Category: News & Advice
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What’s Filming in the UK and Ireland – Spring 2023
Spring has officially sprung, and so has the UK and Ireland film industry. Let’s take a look at these exciting projects currently filming over the next few months. 2023 is shaping up to be an exciting year for film and television in the UK. Awards season is behind us, and we look forward to blockbuster…
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How to Prepare for Auditions and Self-tapes
Performers Bella Ramsey, Laura Donnelly, Rob Brydon, Toheeb Jimoh and Asim Chaudhry share their preparation tips for auditions. At this year’s CDG Awards, we caught up with some of the performers who guest-presented to ask them how they prepare for auditions and self-tapes. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Read the Scenes You’re Given Before…
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Casting Society Announces Multi-year Partnership with Talent Systems
CSA partnership launched on 9 March with Spotlight as Presenting Sponsor for the 38th Annual Artios Awards 27 March 2023 Casting Society is proud to announce a multi-year partnership with Talent Systems, the parent company of Spotlight, Casting Networks, Cast It, and other talent discovery platforms. This partnership started with Spotlight’s presenting sponsorship of the 38th Annual Artios Awards on 9 March…
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2023 BAFTA TV Awards Nominations Announced
‘The Responder’ and ‘This is Going to Hurt’ lead the nominations at this year’s TV BAFTA Awards The nominations for the annual TV BAFTA Awards have been announced and with a huge variety of categories, the television drama genre reigns supreme with the most nominations. The BAFTA Television Awards will take place on Saturday 14…
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Transitioning from Screen to Stage
Four tips to help serial screen performers who are treading the boards for the first time The institution of acting in this country starts out on the stage. In the theatre, at drama school, or in scene study classes, we learn to tread the boards, fill the space, and successfully transmit the story across to an audience,…
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9 Tips to Help Motivate Young Performers
Top tips for keeping your child focused on their performing goals when it’s the last thing they feel like doing The performing arts world is a space that provides constant opportunities to learn and grow – not only as performers but as human beings, too. In this industry, goals are big, and like anything worth having,…
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Oscars 2023: Michelle Yeoh Among Winners at Academy Awards
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads the 95th Academy Awards with seven Oscars wins, including the Best Picture award Undoubtedly, the Oscars are the biggest event of the film calendar. After a year of film festivals, premieres, junkets, screenings, home releases, critic reviews and social media chatter, the biggest films of the last 12 months…
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2023 Artios Awards Winners Announced
Here are all the winners from the 38th Annual Artios Awards For the first time since the 2020 awards, the Artios Awards return to a full house in-person to celebrate the outstanding achievements in casting. Taken from the Greek phrase for ‘perfectly fitting’, Artios symbolises the extreme efforts put in by casting professionals for film,…
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The Spotlight Podcast: Female-led Creative Spaces and Improvisation
We talk to Notflix about improvisation and working as an all-female cast In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we talk to Aisling Groves-McKeown and Emma Read, members of the five-star, award-winning, all-female, improvised musical comedy: Notflix the Musical! We talk at length about the craft of good improvisation, honing your songwriting skills, as well as…
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How to get Funding for Edinburgh Fringe
Top tips on how to raise funds to put on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It’s no secret that putting on a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can be costly. Expenses you’ll need to plan for can include: Venue costs Registration fees Production costs Accommodation Travel Marketing, PR and press costs Living…