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The Spotlight Podcast
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The Spotlight Podcast: How to Make Your Spotlight Profile Stand Out
Tips for making your Spotlight profile the best it can be to help casting directors and project makers discover you. If you’re new to Spotlight – or feel that your profile isn’t working for you and you’d like to improve it – this is the episode for you. We’re joined by Mel Brown – our […]
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The Industry
Watch Kate Rhodes James’ Q&A about Casting ‘Gladiator II’

Casting director Kate Rhodes James discusses her process for assembling the stellar cast we see on screen in ‘Gladiator II’ and answers Spotlight members’ questions. On 16 December 2025, Spotlight hosted an exclusive private screening of Gladiator II for Spotlight members, followed by a Q&A with the film’s esteemed casting director, Kate Rhodes James. The […]

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The Industry
Exclusive Screening of ‘The Substance’ and Panel Event at Berlinale Film Festival

In association with the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) and the European Film Academy, Filmmakers and Spotlight are delighted to present an exclusive panel and screening of The Substance at the Berlinale International Film Festival. The special event celebrates the European Film Academy’s (EFA) introduction of a new ‘European Casting Director Award’. Congratulations to the […]

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Spotlight Welcomes Wellbeing in the Arts as Our New Member Assistance Programme Provider

What Spotlight’s member assistance programme change means for you, along with the support you can receive from Wellbeing in the Arts and how to access it. Published: 31 January 2025 As of 1 February 2025, Spotlight will be partnering with Wellbeing in the Arts to provide support to our members through the Member Assistance Programme. […]

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The Essentials
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A Performer’s Guide to Getting Organised in 2025

A how-to guide on setting and achieving goals for the year ahead, plus tips and tools to progress your performing career. At the start of a new year, many of us feel a mounting pressure to reinvent, whether through a ‘New Year, New Me’ mindset or by setting unrealistic goals all while fighting against a […]

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The Industry
The History of Lesbian Representation on Television

How the visibility and authenticity of lesbians and queer women has progressed on the small screen, and what still needs to be done. Let me take you back to 1994 and the first time I saw myself represented on screen. The nation is watching their favourite soap opera of the time, Brookside, and we see […]

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The Essentials
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How to Start Your Acting Career in Australia

How to become an actor in Australia, find auditions and acting jobs, and how UK performers can apply to live in Australia. If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping into the spotlight Down Under, you’re in for a treat. Australia’s artistic landscape is as diverse as its geographical landscape. With renowned drama schools, thriving theatre scenes […]

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