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Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Five Ways to Manage Homesickness on Tour

Actress and writer Michaela Bennison shares her top tips to prevent homesickness from striking on tour. Whether you’re filming on location or touring around the country, at some point you will likely land a job working away from home. It can be a challenging time, and suddenly travelling to new digs every week can feel […]

mental health
michaela bennison
soft skills
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Healthy Food Prep for the Busy Actor

Actor and food-blogger Jodie Barchha Lang shares her quick tips for preparing healthy food, and explains why healthy eating is as vital as any acting skill. As an actor, my eating habits in the past have been somewhat questionable. I would often get on and off trains and grab a packet of crisps, a pizza […]

first person
mental health
wellbeing
The Industry
Advice for Preparing for a Showcase

We asked Spotlight Prize 2021 nominees what advice they would give to anyone preparing for a showcase. Here’s what they said… “Look at it as an opportunity to do what you love doing. Nothing more. Get in there and have fun. Bounce some ideas around and bring some to the table.” Adam Isla O’Brien “Look […]

acting
acting advice
graduates
Young Performers
Advice for Young Performers from the Industry

Industry advice for young actors on self-tapes and castings. We hope these are useful when you come to do your next audition or self-tape. It’s important to note that every agent can tend to work slightly differently so remember to always check in with them too! On self-taping: When you go to do a self-tape, […]

acting advice
agents
auditions
The Industry
Winners Announced for The CDG Casting Awards 2022

The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to announce the winners for the 2022 CDG Casting Awards, in partnership with Spotlight. Hosted by the brilliant Jennifer Saunders, the intimate industry ceremony took place at Ham Yard Hotel in London on Tuesday 22nd February. Now in its fourth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible […]

casting directors
CDG Awards
events
A group of young performers attends a reading.
Safeguarding Policy for Child Actors and Performers

Our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures for Young Performers Purpose and aim of the policy Talent Systems Europe Limited recognises that the protection of children is of paramount importance, and this Policy has been introduced for the protection and safeguarding of children who are using, or may use, our services. Scope of the policy This Policy […]

The Industry
An Update on Our Work on Bullying and Harassment in Our Industry

Everyone has the right to feel safe at work, whatever industry they are in. Bullying, harassment and discrimination (BHD) in any form have no place in our society, and over the last few months at Spotlight, we’ve been considering how best we can drive forward initiatives to improve our industry, such as the BFI’s set of […]

auditions
The Industry
A Reminder of our In-House Services

What Spotlight’s Studio Services Can Do For You As a mix of online and in-person casting are here to stay, we wanted to remind you that our dedicated studios are open, offering many different services to help capture your talent! Actor on Tape If you’ve been asked to record an audition or self-tape for a […]

auditions
self-taping
showreels
The Industry
Nominations Announced for The CDG Casting Awards 2022

The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to announce the nominees for the 2022 CDG Casting Awards, in partnership with Spotlight. Now in its fourth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre and Commercial. This year, The CDG are also thrilled to welcome Netflix as a brand […]

casting directors
CDG Awards
commercials
The Spotlight Podcast
Breaking Down Barriers: Tommy Jessop Talks about his Journey

From ‘Line of Duty’ to Industry Trailblazer: Tommy’s Journey Tommy Jessop is the first actor with Down Syndrome to play the lead in a primetime TV drama, he’s also been in Line of Duty and is the first actor with Down Syndrome to be professionally cast as Hamlet, and become a full voting member of […]

diversity/inclusivity
ilayda arden
podcast