What type of membership would you like to apply for?
Account access problem
You do not have permission to access this page with your current sign in details. If you require any further help, please get in touch at questions@spotlight.com.
OK

News & Advice

Search Articles

Placeholder
Getting Work
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Making Work
Self-Employment
Spotlight
The Essentials
The Industry
The Spotlight Podcast
Training
Young Performers
Placeholder
film
wellbeing
ireland
theatre
television
video
awards
diversity/inclusivity
interview
starting out
events
young performers
finances/legal
spotlight profile
The Industry
Verity Naughton with her CDG Award alongside Katherine Parkinson and Kadiff Kirwan
Full List of the Casting Directors' Guild Awards 2025 Winners
Verity Naughton wins multiple awards, with the casting teams behind ‘Rivals’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ also taking home wins. The winners of the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025 have now been announced at a ceremony in London, hosted by Sue Perkins. The CDG Casting Awards, now in […]
Read more
awards
casting directors
commercials
The Industry
Nina Gold and Martin Ware holding their multiple Artios Awards
Full List of Artios Awards 2025 Winners

Casting Directors including Nina Gold, Martin Ware and Bernard Telsey win awards for ‘Wicked’, ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’. Last night (12 February), the Casting Society’s Artios Awards, presented by Spotlight, took place with glittering ceremonies in London, New York and Los Angeles. The Artios Awards honours the year’s […]

Read more
awards
casting directors
casting news
The Industry
Sebastian Stan as 'Donald Trump' and Jeremy Strong as 'Roy Cohn' on the back seat of a car in 'The Apprentice' film
Casting Director Stephanie Gorin on being BAFTA nominated for ‘The Apprentice’

The casting director of ‘Fargo’, ‘Reacher’ and ‘IT’ tells us about casting the BAFTA-nominated film ‘The Apprentice’ and how she discovers new talent. Canadian casting director Stephanie Gorin has an extensive number of projects to her name. You’ll find productions like Reacher, IT, Miss Saigon, &Juliet and Saw amongst the 200+ projects she’s cast across […]

Read more
auditions
awards
casting directors
The Industry
The actors playing the trains skating in a row in 'Starlight Express'
‘Starlight Express’ Leads the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025 with Seven Wins

Starlight Express’ wins include Best Musical Revival and Best Professional Debut Performance, with Macbeth, Hadestown and Spirited Away among other winners. The winners of the 25th annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced, with Starlight Express emerging as the frontrunner. The awards, hosted this year by Mazz Murray and Gina Murray at the London Palladium, are […]

Read more
awards
musical theatre
news
The Industry
Timothée Chalamet as 'Bob Dylan' in a recording studio in the film 'A Complete Unknown'
Yesi Ramirez on Award Nominations and Casting ‘A Complete Unknown’

The Head of Casting for Searchlight Pictures shares her unique insight on the Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ as well as her casting process. Yesi Ramirez may arguably be best known for casting 2016’s Oscar and BIFA-winning Moonlight, a film that won her an Artios Award and also saw two of its cast members […]

Read more
awards
casting directors
film
The Industry
Two gladiators fighting in a sandy arena while the crowd watches on
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 […]

Read more
casting directors
events
film
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 […]

Read more
casting directors
europe
events
see more
+