Category: News & Advice
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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…
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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…
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Advice for Young Performers from the Industry
We asked some of our friends in the industry (and our in-house experts) for their words of wisdom for Young Performers based on their years of industry experience. 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…
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Reclaiming Self-Confidence as an Actor
Self-confidence is as vital as any acting skill. Actress and screenwriter Abiola Ogunbiyi explains how we can reclaim our self-confidence, and shares tips to help prevent us from losing it again. Whether you’ve noticed it within yourself, or it’s been brought up by those close to you, feelings and behaviours of low self-confidence can add…
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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…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Deep Relaxation for Sleep
This meditation is designed to help you to unwind and let go of the day, helping to aid a restful night’s sleep. We use a progressive muscle relaxation technique to help release stress and tension out of the body so we recommend finding a cosy and comfortable place where you can lie down for this…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Calming Nerves for Young Performers
This meditation is designed to support young performers who might be feeling a bit nervous or worried – particularly if they have an audition, self-tape or performance coming up. We spend some time relaxing the body and then we go on a short journey where we discover some very special magic clouds. This meditation is…
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Don’t Be An Ass: Why We Set One Goal at a Time
Actor and Writer Tahlia Norrish explores the nature of decision-making, and what happens when we aim to achieve too many goals at once. Warning: this post is going to feature some real talk. Earlier this year I uncovered something pretty confronting: in several aspects of life, I was making decisions from a place of fear.…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: New Beginnings
This meditation is themed around the idea of new beginnings and is designed to calm a busy mind by gently guiding you back to yourself. We get curious about how each new breath creates space for new awareness by bringing us back to the present moment. This guided meditation was inspired by our Powerful Pause…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Pre-audition for Young Performers
This meditation is recommended for ages 8+ and is designed to help calm and centre young performers before an audition or self-tape. Parents and Guardians are encouraged to listen to this meditation along with their child. If you are a young performer aged 16+ we recommend our adult performer pre-audition meditation. 12 minute listen. We recommend listening…