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Expert advice to turn your showreel into a compelling narrative that helps you showcase your talent and stand out to casting directors.  Your showreel is your visual CV and can be key to catching the eye of casting directors, agents and other casting professionals. But how can you ensure your showreel doesn’t just blend into […]

Tips for Shakespearean acting from breaking down Shakespeare’s verse to acting techniques. For over 400 years, Shakespeare’s plays have allowed actors the opportunity to play out the greatest heights of tragedy and explore the joy of outlandish comedy.  One of his most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has been staged over 118 times. Others, […]

We speak to the winner of the European Shooting Star Award 2025 and the actors honoured at this year’s Berlinale festival. Every year at the Berlinale, the European Film Promotion (EFP) hosts the Shooting Stars event to showcase the talents of 10 exceptional European acting newcomers. Selected from qualifying countries in the EU, each actor […]

Top tips on how to prepare for a role on the stage, analyse a script and perform for a live audience. The theatre is a space that surges with energy that can feel both exciting and overwhelming. Acting for the stage requires a different approach than film or television and it isn’t necessarily about making […]

Discover what sets feature films apart from shorts, as well as the core funding options available for feature filmmakers in the UK. Feature films offer filmmakers a unique set of opportunities compared to short films. They allow you to develop more complex characters and narratives and to stage them within a cinematic world that has […]

Matthew Tuck tells us about his audition for the feature film ‘Cleaner’, working with Daisy Ridley and his hopes for other neurodivergent performers in the industry. It’s never too late to become a performer. Matthew Tuck didn’t grow up wanting to become an actor. He didn’t go to drama school. Yet here he is – […]