Category: The Essentials
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A Guide to Your First Headshot Session
What to expect from your first session with a headshot photographer and how to successfully present yourself to the industry! As if you don’t already have enough to do between mastering your showcase and Stanislavski, before long someone is bound to tell you to go out and get your headshot taken. Spotlight’s Content Editor, Christina Care, was…
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6 Top Tips on Voice Work from Barbara Houseman
Voice work should come from a place of joy… And other top tips from voice coach and director Barbara Houseman. Barbara Houseman has worked extensively as a voice and acting coach, as well as a theatre director. Her client list is formidable, having worked with everyone from Kenneth Branagh to Daniel Radcliffe. At our recent…
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How to Self-Tape at Home
Our tips on how you can self-tape from home! So you’ve received that email from your agent asking you to put yourself on tape for a casting, and they need the audition WeTransferred across by tomorrow. With our ‘how to’ video, this process need never feel rushed or stressful again! If you’re able to start…
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Everything You Need to Know About… Photos
Your main photo As a professional performer, your main headshot is vitally important. It must represent who you are. It is your first selling point to getting that audition. If a casting professional is unaware of your work, it is the first thing they will see, and first impressions do count! It should be a…
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How to Approach a Small Theatre Company
Want to make theatre with a local company? Here’s how to get started. Whether you’re looking for that vital last credit for your Spotlight membership application or just love theatre (and don’t quite know how to get the Old Vic’s attention!), approaching small theatre companies can be a great way to gain a foot in…
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Scene Study: Why is it Important?
Acting – at least for those who do it professionally – is about much more than just learning the lines in a script and then saying them out loud. You also have to know which way to face and who’s paying your wages at the end of the week! I’m joking of course (well, not…
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5 Ways To A Better Relationship With Your Agent
There’s a load of advice out there about how to get an agent, but very little about what to do once you have one. How do you build an effective working relationship with your agent? How often should you email? Should you let them know when you hear about work? And what if things aren’t going well?…
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How to Audition for Camera
Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead Casting Director, Sharon Bialy, on how to audition for camera. Header photo credit: © Ursula Coyote/AMC
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The Mono Box: 8 Steps to Choosing a Monologue
For many actors the quest to find a good monologue is an on-going drama. When you have only 2 minutes to convince a panel of your acting skill and place in the industry, finding a speech can mean spending hours on bookshop floors skimming pages for long sections of text, and buying random plays online…
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How to Self-Tape Auditions
If you’ve been asked to put yourself on tape for an audition, don’t panic. Here are our tips for self-taping auditions from home. In this video, we discuss cameras, lighting, sound, sending your self-tape to the casting director and more. What do I need to film my self-tape at home? You’ll need: A video camera…