Author: Spotlight Admin
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Spotlight Payment Setup & Account Renewal FAQs
General FAQs There are 3 payment options for members: Annual Direct Debit Monthly Direct Debit Debit/credit card payment (we don’t accept American Express or Diners Club) Your membership contract starts when your initial application is approved or when your expiring/expired membership contract is renewed/reactivated successfully. Direct Debits Who administers Spotlight’s Direct Debit service? Spotlight uses GoCardless…
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Tips and FAQs for Showreels, Headshots, and Voice Clips
General Advice Photography Your Main Headshot As a professional performer your main headshot is vitally important. It must represent who you are. It is your first selling point to get you that audition. If a casting professional is unaware of your work, it is the first thing they will see, and first impressions do count!…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Theatre
1. World Theatre Day was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 2. The word ‘thespian’ comes from the first person to have taken the stage in Ancient Greece, Thespis. 3. Repertory theatre came about during the World Wars, as an initiative sponsored by rich theatrical benefactors introducing audiences to a wide variety…
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How to: Audition for Drama School
Deciding to audition for drama school is a great show of someone’s determination and passion to begin the path of following your dream but (and this is a big but) getting in to drama school is not the only path you could take to follow desire to become a successful actor. When I started auditioning for drama schools…
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Keeping Busy Outside of Acting
Domenique Fragale trained at Arts Educational Schools and recently moved to the United States to work in Los Angeles. Here, she discusses how actors can keep mentally and physically healthy outside of work. It’s easy to let your mind work in over drive and become swamped in anxiousness as to when that next audition or acting job will come (believe…
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The Single Best Piece of Acting Advice You’ll Ever Get
Learn your lines. Don’t be late. Don’t be an idiot. None of us do it intentionally, but not one of us can say they’ve never worked with someone who appeared to be achieving it effortlessly, if entirely by accident. Idiots are everywhere. And as the rehearsal room wisdom goes, there’s a one in every cast. “If…
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What can Spotlight do for you?
Domenique Fragale trained at Arts Educational Schools and splits her time between London and L.A.. Here, she discusses all the recent developments at Spotlight. As actors and members of the entertainment industry we’re used to change, and in celebration of Spotlight’s new and improved website and refurbished studios, I delved deeper and explored how this new advancement can benefit performers.…
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The Mono Box: 8 Steps to Choosing a Monologue
For many actors the quest to find a good monologue is an on-going drama. When you have only 2 minutes to convince a panel of your acting skill and place in the industry, finding a speech can mean spending hours on bookshop floors skimming pages for long sections of text, and buying random plays online…
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An Audition Masterclass with Lime Pictures
Head of Casting at Lime Pictures, Peter Hunt, gave an invaluable screen audition masterclass at our spring Spotlight Open House week. For anyone who didn’t manage to get a spot, here’s the top tips from the session, on making that first impression count. Getting Seen Have something to say in that opening email to a casting director,…
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Emma Stafford on what she looks for at auditions
Casting director Emma Stafford discusses what she looks for in actors she auditions.