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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…
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Georgia Christou on Writing for Theatre
Georgia Christou talks to Spotlight about writing for theatre, including how she deals with reviews, what her writing process looks like, and more! I didn’t start writing thinking I was going to make a job out of it… Georgia Christou Georgia Christou tells us all about her journey into writing for theatre, including the misconceptions…
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A Parent Answers Your Young Performer Questions
Siobhan Read, mother of Spotlight member Clara Read, talks us through her answers to your common parent questions… Wondering about a parent’s point of view of having a performing child? Siobhan Read answers the common questions we hear from parents, who want more information about preparing their child for the industry. How did your child…
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Richard E. Grant on Being an Actor
Oscar nominated actor Richard E. Grant talks to Spotlight about his career as a performer Oscar nominated actor Richard E. Grant talks to Spotlight about how he has navigated the highs and lows of acting, the importance of his relationship with casting directors, and his advice to everyone who embarks on acting as a career… …
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Finding Your Other Calling: Achieving Balance in Acting
Lauren McCrostie talks about finding balance and a source of excitement, income and stability, outside acting. People working within this profession are often strangely acclimatised to its variant and demanding nature. We are used to, and acceptant of daily ghosting and rejection, financial instability, uncertainty over our career trajectory and ultimate powerlessness over our calendars.…
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Russell Tovey on Being an Actor
Russell Tovey on achieving balance, dealing with nerves and why acting is his passion… Actor Russell Tovey talks to Spotlight about how he finds balance in an unpredictable industry, how he deals with auditions, the stories he enjoys telling, his hobbies outside acting, and where his drive comes from. You can’t just live scripts. You have…