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The Industry
How to Get Started in Puppetry

Tips and advice for actors wanting to get started in puppetry, and what happens in a puppetry casting When you hear the term ‘puppetry’, you likely think of Sesame Street, The Muppets and other children’s educational shows. However, puppetry in theatre can be a powerful tool that allows actors to convey complex emotions and stories […]

auditions
interview
open house
The Essentials
Getting Started with Accents

Voice coach Laura Carroll shares her top tips on how to learn an accent There’s no quick way to learn an accent. Like any skill, it’s developed through training, practice and feedback, but once perfected, it will open up a whole new world for your voice work. Commercials, video games, audiobooks, narration – all of […]

accents
acting
open house
Young Performers
What Young Actors Need to Know About Working with Intimacy Coordinators

How intimacy coordinators look after you during production and what they do to ensure your wellbeing during intimate scenes The role of an intimacy coordinator is still relatively new to the industry – only beginning to increase in popularity in 2017. But intimacy coordinators aren’t for show: they’re an important ally for performers to have […]

open house
parents
starting out
The Essentials
14 Tips for Finding Freedom within Self-Tapes

Leading acting and voice coach, Mel Churcher, guides us through the process of self-taping, and finding the freedom to act more naturally within it As well as running workshops and coaching a wide range of professionals for the past 30 years, Mel Churcher has also worked as an actor and broadcaster. Her session at Spotlight’s Open House drew […]

acting advice
auditions
improvisation
The Essentials
Confidence in Auditions

Top tips to help actors approach auditions and self-tapes with confidence I’ve done a lot of auditions. I’ve been acting professionally for 30 years, performed on stage and screen in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and ran a theatre company in Melbourne for six years. I’ve worked across multiple genres: drama, comedy, musical theatre, Shakespeare, sitcom, […]

auditions
open house
self-taping
The Essentials
Creating Compelling Characters

Actor and drama school teacher Des Fleming shares his advice and practical exercises to help you create compelling characters. Des Fleming hosted a brilliant workshop at our recent Open House event where he explained that bringing characters to life requires a process of exploration and investigation. Here, we summarise some of the valuable insights he […]

acting
character
des fleming