Tag: parents
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A Parent’s Guide to Mental and Physical Health for Young Performers
A parent and coach gives her guide for parents in supporting their young performers. Please note: If you are in need of mental health advice and support, please seek this out from a qualified professional. This article is aimed specifically at parents of young people in the acting profession. Outlining practical tools to support their…
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Tips for Making Positive Friendships as a Young Actor
How to create lasting bonds and friendships with other actors as a young performer. It’s a big leap from performing as a hobby to becoming a professional performer. Young actors work alongside adults in a very technical environment, and drama school is very different from school or university – with full-time contact hours and mostly…
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What Can Equity Do For My Child?
Find out more about the performing arts and entertainment trade union, Equity, and they can help your child if they’re a performer If your child is between the ages of 10 and 17, they may be eligible for Equity Child Membership and all the benefits that come with it. Here’s what you need to know! Equity is…
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Headshot Tips for Young Performers
Headshot photographer Robin Savage shares his advice for finding the right photographer and getting the most out of your headshot session. Robin Savage has been a professional photographer for 15 years, photographing around 1,000 young performers per year. Like many headshot photographers, Robin also used to be a performer, and so has a brilliant understanding of…
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Performer Parent Online Coffee Mornings
We’ve partnered with Parents and Carers in Performing Arts to run a new wellbeing initiative for Spotlight members who are also parents, guardians or carers. Coffee & Connect is a great way to meet other performer parents, ask questions, learn new things, share experiences, and of course to have coffee (bring your own!). We’ve put together some FAQs…
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A Guide for Parents: Everything You Need to Know About the Industry
Prepare your child for success in a tough and vibrant industry – here’s all our best advice to get you started! Spotlight is the home of casting, where your child can get their start on stage or screen. They are eligible for membership by having representation from an agent. We work closely with agents and…
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The Journey of a Young Performer and His Mum
We chat with Regan Garcia and his mum, Sharon, about balancing acting with school and playing Nigel in ‘The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾’ in the West End. Before the show starts… I do this thing where I put my arms up, I tense a lot, pull my trousers up and put my shirt down, and…
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How Parents and Agents Work Together for Young Performers
Spotlight talks to Michelle Kirby and Diane Zetterstrom about how they work together for their young performer, Oliver. In this episode, Spotlight talks to Michelle Kirby of Daisy and Dukes Agency, along with the parent of a performer she represents, Diane Zetterstrom. Diane’s son Oliver is a young performer on Spotlight, exploring his passion for performing. We…
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Working as a Parent: Reflections on Acting and Parenthood
Personal reflections on being a parent and a performer in a challenging, unpredictable industry… The determination I’d carried with me to make my career work my whole life stepped up another gear, and sure enough, I was pregnant before I knew it. Great! But then the reality of being a pregnant actress hit hard. Castings.…
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A Parent Answers Your Young Performer Questions
Siobhan Read, mother of Spotlight member Clara Read, talks us through her answers to your common parent questions… Wondering about a parent’s point of view of having a performing child? Siobhan Read answers the common questions we hear from parents, who want more information about preparing their child for the industry. How did your child…