Category: Spotlight
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6 Tips for Creating the Perfect Graduate Profile
Start your career on the right foot with the best possible Spotlight profile! 1. Select your best headshot and production images Your headshot is your ‘hello’ to the world, so it’s important to get right. Pick something in colour for your main picture, but feel free to include additional black and white images as well if…
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The Spotlight Prize 2017: Winning Performances
Watch Cecily and Yasmin’s winning pieces. On Tuesday 11 July, 20 actors from some of the UK’s top drama schools took part in the Spotlight Stage Showcase at The UnderGlobe. Ahead of this year’s performance, the graduates also took part in a screen acting showcase with director Shimmy Marcus. The Best Stage Actor winner was…
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The 2017 Spotlight Prize Winners Are…
Cecily Redman and Yasmin Mwanza Scoop Spotlight Stage and Screen Prize. Cecily Redman from the Royal Academy of Music has been named Best Stage Actor at this year’s Spotlight Showcase, with Yasmin Mwanza from the Manchester School of Theatre being named Best Screen Actor. This year’s stage showcase was judged by acclaimed actors Sarah Parish, Mark Bonnar,…
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Spotlight Prize: Making the most of your showcase
Catching up with Spotlight Prize participants from over the years (Part 2!) The Spotlight Prize 2017 is only a week away! Here is part 2 of our catch up with some of our previous participants and winners to get their insight into the night itself, the networking opportunities and the sense of community that you…
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Spotlight Prize: Preparation, Performance and Selecting a Monologue
Catching up with Spotlight Prize participants from over the years The Spotlight Prize is almost upon us. This year we took the time to catch up with some of our previous participants and winners to get their insight into the best ways to pick and prepare for a monologue, perform at your best, and make…
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Spotlight Prize 2017: Meet the Judges
Meet the judging panel for the Spotlight Prize 2017. The Spotlight Prize 2017 is just around the corner! Before this year’s stage showcase at The Underglobe on 11th July, the nominees will be taking part in a screen acting showcase this weekend with award-winning director Shimmy Marcus. Screen Showcase Panel The judging panel for this year’s screen showcase…
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Spotlight’s Exciting Discount Scheme
Find out about Spotlight Discounts, our savings scheme for members. We’re always looking for ways to improve the value you get for your Spotlight membership and we know that there are times as an actor when money is tight. Spotlight Discounts is free to our members and gives you access to a huge variety of…
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Introducing the nominees for the Spotlight Showcase 2017
20 of the UK and Ireland’s most talented young drama school graduates have been selected to compete in front of an exclusive industry panel in July at the Spotlight Showcase 2017. The finalists will be launching their career to an audience of influential industry professionals on 11th July at The Underglobe, with a live theatre performance and…
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Your Top 5 Questions Answered
We’re always looking out for ways to help new members settle in at Spotlight, making our recent Welcome Evening the perfect opportunity to find out what questions our new members have. Here are just a few popular questions we get asked about how to make the most of your Spotlight membership: How do I self-submit?…
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Getting Roles in Europe Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
We’ve partnered with Northern Europe’s largest casting platform, Stagepool, to share opportunities with each other’s members and make it easier to gain opportunities throughout Europe. If you’re an actor, many of Europe’s leading casting directors such as Tusse Lande (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Skyfall) will now be distributing their breakdowns via Spotlight, giving you the opportunity to…