Tag: spotlight prize
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Judges Announced for Spotlight Prize 2023
Meet the 2023 Spotlight Prize Judging Panel. The Spotlight Prize is our annual showcase that helps to launch the careers of outstanding graduates, offering them a platform to raise their profile within the industry and to win a cash prize. This year, one of the 20 graduates nominated by their drama schools will take away…
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Finalists Announced for 2023’s Spotlight Prize
We’re excited to announce the finalists and directors for this year’s Spotlight Prize The Spotlight Prize is our annual event where selected graduate nominees showcase their talents in front of industry professionals. Since the 50s, it’s been an exciting opportunity for graduates to perform in front of an audience of leading industry figures – helping to…
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12 Tips for Controlling Nerves
Top tips to help deal with nerves ahead of auditions, performances or rehearsals. Nerves can get the better of all of us. Even established actors get nervous before auditions, performances and in rehearsals, as Imelda Staunton, Josette Simon, Alex Jennings and other actors have shared with us. The trick is knowing how to deal with them…
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Tips for Preparing for a Performance
Top tips about preparing for performing on stage or on camera. As part of the Spotlight Prize, graduate performers are asked to perform a monologue of their choice in front of the camera before performing a second piece on stage in front of an audience of industry professionals. We asked them what they did differently to prepare for each…
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Life Lessons from Drama School
How drama school shapes your mindset as an actor The Spotlight Prize 2022 finalists come from some of the most prestigious drama schools in the country where they’ve spent years learning their craft and honing their skills. Fresh from their impressive performances at the Spotlight Prize and looking forward to a life after graduation, we asked…
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How to Find the Perfect Audition Monologue
Tips for finding monologues for a showcase, and how to know which one is the right one for you to perform. We’re often asked where to find monologues for showcases. With so many resources available both online and in libraries, how do you go about starting your search? And how do you know which of…
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Spotlight Prize Winners 2022
We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Spotlight Prize. Congratulations to Angela Jones of LAMDA for winning Best Actor (Stage) and to Aaron Hodgetts of Guildford School of Acting for winning the prize for Best Actor (Screen)! The two prize winners were chosen from 19 outstanding finalists by an expert panel of judges and walk…
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Spotlight Prize 2022 Judges Announced
We’re delighted to announce our esteemed panel of judges for this year’s Spotlight Prize. The annual Spotlight Prize, originally launched in the 50s, helps to launch the careers of outstanding graduates, offering them a platform to raise their profile within the industry and to win a cash prize. This year one of the 19 graduates…
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Finalists Announced for the Spotlight Prize 2022
We’re excited to announce that this year’s Spotlight Prize is returning to an in-person ceremony, for the first time since 2019. The Spotlight Prize is our annual event where selected graduate nominees showcase their talents in front of industry professionals. Since the 50s, its has been an exciting opportunity for graduates to perform in front of…
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Advice for Preparing for a Showcase
We asked Spotlight Prize 2021 nominees what advice they would give to anyone preparing for a showcase. Here’s what they said… “Look at it as an opportunity to do what you love doing. Nothing more. Get in there and have fun. Bounce some ideas around and bring some to the table.” Adam Isla O’Brien “Look…