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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 […]

auditions
interview
monologues
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, […]

making work
monologues
open house
Young Performers
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The Winners and Finalists of the ‘Into the Spotlight’ Young Performers Competition 2024

The winners and finalists of the ‘Into the Spotlight’ Young Performers competition 2024 are finally revealed! Our ‘Into the Spotlight’ competitions always attract an excellent variety of talented Spotlight members, and our latest Young Performers competition was no exception.  All the entries were watched by our independent judge, actress Lucy Dixon (Waterloo Road, Hollyoaks), who […]

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Spotlight
The Spotlight studios at 16 Garrick Street
Introducing Our Studio Sessions Service

Come create the perfect self-tape at a discounted rate with our in-house service! Our offices in Garrick Street feature six expertly-designed studios that are frequently used for casting your favourite films, TV shows and commercials. We love getting to meet all the casting professionals who come in to use our spaces, and we want our […]

monologues
news
self-taping
Spotlight
Young performers with their hands in the air during a Spotlight workshop
‘Into the Spotlight’ Young Performers Competition 2024

It’s time once again to shine a spotlight on our younger members for the ‘Into the Spotlight’ Young Performers competition! We have new themes, new judges, and exciting prizes to be won – a year’s Spotlight membership, £100 worth of camera equipment, a career advice session, a Spotlight goody bag and more! All you need […]

monologues
news
parents
The Essentials
A young actress setting up her landscape phone on a tripod for a self-tape
6 Simple Tips to Make Your Self-Tape Sizzle

What you can do to avoid the most common self-tape mistakes. Every performer will need to film a self-tape at some point in their career, whether it’s for a role submission or to enter our ‘Into the Spotlight’ monologue competitions. Casting professionals receive hundreds of self-tapes for each role, so unfortunately they’re unlikely to engage […]

auditions
monologues
self-taping