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The Essentials
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How to Get Work in Commercials: A Beginner's Guide
Tips for actors looking to break into commercial work, including what to expect at the audition, how much you’ll get paid and what to look for in breakdowns. On average, around 60% of the auditions you do as an actor in the UK are for commercials. Brands are producing television advertisements all year round for […]
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auditions
commercials
The Industry
Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini and Stanley Tucci attend the "Conclave" Headline Gala during the 68th BFI London Film Festival
Nina Gold and Martin Ware on Casting ‘Conclave’

We speak to casting directors Nina Gold and Martin Ware about their work on ‘Conclave’ and assembling a multinational cast. In the world of casting, award-winning casting director Nina Gold has the Midas touch when it comes to finding the right actor for the job. She’s responsible for finding the acting talent who brought beloved […]

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The Essentials
Spotlight Prize 2024 screen prize winner Senam Akpokavi performing his monologue on stage at the showcase
8 Ways to Find Your Audition Monologue

Tips for finding your perfect audition monologue from how to begin your research, where to find monologues for free and what to look for. Choosing a monologue for your audition shouldn’t be rushed or done on a whim. With so many monologues out there, you need to play an active role in narrowing down the […]

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The Industry
Spotlight Focus: Fra Fee on ‘Lost Boys and Fairies’

Actor Fra Fee talks to us about self-taping, auditioning for Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’, managing a professional agent relationship and more. From the West End to Marvel, Netflix and the BBC, Fra Fee has had a varied and successful career across stage, film and television. Most recently, he played ‘Andy’ in Lost Boys and Fairies – a […]

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agents
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Young Performers
The cast sitting around a table eating at a wedding in 'Till the Stars Come Down'
Diary of a Young Performer: The Show Must Go On

Young performer Maggie Livermore shares her experience performing in ‘Till the Stars Come Down’ at the National Theatre and how she dealt with unexpected events. With press and opening night over, the run of Till the Stars Come Down officially began, and young performer Maggie Livermore loved every moment of it. Maggie played ‘Sarah’ in […]

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Training
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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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graduates
Making Work
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How to Write a Monologue

How to begin writing, develop a monologue and what to bear in mind when turning that monologue into a full show. When it comes to writing – in all its forms – starting can be the hardest part. We want to make sure whatever we write is perfect, but the first words rarely are. Writing, […]

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