Author: Spotlight Admin
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Making the Most of Your Young Performer Membership
With the new year now well underway, here’s a reminder of how you can be making the most of your Young Performer membership! Update your profile Your profile includes several key things every actor requires: information about you, your best headshot, and all your credits and skills. To make sure casting directors find you as…
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Spotlight launches improved location options for members!
We’ve listened to your feedback, and we’re delighted to announce that we have now improved how you can list your locations on your Spotlight profile. With more and more work being produced across Europe and throughout the UK, our improved tools will help make it easier than ever for casting directors to find you based…
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How to Take a Show to the Edinburgh Fringe
Artistic Directors of Traverse, Paines Plough, Pleasance and Assembly talk to Spotlight about what you need to have a successful show at the Edinburgh Fringe Really know why you are coming to Edinburgh. William Burdett-Coutts Authenticity is palpable. Orla O’Loughlin Anthony Alderson of Pleasance, William Burdett-Coutts of Assembly, Orla O’Loughlin, formerly of Traverse, James Grieve…
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Revamping Your Career As An Actor
Spotlight’s Performer Career Consultant Emma Dyson discusses the best advice for revamping your acting career. In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we discuss all the essentials for any actor looking to inject some new life into their career. Spotlight’s Performer Careers Consultant Emma Dyson brings her wealth of experience in guiding and advising actors in…
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FAQs for Young Performer Agents
How does Spotlight work? Spotlight is used by casting directors all over the world to send out breakdowns for roles they are casting. Each of these breakdowns is sent directly to our registered agents. When an agent receives them, they’re able to submit their clients for the roles. The casting director will then search through…
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What Should You Include in Your Showreel?
Do you have a showreel on your Spotlight profile? You need one! In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we discuss what you need to include in your showreel to have the best shot at getting your next acting gig. Our Audio-Visual Specialist Nicholas Peel is on hand to help us out. He’s watched thousands…
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Devising Comedy with Just These, Please
Getting into comedy with Just These, Please! Just These, Please talk to us at Spotlight about devising comedy and working as performers. We discuss side gigs, getting started in comedy, developing your own show, and more! The Just These, Please performers were kind enough to host a session at our last Open House on devising…
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Young Performer Rights and Licensing
We get answers to the questions: what are the rights of a young performer and what is a licence for? If you’re a younger performer or a parent of a young performer, here is what you need to know about your rights on the job, pay you’re you entitled to and why a licence is…
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How Do I Prepare for an Audition with an Accent?
How do you nail an accent with limited time to prepare? This is the podcast to answer your accent qualms, featuring Josh Mathieson, a voice and accent coach and director who is the Head of Voice and Co-Vice Principal at the MTA, a voice teacher at the Independent Centre for Actor Training (ICAT) and a Voice and Acting Tutor…
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Simon Longman on Writing for Theatre
Want to write your own play? Here’s some advice from Simon Longman Simon Longman, winner of the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme in 2014 and this year’s George Devine playwriting award, talks to us at Spotlight on why theatre is still a great medium to tell stories, how he writes, collaborating and where to get started…