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The Spotlight Podcast
The Spotlight Podcast with Andrew Stewart MP
How Political Parties Shape Cultural Policy with Stuart Andrew MP

The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Stuart Andrew, joins us on The Spotlight Podcast to discuss how cultural policies impact performers. The Rt. Hon. Stuart Andrews MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, joins us in the Spotlight studio to discuss how cultural policies impact performers. He […]

diversity/inclusivity
finances/legal
podcast
Self-Employment
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How to Get a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Performer

Expert advice for freelance actors and performers about how to increase your chance of getting a mortgage and what you can do now to prepare for future home ownership. As a performer, your income structure can be quite unique with your personal finances fluctuating depending on your working situation. Due to the particular nature of […]

finances/legal
self-employed
Making Work
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How to Fund Your Feature Film

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 […]

film
finances/legal
starting out
The Essentials
Is Your Audio-visual Work Shown Overseas? Get Additional Payments from BECS

How the British Equity Collection Society (BECS) helps performers get additional payments when their film and TV work is shown overseas. If your work is being shown anywhere in the world, you may have the right to receive additional payment (additional to what is provided for in your contract with the producer) – and that’s […]

acting
film
finances/legal
The Spotlight Podcast
The Spotlight Podcast: AI and Performer Rights

Solicitor Tony Morris joins us in the Spotlight studio to talk about artificial intelligence and what performers should know about copyright law and contracts when it comes to protecting their identity and work. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at an incredibly fast pace and is becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. Whilst AI offers […]

AI
finances/legal
interview
Self-Employment
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Regular Spending with an Irregular Income

How to plan your spending as an actor to ensure you’re saving enough when your income is high and surviving when work is slow. One of the biggest obstacles to self-employed actors getting a grip on their finances is a failure to budget properly for their irregular income. It’s easy to spend freely when earning […]

finances/legal
self-employed