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Your First Audition at Spotlight
A sneak peek into your first audition at Spotlight! Ever wondered what an audition at Spotlight is like? Before you arrive, here’s a peek into the process and what you can expect when you arrive at 7 Leicester Place for your first audition: If you do have access requirements, or any other queries before you…
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How to Nail Your Drama School Audition
Joe Richardson from the Guildford School of Acting audition panel gives us his insight into nailing your drama school audition… At Spotlight’s recent Open House, Joe Richardson led a session on the kinds of things you’ll need to ace your drama school audition. If you’re thinking about getting some formal training, we have lots of great advice…
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How to Make a Showreel
Find out how to make a slick showreel to catch a casting director’s eye! If you’re not sure where to begin with putting together your showreel, or have some footage but don’t know how to edit it, then this video is for you. You’ll learn how to acquire the footage from productions you’ve been in (without…
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The Spotlight Prize 2018 Finalists Announced
Nominees Revealed for the 2018 Spotlight Showcase 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 Showcase 2018. The finalists will be launching their career to an audience of influential industry professionals on 17th July at 8 Northumberland Avenue, with a live…
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How to Get Gigs: Tips for Aspiring Comedians
Maureen Younger offers her advice for budding comedians on how to secure gigs and get your start on the comedy scene In the old days, you’d buy a copy of Time Out, scan the Comedy pages, and ring up those listings looking for ‘interested acts’ to give them a call. Now, of course, it’s all…
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Carrie Hope Fletcher on Crafting a Cross-Platform Career
Carrie Hope Fletcher on using YouTube to help forge a career in musical theatre, and working beyond your casting type It’s a horrible truth in the life of an actor that you never know what’s next. I might do my next job and then not work again for another four years. That’s just how it works. But…
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An Actor’s Guide To Producing Your Own Audio Play
Katie Redford demystifies the process of creating your own stories via the medium of audio! Voices, sound effects and your imagination can take you anywhere. For instance, I’ve just written a play about a kitchen appliance – just a normal guy in a normal world. Apart from the fact that he’s a whisk. #andwhat Katie…
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What You Need to Know About Licensing for Overseas Work
Spotlight spoke with Liz Stretton to bring you the essentials on licensing. This is part two, all about licensing for young performers working abroad! Liz Stretton specialises in helping parents and agents to licence children for work abroad. This is a slightly more complicated process than licensing for local productions, so we asked Liz to break…
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Your Commonly Asked Questions: Young Performers and Parents Edition
Your questions answered from our one to one sessions with young performers and parents Spotlight’s own Mel Brown and Ellie Samuels have been on hand to answer questions and offer support to our young performers and their parents. More one to one sessions will be held from April onwards on a weekly basis, so take a look…
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What You Need To Know About Licensing in the UK
Spotlight spoke with Liz Stretton to bring you the essentials on licensing. This is part one, all about licensing in the UK! If you’re a parent or a young performer, you might have already encountered the concept of licensing. In essence, young performers require a licence to work as performers if they are considered under…