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Top tips for keeping your voice fighting fit to ensure you perform at your best.
Get to know more about husband-and-wife team James and Rosie Pearson, founders of the award-winning Pearson Casting. When you cast a show that you truly love, it never feels like work to sit and watch extraordinarily talented people singing or reading scenes from the musical. Can you explain a little bit about your background and […]
Experienced voice over artist Abbie Andrews explains what commercial voice over work is and how you can get started in it. By Abbie Andrews The world of voice over (VO) is full of possibilities. As actors, especially when starting out in our careers, we are often defined by what we look like. However, behind the […]
How to clean up your social media history using Social Media Check.
Understanding what resilience means for children and tips for how to handle auditions, feedback and social media. As adults, we are familiar with the term ‘resilience’ but it’s important to understand that resilience for a child looks quite different from the resilience for an adult. At our recent Wellbeing Series panel, actor Emily Carey, agent […]
We spoke to performers attending the Casting Directors Awards 2022 to find out what made them want to become actors. The Casting Directors Awards (CDGs) are over for another year. Trophies were awarded, speeches were given, laughs were had and drinks were drunk. Meanwhile we jumped at the chance to speak with some of the performer […]
Opening Doors: Understanding Spotlight’s New, Inclusive Membership Criteria We’re excited to announce our new criteria for joining Spotlight as a performer. We’ve spent a great deal of time developing our criteria, taking on performer, agent and casting director feedback and carrying out discussions with numerous industry groups. Listen to the audio version of this article […]
West End casting director David Grindrod shares his top audition and self-tape tips.
Spotlight is proud to be supporting Ukrainian performers and casting professionals At this difficult time of uncertainty for our Ukrainian friends and colleagues, we are pleased to be able to offer complimentary casting subscriptions to casting professionals, and a complimentary year of membership to Ukrainian performers. For casting professionals who are new to Spotlight, or […]
We’re excited to announce that this year’s Spotlight Prize is returning to an in-person ceremony, for the first time since 2019. The Spotlight Prize is our annual event where selected graduate nominees showcase their talents in front of industry professionals. Since the 50s, its has been an exciting opportunity for graduates to perform in front of […]