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The #ShowreelShareDay Competition: Advice and Personal Reviews on Your Showreels!
Casting Associate Ri McDaid-Wren and Spotlight’s Emma Dyson Review Your Showreels Thousands of you entered our #showreelshareday competition on Wednesday 21st February, for the chance to win one of three showreel reviews by Ri McDaid-Wren. Due to overwhelming demand, we asked Spotlight’s resident careers expert and former agent, Emma Dyson, to also review four more! Watch the…
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Performing Shakespeare: A National Youth Theatre Experience
A blog from Hayley Osborne about her experience on the Performing Shakespeare course at the National Youth Theatre. Spotlight recently awarded one lucky member a place on the National Youth Theatre’s Performing Shakespeare course – here’s our winner, Hayley Osborne on her experience during that week. If you like the sound of this one, there’ll be more from…
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What To Do Before An Audition
Casting directors weigh in on making the most of your audition prep! Gearing up for your next audition? Take heed of the best advice from a whole host of the best names in casting. Offering up their wisdom, we have Jeanne McCarthy, Amy Hubbard, Manuel Puro, Juliette Ménager, April Webster, Andy Brierley, Patricia Vasconcelos, Amanda…
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How You Can Stand Out from the Crowd
Casting director of Mata Hari and Night Train to Lisbon discusses international casting, and standing out at auditions. Portuguese casting director Patricia Vasconcelos spoke to Spotlight at Subtitle Film Festival about how actors can network and market themselves, what she looks for at auditions, and how the international casting process works.
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10 Tips for Taking Control of Your Talent Online
Tips for taking charge of yourself as a business online, using your passions as a guide. If you’re looking for ways to maximise your online brand, you’re not alone. Being a performer often means spending as much time vying for the job as doing the job. Luckily, there are a lot of great avenues to make…
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On Diversity in Theatre with the PappyShow
Our chat with the PappyShow ahead of their new show Boys on telling new stories and finding your community as a creative. By Christina Care Spotlight sat down with the PappyShow’s Artistic Director Kane Husbands, Stage Manager Sylvia Darkwa-Ohemeng, and Spotlight members and performers Aaron Gordon, Kamran Vahabi and Andre Fyffe. Their new show Boys, tackling…
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Dos and Don’ts of the Audition Room with Manuel Puro
Casting Director of Moon, Manuel Puro, Shares His Insights Enter the room in character, and don’t turn up drunk! Casting director of Moon, Manuel Puro, shares with us his audition experiences with actors, how he wants you to turn up to castings, and his advice for relaxing beforehand. Check out Puro Casting for more tips and advice from…
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How to Get an Agent in Ireland with Richard Cook
Agent and Director of Lisa Richards discusses what he wants from actors seeking representation Subtitle Film Festival Founder, Richard Cook, spoke to Spotlight about what he looks for in actors he signs at Dublin agency Lisa Richards Ltd. With clients such as Aidan Turner and Robert Sheehan, they represent some of Ireland’s top talent. You…
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4 Steps to Ending Tax Panic
Getting self assessment under control with these four steps from 1tap This article is sponsored by 1tap If you are a self employed performer submitting a yearly self-assessment tax return, my guess is you are hitting the frenzy stage. With just a few days left until the self assessment deadline on the 31st Jan, you…
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Fionnula Flanagan’s Tips for Actors
‘Lost’ Actress Reveals What She’s Learned Through Her Career Fionnula Flanagan is an actress from Dublin with a career spanning over 50 years, including starring roles in Lost, Defiance, The Others and many more. Spotlight spoke to her at Subtitle Film Festival where she reflected on her career highlights, what every actor needs, and the advice she would…