Tag: auditions
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Spotlight Supports Ukrainian Performers and Casting Professionals
Spotlight is proud to be supporting Ukrainian performers and casting professionals At this difficult time of uncertainty for our Ukrainian friends and colleagues, we are pleased to be able to offer complimentary casting subscriptions to casting professionals, and a complimentary year of membership to Ukrainian performers. For casting professionals who are new to Spotlight, or…
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Perform More, Audition Less with Due Diligence
Actor and Voice Over Artist Sandra Gayer explains how due diligence can streamline your audition process, saving you time and energy to spend on actual jobs. “What do you do?” “I audition full time!” Does that send a chill down your spine? It does for me! Some performers get stuck in an audition rut. But what…
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Advice for Young Performers from the Industry
We asked some of our friends in the industry (and our in-house experts) for their words of wisdom for Young Performers based on their years of industry experience. We hope these are useful when you come to do your next audition or self-tape. It’s important to note that every agent can tend to work slightly…
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An Update on Our Work on Bullying and Harassment in Our Industry
Everyone has the right to feel safe at work, whatever industry they are in. Bullying, harassment and discrimination (BHD) in any form have no place in our society, and over the last few months at Spotlight, we’ve been considering how best we can drive forward initiatives to improve our industry, such as the BFI’s set of…
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A Reminder of our In-House Services
What Spotlight’s Studio Services Can Do For You As a mix of online and in-person casting are here to stay, we wanted to remind you that our dedicated studios are open, offering many different services to help capture your talent! Actor on Tape If you’ve been asked to record an audition or self-tape for a…
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Acid to Asset: Turning Rejection into Opportunity
Singer, Actor, Radio Broadcast Presenter and Voiceover Artist Sandra Gayer provides her tips on how to turn rejection into opportunities and how that recent “no” could lead to something better in the future. 100 auditions, ONE job gained! Staggering odds, even if an aggregate, rather than an absolute reality. We want to make the numerical…
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Gendered Ageism In The Arts: A Matter Of Looks Or Logistics?
Award-winning playwright and performer, Victoria Taylor Roberts explains her experiences of ageism in the industry and what can be done to change this. It was a warm Spring day, and I was heading home from work when the call came from my agent. It was a quick one; they felt that I had shown a…
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Reframing Feedback
Actor and writer Tahlia Norrish explains how performers can reframe this feedback to progress in their career. Intellectually, we appreciate the purpose of feedback is to make us better. Emotionally, it can still be hard to take. As actors, however, our ability to effectively integrate feedback (direction) can be the defining factor in whether we…
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Self-Taping: The New Rules for The New Normal
An industry standard for self-taping now exists, we must all work to uphold it. A four day minimum turnaround, a maximum of six pages, protection for bank holidays. For years, these have been utopian ideals wistfully longed for by actors adjusting to the demands of self-taping. They are now a reality. A ground-breaking joint agreement…
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5 Top Tips for Acting in Tokyo
Performer Faye Butler’s top tips for anyone looking to work as an actor in Tokyo. Working as a British actor in Tokyo, Japan, comes with its trials and tribulations, but boy does it give you the satisfaction of feeling challenged! On one hand, you’re working with less competition, as there are a limited number of…