Performers take part in an acting exercise. Performers take part in an acting exercise.

Performers

Showcase your talent, be discovered

For nearly a century, we’ve connected talented performers with the industry’s top casting professionals.

 

Spotlight is a digital service where professional performers, like you, can advertise your talent.

 

  • Customise your online profile to showcase your skills, training, and marketing materials like headshots, showreels and voice reels.
  • Your Spotlight profile is accessible and searchable to casting directors worldwide who are looking to discover talented performers for their projects.
  • We help you develop and sustain your career with webinars hosted by our dedicated team of industry experts.
  • Access mental health and wellness support, and discounts on gym membership, theatre tickets, travel and more.

 

Spotlight is more than just a directory — we’re the gold standard in connecting professionals in the performing arts. We invite you to join the community that has been shaping the world’s greatest stories for nearly 100 years.

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Performer Membership

No matter your career goals, our membership will help you succeed.

Annual Subscription

UK – £171.50 + VAT

IRL – €192.15 + Irish VAT*

 

Monthly Subscription

UK – £15.60 + VAT

IRL – €17.75 + Irish VAT*

 

*Your exact VAT rate will be applied at checkout based on your billing address.

NB – Stated EUR price is for IRL only. Prices for other EU countries will differ due to local VAT.

Join Spotlight to connect with professionals casting the best roles in the UK, Europe and beyond.
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Membership discounts are available to performers who identify as deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent. You can apply for this by emailing questions@spotlight.com. Deaf and disabled performers are also invited to join Profile Performers – a free video database service (both for actors and industry users) hosted by Spotlight and the National Theatre, designed to champion and showcase deaf and disabled talent.

Spotlight Features
Spotlight public profile
Access to industry contacts
Development and events
Industry FAQs
Talent Scout
Ethnicity and heritage
Industry Support
Group career advice
Resources
Discounts

Our Membership Criteria

Membership Criteria - Qualifications
1
Experience

You have at least one featured role with an Equity or equivalent union contract or two professional paid performance credits.

Actor writing notes in a script
2
Qualifications

Or have completed at least a year of full-time professional performance training equivalent to an RQF level 5 or two years of part-time training.

Membership Criteria - Recommendation
3
Recommendations

Or have been recommended by a Spotlight registered agent or a party that’s a member of one of the following professional organisations: Casting Directors’ Guild, Casting Society of America, Casting Directors Association

Succession
I cast so many actors who do not reside in the states, I use Spotlight for all projects we work on. It's the easiest and most effective way to find talent abroad. It is great, easy and wonderfully effective.
Avy Kaufman, CSA, ICDA
In My Skin, Feel Good and Big Boys
Spotlight is the go-to and it’s really important for actors to have showreels on their Spotlight page.
Rachel Sheridan, CDG Casting Director
The Old Oak, All of Us Strangers and The Woman in the Wall
We use Spotlight as a searchable tool - we go through things like base, skills, languages - languages we’re doing a lot of that at the moment. We use it to just absorb information.
Kahleen Crawford, Casting Director

Helpful Resources

We are always here to help. We have helpful articles for you to read about what to expect from your Spotlight membership and FAQs about getting started as a Spotlight member.

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