Tag: news
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ALBERT Launches the Green Rider
The Green Rider aims to help actors, their agents and casting directors encourage positive, environmental changes on set. In an effort to help the TV and Film industry transition towards a carbon neutral future, albert, supported by Spotlight, has launched the Green Rider. Designed to champion climate action through an actor’s contract, the Green Rider helps…
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No ‘No Pay’ Work on Spotlight
Maintaining the professional reputation of all of our members is incredibly important to us. As our industry continues to evolve, we no longer believe genuine opportunities are being offered to our members under the umbrella of ‘no pay’ opportunities. We have therefore removed ‘no pay’ roles from Spotlight. Whilst reviewing all our pay categories of work,…
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Spotlight holds first Industry Forum for non-performer members
Last Saturday saw Spotlight’s first ever full day of events for our non-performer members designed to advise and guide them around how best they can work for performers. The day brought together agents, personal managers and casting directors with a mix of keynote presentations, workshops and industry panels. Sessions included: Guidelines to cast and represent…
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The Spotlight Prize 2019 – The Winners!
Rhiannon Clements from ALRA North has been named Best Stage Actor at this year’s Spotlight Prize, with Lucy Reynolds from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama being named Best Screen Actor. Rhiannon and Lucy were two of 20 students nominated from the UK’s leading drama schools who competed at the Spotlight Prize 2019 on 16th July. Each year the Spotlight Showcase gives young actors the opportunity to…
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Spotlight Prize 2019: Directors and Panellists Announced
This year’s Spotlight Prize directors for stage and screen, alongside our panel of judges. The annual Spotlight Showcase judges and directors have been announced today, as follows: Stage Natalie Abrahami (Stage Director) Natalie Abrahami was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill from 2007-2012 and Associate Director at the Young Vic 2013-2016. She has also…
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The Spotlight Prize 2019 Finalists Announced
Nominees Revealed for the 2019 Spotlight Prize Drama school graduates from across the UK and Ireland have been selected to perform in front of an exclusive industry panel in July at the Spotlight Prize 2019. The finalists will be launching their career to an audience of influential industry professionals on 16th July at 8 Northumberland Avenue, with a live theatre performance…
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BFI Flare: The Complexities of LGBTQ+ Casting
Spotlight recently partnered on Casting Case Studies, an event in BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival’s Industry Programme that explored individual experiences of LGBTQ+ casting, the challenges faced by transgender performers, and the ethics of street casting to reflect real-life experiences. The panel on 29th March, hosted by Spotlight’s Emma Dyson, was formed by casting…
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The Casting Director Guild Awards: The Winners Announced!
Casting directors behind Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Bodyguard, Hamilton and Cadbury Advert honoured at the inaugural CDG Casting Awards The UK’s top Casting Directors were honoured tonight, Tuesday 12 February 2019, at the inaugural CDG Casting Awards presented in partnership with Spotlight. Taking place at Ham Yard Hotel London, the event was hosted by Russell Tovey, with…
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How Casting Directors Cast in Voice, Stage and Screen
Spotlight’s Industry Forum provided an insight into the casting process and answered those burning questions about street casting, Spotlight searches, and how to help ‘unknown’ actors stand out. You’re finding the piece of the jigsaw to fit into somebody else’s picture. Dave Peacock The panel, formed of casting directors Dave Peacock (voice), Aisha Bywaters (screen) and Ellie Collyer-Bristow (stage),…
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Spotlight at the BFI: Authenticity in Casting
Why Authentic Representation and Lived Experience Matter in Casting On Monday, 15th October 2018, Spotlight held an event in conjunction with the British Film Institute and the Casting Society of America entitled ‘Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: Authenticity in Casting’ to tackle the question of representation and casting, and how these intersect with authenticity.…