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How to Prepare for a Showcase
Imelda Staunton, Alex Jennings and the Spotlight Showcase nominees share their advice for selecting and performing a monologue successfully Need to prepare a monologue? Imelda Staunton, Alex Jennings and all our nominees and winners from the Spotlight Showcase 2018 give their tips on how to choose your material and making the most of your preparation time…
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The 2018 Spotlight Prize Winners Announced
Lucie Sword and Francesco Piacentini-Smith Scoop Spotlight Stage and Screen Prize. Lucie Sword from RADA has been named Best Stage Actor at this year’s Spotlight Showcase, with Francesco Piacentini-Smith from The GSA being named Best Screen Actor. This year’s stage showcase was judged by acclaimed actors Imelda Staunton, Alex Jennings, Josette Simon, and Pippa Bennett-Warner, along with stage director Robert…
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Where Drama Can Lead You: Arts Careers with the Casting Directors Guild’s Sophie Hallett
By Christina Care I always knew that I wanted to work in our wonderful industry – for a while I thought that was as an actress – but while I was at drama school, I became increasingly interested in casting and how the process worked. Whenever any of the tutors at drama school talked about…
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The Spotlight Podcast: How Open Door Helps Young People Get into Acting
David Mumeni talks to us about the importance of making drama school for everyone and how Open Door helps young people get into acting. Actor David Mumeni is the founder of Open Door, a non-profit that helps talented young people who do not have financial support or resources to gain a place at drama school. We caught up…
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A Journey to Edinburgh Fringe: Dramaturgy and Stories
Whether you’re an editor trying to get the latest scoop on the hottest new director or comedian, a writer keen to see your work performed for the first time or an actor deeply immersed in your role, August sees thousands flock to Edinburgh on the hunt for stories that will shape their summer, and that…
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How to Be Creative When You’re Not in Work
Deal with the down time and rediscover your creativity with our guide on how to be creative when you’re not in work. Being a performer guarantees one thing: total uncertainty. It’s hard to know when the next job is coming your way, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t still the creative and passionate performer you…
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LGBTQ+ Talent: The Importance of Inclusion
Matthew Jacobs Morgan on the difficulties faced by aspiring performers from the LGBTQ+ community, and how role models will aid inclusion and representation Note: I sometimes use the word queer as a shorthand for LGBTQ+ It’s extremely important to have role models who are like you. And the fact that there are so few LGBTQ+ role…
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Everything You Need to Know About Self-Taping
From lighting secrets to naming your files, top casting directors share the essential dos and don’ts for a professional self-tape. The self-tape has become the industry’s digital front door, but are you opening it correctly? We asked a powerhouse panel of casting directors – the minds behind casting Breaking Bad, James Bond, and The Grand…
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A Journey to Edinburgh Fringe: Standing Out from the Crowd
From Andre Agassi, to Haruki Murakami, to my school’s old career advisor, the world is not short of people who insist that image is everything. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is perhaps the epitome of this notion, as the city is awash with posters and advertisements. Your pockets certain to be stuffed full of flyers after…
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You Gotta Get Through This: Surviving Long and Difficult Jobs
This article is not about Daniel Beddingfield’s 2001 banger. But there is much we can learn from the rousing garage hit, and by the end of this article I hope that the chorus acts as a mantra… There are some jobs which feel like they’ll never end. You’re working with people who you don’t see…