Category: News & Advice
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The Actors Alternative Bookshelf
Seven books and audiobooks about more than just acting to provide inspiration and a different perspective. We can bury ourselves in copies of Respect for Acting and The Actors Thesaurus but sometimes taking a step back and reading other genres can help broaden your outlook, spark creativity or offer an escape. With that in mind, here is a selection…
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Keeping Your Identity as an Out-of-Work Performer
It can be frustrating talking to people about what you do when you’re between performing jobs. Dancer Lizzie Perman explains why self-worth does not directly correlate with professional success. Not being professionally successful all the time doesn’t make you any less of an artist or indeed a person. This realisation freed me and actually allowed…
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Shaun Parkes on ‘Mangrove’ and Career Longevity
By Samantha Rea “I’ve been doing this since I was four years old. I was the type of child who had a lot of energy and my mum started sending me to classes – I think she just wanted to get me out of the house!” says Shaun Parkes. Over four decades on, his love…
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Videogame Casting with Martin Vaughan
We chat to Casting Director Martin Vaughan CDG about opportunities for performers in the games industry. I think people might have a set idea about what video games are without realising what an expansive medium for storytelling they can be. Martin Vaughan works as the in-house Casting Director at SIDE, a global studio specialising in…
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Making Your Acting Dreams Come True
Performer Remi Rachuba moved countries, switched careers and studied in the UK as a mature student to make his acting dreams come true. He shares his journey as inspiration for anyone hoping to do the same. In my opinion, when a drama school auditions you, you also audition the school. Having moved to Scotland from…
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The Relationship Between a Casting Director, Agent, Young Performer and Their Guardian
We hosted a wonderful webinar session with 13-year-old actress Holly, her mum Helen, agent Emma Cannon and casting director Verity Naughton to explore a number of topics that affect young performers. There’s a lot of useful information, which we’ve detailed below, but if you’re interested in any topic in particular then you can skip down…
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Am I Enough? Dealing with Self-doubt
As performers, it’s easy to doubt ourselves and question if we’re enough but forming new habits and thought patterns can help us recognise our self-worth. When you relieve yourself from the expectations and pressures of acting, enjoyment can become the focus once more When you begin your career as an actor, the highs and lows…
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Success from Stage to Screen
Performer Tahlia Norrish shares her career journey from stage to screen to inspire young performers who want to make the transition. The purpose of acting is to effectively communicate a story through character, but stage and screen are distinctly different means of doing so. One of the greatest delights of being an actor is the…
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Supporting Your Mental Health and Wellbeing
A curated list of links and resources to support performers’ mental health and wellbeing. Our members are at the heart of everything we do and we continue to be inspired by the passion, innovation and resilience of our industry. We are all in this together and we’re here to support you. Wellbeing in the Arts…
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Find Out About Our Refreshed Platform!
We’ve launched our refreshed platform, which is the culmination of a huge piece of work for us, based on all the feedback we’ve received from the industry over the last few months (and in some cases years!). You’ll see some big improvements now, as well as additional enhancements over the next few weeks. Gender: We…