Author: Spotlight Team
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Your Youth Theatre Stories Inspired by the Film ‘Theater Camp’
Our favourite youth theatre stories submitted by Spotlight members Spotlight recently partnered with Searchlight Pictures to celebrate the release of the brilliant Theater Camp, which film critics are calling a “comedy gift from god.” We gave Spotlight members the chance to win tickets to the Picturehouse Central screening of the film by sharing your best youth…
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Spotlight’s Young Performer Support Hub
Essential advice, support and guidance for child actors and parents.
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Spotlight Prize 2023 Winners Announcement
Teddy Moore of The Lir and Shannon Watson of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland win this year’s Spotlight Prize Since the 1950s, the Spotlight Prize has been an exciting opportunity for graduates to perform in front of an audience of industry professionals. And the decision about who got awarded this year’s Spotlight Prize couldn’t have been…
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Recording Your Voice at Home
How to record your voice at home and tips for improving the quality of your audio recordings. Voice work can be a useful way of generating income, not to mention a good skill to have on your Spotlight profile. Thanks to advances in technology, it’s now easier than ever to record your voice in professional…
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Judges Announced for Spotlight Prize 2023
Meet the 2023 Spotlight Prize Judging Panel. The Spotlight Prize is our annual showcase that helps to launch the careers of outstanding graduates, offering them a platform to raise their profile within the industry and to win a cash prize. This year, one of the 20 graduates nominated by their drama schools will take away…
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What Parents Need to Know About Working with Their Child’s Agent
The AYPA’s guide to best practice for young performer agents, and what parents and guardians need to be aware of in the industry. It’s extremely important, as the parent or guardian of a young actor, that you do your research when looking for an agent for your child. Unfortunately, some dubious organisations out there claim…
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Headshot Tips for Young Performers
How to Get the Best Headshot for Your Child Performer Robin Savage has been a professional photographer for 15 years, photographing around 1,000 young performers per year. Like many headshot photographers, Robin also used to be a performer, and so has a brilliant understanding of the industry and a headshot’s purpose within it. These are Robin’s…
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Transgender, Non-Binary & Gender Non-Conforming – Let’s Talk About It
We speak to Aitch Wylie (they/them), who is an actor, singer, and trans inclusivity consultant in the performing arts. In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we cover some of the basic definitions and language used when talking about gender constructs and challenging them. We also discuss the importance of the arts in driving social change…
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What You Need to Know About Nudity and Intimacy on Set
Advice from intimacy coordinators Ita O’Brien and Marci Liroff for actors considering roles that require nudity or intimate scenes. More than ever before, roles may ask actors to expose themselves and perform intimate scenes so it’s important you’re aware of your rights and set your boundaries. We hosted a seminar with Ita O’Brien and Marci Liroff,…
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How a Director and Writer Collaborate in Theatre
In this episode of the Spotlight podcast, we talk to playwright Ella Hickson and director Natalie Abrahami about collaboration in theatre Natalie and Ella have worked on some hugely successful projects together including Anna at the National Theatre and Swive (Elizabeth) at The Globe. In this podcast they chat to us about working in theatre, their…