Category: The Essentials
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How to Start Directing
Interested in directing? Here are some of the best on how you should get started… How to Start Directing with Hugo Blick (Black Earth Rising), Bruce Goodison (Murdered By My Father), Josie Rourke (Mary, Queen of Scots), Emma Rice of Wise Children, and many others… Take a look for all the insider knowledge you need…
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Simon Longman on Writing for Theatre
Want to write your own play? Here’s some advice from Simon Longman Simon Longman, winner of the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme in 2014 and this year’s George Devine playwriting award, talks to us at Spotlight on why theatre is still a great medium to tell stories, how he writes, collaborating and where to get started…
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Agent Hannah Wilkinson Answers Your Questions
Agent Hannah Wilkinson answers some of our performer questions on the essentials you need to know for a happy relationship with your agent, and a positive career as an actor! Hannah Wilkinson of Emptage Hallett came in to offer one to one support for many of our members at our recent Open House. Hannah was kind enough to answer…
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How to Create Your Best Spotlight Profile
Spotlight’s top tips for making your profile the very best it can be! At our latest Open House, Spotlight’s own Emma Dyson gave her feedback on member profiles and offered up her advice on how you can make the most of your Spotlight profile. Here are the takeaway tips: A Good First Photo is Everything So make it…
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Everything You Need to Know About Self-Taping
Get the best results from your next self-tape audition by following these tips from casting directors. Got a self-taped audition coming up? Watch our video where we get casting directors Sharon Bialy, Priscilla John, Lucinda Syson, Kelly Valentine Hendry, Victor Jenkins, Debbie McWilliams, Frank Moiselle, Emma Stafford, and Thom Hammond to tell us what performers should and shouldn’t do when…
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Tips for Performing Your Best Monologue
Monologue tips from Guildford School of Acting audition panellist Joe Richardson By Christina Care At Spotlight’s Open House event, Joe Richardson led a wonderful session on auditioning for drama school. We went along to hear all his great advice on how to get your monologue into the best shape possible, and nail that audition! Avoid…
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Perfecting Accent Work with Dialect Coach William Conacher
All things accent related with William Conacher, dialect coach on The Crown, Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley, Dunkirk, The Reader and more… Accents have different entry points for me. Sometimes it’s the rhythm and melody, or sometimes it’s vowel and consonant changes… I believe learning an accent is much more akin to learning dance steps than…
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How to Make a Showreel
Find out how to make a slick showreel to catch a casting director’s eye! If you’re not sure where to begin with putting together your showreel, or have some footage but don’t know how to edit it, then this video is for you. You’ll learn how to acquire the footage from productions you’ve been in (without…
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What To Do Before An Audition
Casting directors weigh in on making the most of your audition prep! Gearing up for your next audition? Take heed of the best advice from a whole host of the best names in casting. Offering up their wisdom, we have Jeanne McCarthy, Amy Hubbard, Manuel Puro, Juliette Ménager, April Webster, Andy Brierley, Patricia Vasconcelos, Amanda…
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How to Get an Agent in Ireland with Richard Cook
Agent and Director of Lisa Richards discusses what he wants from actors seeking representation Subtitle Film Festival Founder, Richard Cook, spoke to Spotlight about what he looks for in actors he signs at Dublin agency Lisa Richards Ltd. With clients such as Aidan Turner and Robert Sheehan, they represent some of Ireland’s top talent. You…