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Young Performers

Sonia Allam’s Audition Tips for Young Performers

CD Sonia Allam shares her advice on confidence, self-tapes and auditioning.

Theatre Audition Tips with Ruth O’Dowd

Have you got a theatre audition coming up? Check out Ruth O’Dowd’s top tips for auditioning for theatre, from our latest Open House… Are you waiting for your next audition? Downtime is the perfect opportunity to rework those auditioning muscles. It’s easy as an actor to get caught up in your own head, especially when […]

Audition Tips from the Casting Director of The Mindy Project

CSA member Jeanne McCarthy shares her insights Jeanne McCarthy is a casting director based in California and a member of the Casting Society of America. Jeanne has cast 21 Jump Street, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mindy Project, Silicon Valley, and much more. We spoke to Jeanne at Subtitle European Film Festival in […]

8 Audition Tips from Pearson Casting

Expert Audition Advice from Pearson Casting Tips for making the most of your next audition The goal of the casting director is to work on behalf of the producer and in line with the director, choreographer and other creatives in charge of a production, to find a cast that fulfils the wants and needs of […]