What you should and should not include on your profile How casting works,…
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A Producer’s Advice to Actors with Greg Brenman
A producer’s insight into what makes an actor stand out! Greg Brenman, producer behind Billy Elliott, the Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the Honourable Woman, Peaky Blinders, and Black Earth Rising (amongst many others!) talks to Spotlight about producing, stories he’s drawn to, what he expects from actors on set, assembling a great team, and…
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Defining Your Own Success As An Actor
By Tahlia Norrish Actor friends, indulge me in a little round of Hot Seating? When I say “successful actors”, who immediately springs to mind? And if I asked, “what does their success look like?”, how would you answer? An Oscar? An income of £30 million per film? Always working with the top directors on stage and/or…
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Am I Typecast? Or Do I Typecast Myself?
By John Currivan A while ago I was looking at my CV and felt very fortunate to have worked on a wide variety of roles in a wide variety of projects. Then, while smugly patting myself on the back, the similarities of some of these roles dawned on me like a warm shower growing gradually cold…
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A Director’s Advice for Actors with Bruce Goodison
Essential tips for actors, from director Bruce Goodison Director Bruce Goodison (director of Born to Kill, Murdered By My Father, Leave to Remain, and many others), talks to Spotlight about: The stories that interest and inspire him; What he expects and looks for in the audition room; His expectations of actors on set; Advice for having…
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Mental Health Support for Actors
This episode of the Spotlight podcast is about mental health and wellbeing support for performers. We speak to Addam Merali-Younger* about help and resources available for performers who may need mental health or wellbeing support. 24 minute listen or the full transcript can be found below. All episodes of the Spotlight Podcast. *At the time of recording,…
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6 Ways to Combat Nerves at Your Next Audition
6 tips for tackling bad nerves at your next audition… For some, auditioning is just part of the daily routine of being an actor. But for others it’s the elephant in the room that we don’t want to address because addressing it would mean admitting that auditioning has become a fear, not a thrill. And that…