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Spotlight and the National Theatre Launch Platform for D/deaf & Disabled Actors

National Theatre’s Creative Diversity Project Announces New Platform for D/deaf and Disabled Actors in the UK Spotlight are thrilled to have partnered with the National Theatre to champion D/deaf and disabled actors by offering industry professionals the opportunity to watch these actors in action on an online video platform. ProFile is a free service, both for performers and industry professionals, tackling […]

diversity/inclusivity
london
news
Training
Drama School Stories: Bow Street

Actor Patrick Flannery on the ins and outs of training in Ireland, and why he chose Bow Street Coming from America to study in Ireland, Spotlight asked Patrick Flannery, graduate from Bow Street, Dublin, to contribute his POV on his training experience. With plenty of great insight on offer in this series, read the rest of our […]

drama school
first person
ireland
Training
Drama School Stories: A Degree vs Drama School Training

Melissa Dalton on her undergraduate experience in a drama degree, versus a formal drama school programme This is the first in our series of perspectives from members on training as an actor in the UK/Ireland. To help you learn more about the training on offer out there, Spotlight asked Melissa Dalton, graduate of Trinity College Dublin […]

drama school
first person
ireland
FAQs for Finding and Documenting Your Vocal Range.
FAQs for Finding and Documenting Your Vocal Range

Correctly identifying your vocal range on your Spotlight profile Spotlight provides two different ways to describe your singing voice on your performer CV. Skills Under skills, you will find a Music and Dance section,  with various descriptions of singing voices. You’ll find options for your voice type – bass, baritone, contralto, soprano and so on. […]

Getting Work
Audiobooks: What You Need to Know

By Christina Care Audiobooks are a very unique part of the possible voice work out there, and we spoke to Alice Lee from ID Audio about all the essentials you need to know to come to understand audiobook work and production better! Scripts are sent to the production house directly from the publishers of the […]

Training
Spotlighters Share Their Drama School Stories

With applications for drama schools about to open, we thought we’d share our funny and embarrassing stories from our time there! Ease the audition nerves and take a look…

drama school
video
young performers
Spotlight
6 Tips for Creating the Perfect Graduate Profile

Start your career on the right foot with the best possible Spotlight profile! 1. Select your best headshot and production images Your headshot is your ‘hello’ to the world, so it’s important to get right. Pick something in colour for your main picture, but feel free to include additional black and white images as well if […]

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spotlight experts
spotlight profile
Training
Alternative Training with Fourth Monkey

We speak to Artistic Director Steve Green about Fourth Monkey and their training programmes. Based in London and Bristol, Fourth Monkey is a contemporary drama school offering three full-time professional, accredited training courses: CertHE Acting and Theatre Making, BA (Hons) Acting and MA Collaborative Theatre. The training programmes are founded on the principles of ensemble and are designed […]

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drama school
interview
The Industry
Edinburgh Fringe: Performing Comedy with Evelyn Mok

Evelyn Mok on Her Debut Show and the Reality of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Evelyn Mok makes her hour debut this year with her show ‘Hymen Manoeuvre’. Spotlight spoke to her about her show, the challenges of comedy at the Fringe, and performing comedy in the UK versus her home country of Sweden. I’ve always been a […]

Making Work
Edinburgh Fringe: Writing and Performing Your Own Work

Theatre creators and performers joue le genre on their latest play What Goes On In Front Of Closed Doors – what you need to know to take your own show to the Fringe Emma Bentley and Camille Favre are the artistic directors of joue le genre, taking their second production to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Spotlight spoke […]

christina care
edinburgh fringe
theatre