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I Am No Celebrity: An Interview with the Walking Dead’s Lennie James
By Domenique Fragale “Mr James?” I ask into the phone. “Mr James? Please call me Lennie, I don’t know who this Mr James is that you talk of.” I’m immediately at ease with the down-to-earth actor, who has an extensive theatre, screen and writing career. With credits including Snatch, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead,…
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Hugo Blick on Directing for Screen
Hugo Blick, the creative mind behind the Honorable Woman and Black Earth Rising, talks to Spotlight about directing, telling good stories, and much more… Hugo Blick, writer, director, actor and producer behind Black Earth Rising and The Honourable Woman, talks to Spotlight. In this video, Hugo talks to us about why he got into directing,…
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Commercial Casting Auditions
The Spotlight Podcast talks to Alex Wheeler of Martin Gibbons Casting about commercial castings. In this episode of the Spotlight Podcast, we talk to Alex Wheeler, who works for the award-winning Martin Gibbons Casting. Alex is holding an Open House session with us on commercial castings, so we quizzed him ahead of time on everything you need to…
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The Spotlight Prize 2019 Finalists Announced
Nominees Revealed for the 2019 Spotlight Prize Drama school graduates from across the UK and Ireland have been selected to perform in front of an exclusive industry panel in July at the Spotlight Prize 2019. The finalists will be launching their career to an audience of influential industry professionals on 16th July at 8 Northumberland Avenue, with a live theatre performance…
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Josie Rourke on Directing for Stage and Screen
Spotlight talks to Josie Rourke about directing… Josie Rourke, former Artistic Director of the Donmar and director of film Mary, Queen of Scots, talks to Spotlight. Josie talks through how she got into directing, advice to actors and directors alike, and who inspires her to create work.
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What Are Your Transferable Skills as an Actor?
Discovering what your transferable skills are and how to use them to supplement your income. In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we talk to Sarah Thurstan, a performer and co-founder of Performance Link. She took over the company in 2000 and now runs it herself alongside acting work. We’ll be talking all about transferable skills…
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Anna Geislerova on Being an Actor
Anna Gieslerová talks to Spotlight about working as a European actor in the UK… Anna is such a well known star in her native Czech Republic, and talks to Spotlight about the differences between working in Europe and working in the UK, as well as her approach to auditioning and navigating the acting business… Take a…
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John Simm on Being an Actor
Actor John Simm talks to Spotlight about acting… Be confident. Never stop learning. Always watch, always read. John Simm Actor John Simm talks to Spotlight about how he got started, what drew him to acting, dealing with the highs and lows of the job, and much more! John Simm has been in a whole host…
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Creating Theatre for Audiences with PMLD with Amber Onat Gregory
Spotlight spoke with Amber Onat Gregory, co-artistic director of Frozen Light, who specialise in creating multi-sensory theatre for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). Amber shares her inspiration for creating the company, how they develop their work, and how she balances running a theatre company with parenthood. Lucy Garland and I studied theatre…
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Jade Anouka on Being an Actor
Jade Anouka talks to Spotlight about what inspired her to act, and how she deals with acting’s highs and lows… Jade Anouka, star of The Phlebotomist on stage and Cleaning Up on screen, gives us her audition tips, industry insights and her take on managing the highs and lows of being an actor! Take a…