Tag: auditions
-
Everything You Need to Know About Commercial Castings with the CDA
The tips you need for your next commercial casting audition Spotlight talks to the Casting Directors Association (CDA) about what makes commercial casting different from other kinds of castings. Listen to all the best advice from CDA members about how to prep, perform well and nail your next casting for a commercial job! Hear from…
-
Safety, Harassment and Bullying in the Industry
Addressing safety, bullying and harassment in the acting industry. On this big episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we discuss safety, harassment and bullying in our industry. Joining us, we have Maureen Beattie, performer and President of Equity, Wendy Spon CDG and former Head of Casting for the National Theatre, and Ita O’Brien, Intimacy and Movement…
-
How Young Performers Get Theatre Work
Casting Director Verity Naughton gives all the key advice for young performers on stage. In this episode of The Spotlight podcast, we’re joined by Casting Director Verity Naughton, CDG where we talk all about young performer casting. Topics we cover include: Headshots What you should and should not include on your profile How casting works,…
-
A Director’s Advice for Actors with Bruce Goodison
Essential tips for actors, from director Bruce Goodison Director Bruce Goodison (director of Born to Kill, Murdered By My Father, Leave to Remain, and many others), talks to Spotlight about: The stories that interest and inspire him; What he expects and looks for in the audition room; His expectations of actors on set; Advice for having…
-
Coping with Rejection: A Guide for Actors
Ways to cope with audition rejections and how to bounce back after hearing a ‘no’. When I tell people I’m an actor, there are usually two questions. The first is: “Are you in anything at the moment?” The second is: “How do you deal with all that rejection?” Whether you work in the industry or…
-
6 Ways to Combat Nerves at Your Next Audition
6 tips for tackling bad nerves at your next audition… For some, auditioning is just part of the daily routine of being an actor. But for others it’s the elephant in the room that we don’t want to address because addressing it would mean admitting that auditioning has become a fear, not a thrill. And that…
-
A Day in the Life of a Casting Director: Sue Odell, CDA
Spotlight spoke to Casting Director Sue Odell on her hands-on approach to casting, the realities of a commercial casting timeline, and how inclusivity factors in… “I like to give [actors] confidence straight away – I try to find interesting types that aren’t conventionally pretty. I give them confidence by finding that something about them –…
-
Sonia Allam’s Audition Tips for Young Performers
CD Sonia Allam shares her advice on confidence, self-tapes and auditioning.
-
Voice and Accent Work with Nina Zendejas
Practical exercises from Nina Zendejas, Head of Voice at Italia Conti (MT), for practising character voices, Received Pronunciation and General American accents. In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast we talk to Nina Zendejas, an international voice coach specialising in accent and dialect, and native to the United States. Currently working as the Head of…
-
Theatre Audition Tips with Ruth O’Dowd
Have you got a theatre audition coming up? Check out Ruth O’Dowd’s top tips for auditioning for theatre, from our latest Open House… Are you waiting for your next audition? Downtime is the perfect opportunity to rework those auditioning muscles. It’s easy as an actor to get caught up in your own head, especially when…