Win a year’s Spotlight membership, £150 worth of self-tape equipment and a career advice session.
Our Into the Spotlight competition is back with a brand new theme and a brand-new award winning judge! This time, we want to see monologues or self-taped scenes – it’s completely up to you what you enter!
What’s the Theme?
This round, we’re turning the spotlight on YOU with the theme of:
Identity
The theme is open to your interpretation. What does identity mean to you? Give yourself free rein to show us your creativity.
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We’re delighted to announce casting director Aisha Bywaters as our special guest judge for this competition.
About Aisha
In 2022 and 2024, Aisha won the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Scripted Casting for TV comedy We Are Lady Parts and TV drama Three Little Birds. Her TV credits include The Baby for Sister Pictures and HBO/Sky, Netflix’s Man vs Bee and Working Title’s BBC TV adaptation of Everything I Know About Love. Aisha’s film credits include The Last Tree and Polite Society. Her upcoming projects include Hulu/Channel 4’s TV adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ acclaimed novel Queenie.
The Prize
Once our internal experts have narrowed down the entries to a top 10, Aisha will select one winner who will receive:
- Your next Spotlight membership, for free!
- £150 worth of self-taping equipment
- A Spotlight career advice session
- Your piece will be shared on our News & Advice pages, social accounts and our member newsletters (including to all casting professionals and agents).
How to Enter
Spotlight members can enter the Into the Spotlight competition by following these steps:
- Choose (or write!) your piece.
- This round, we’re accepting self-taped scenes, as well as monologues. Just don’t let your off-screen reader upstage you!
- Film yourself performing it – take a look at our tips for self-taping, how to edit your self-tape, and how to troubleshoot any technical issues.
- Complete the form below and upload your self-tape.
- Make sure to read the rules of entry below before entering!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Our team will review the entries and shortlist the final 10 candidates.
The winners will be selected from these shortlists by our special guest judge, Aisha Bywaters, and the winners will be announced in late-June.
Rules of Entry
- You must be over the age of 18.
- You must be a current member of Spotlight to enter.
- This competition is open to Spotlight members worldwide!
- You may enter only one piece per competition.
- Your piece should be up to a maximum of 90 seconds in length.
- Please only submit video footage that you have filmed for the purpose of this competition. Please do not submit footage that is currently being used for any job opportunities that are subject to an NDA or contractual agreement.
- Please do not include copyrighted material in the background of your entry.
- Please read all terms and conditions carefully before submitting your entry.
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Good luck!
We were blown away by the entries from our last ‘Into the Spotlight’ competitions, so thanks to everyone who entered! Watch the performances from the ‘Into the Spotlight’ competition on the theme of ‘musical theatre’, and take a look at the winner and finalists from our first dance competition.
