Category: Training
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Shaping Young Stars with The Drama MOB
Esther Morgan, the founder of The Drama MOB, explains the necessity of grassroots training, her school and coaching ‘Adolescence’ star Owen Cooper. Based in Manchester, The Drama MOB is one of the North West’s leading drama schools and casting agencies. Founded by Esther Morgan and Tina O’Brien, The Drama MOB offers high-quality training for children…
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Making the Most of Your Final Year at Drama School
Maximise your drama school experience with these 10 tips for networking, making contacts, honing your self-taping skills, agent advice and more. If I could go back in time, I would’ve done my final year at drama school differently, and I’m sure plenty of actors across the country would agree. I thought the purpose of training…
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How to Make the Most of Your Time at Drama School
Six tips from our Spotlight Prize winners and finalists to help you get the most out of your drama school experience. So you’ve decided that drama school is the right path for you, you’ve succeeded with your drama school audition and you’re finally in. You now have three years (or less, depending on your course)…
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Tips for a Successful Drama School Audition
The Spotlight Prize 2024 winners and finalists share their top tips to help you prepare for your drama school auditions. Many acting careers start with a pivotal choice: should you go to drama school or not? While training at drama school is not essential for a successful career, your time there will definitely help you…
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Is Drama School the Right Path for You?
The Spotlight Prize 2024 winners and finalists share why they went to drama school and how you can tell whether this is the right path for you. It’s no longer the case that you need to have gone to drama school to have a successful acting career. Drama school can equip you with useful and…
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Book Recommendations for Actors in Training
14 books for actors to read during drama school training to help inspire and improve their acting skills. The most imperative time in a working actor’s career is arguably the years spent at drama school. Within the safe perimeters of training and studying the craft of acting, drama students will learn to use tools and…
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Choosing a Part-Time Acting Class
What to consider when looking for a part-time acting course and how to choose one that’s right for you Whether you’d like to get a taste for acting, train to be a professional, or upskill while working as a professional actor, part-time acting courses have much to offer. They can help you secure a place…
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I Didn’t Get Into Drama School: What Next?
Not getting into drama school may feel like the end of the world, but it isn’t. Here, we share tips for actors on what to do next if you didn’t get a placement at drama school. September signals the start of the term for drama schools across the country. This is an exciting period for…
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Summer School Courses You Can Book This Year
A guide to 2023 summer school courses for young performers and graduates Participating in a theatre-related summer school can be a great opportunity to build skills, try something new, and sample different drama schools. There are a range of training opportunities for performers throughout the UK and Ireland this July and August – as well…
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Life Lessons from Drama School
We asked the graduate finalists at this year’s Spotlight Prize what is the most important thing they’ll take away from drama school. The Spotlight Prize finalists come from some of the most prestigious drama schools in the country where they’ve spent years learning their craft and honing their skills. Fresh from their impressive performances at…