starting out
Essential tips for getting started in a voice-over career.
Our top tips for getting the most out of your child’s profile and improving their casting chances. Leading casting professionals use Spotlight to cast their productions, whether a TV drama, feature film, or West End show. Through Spotlight, a young performer can be found for castings in two ways: Their agent can put them forward […]
Tips for producing and funding a short film and applying to short film festivals.
Why Commercial Acting Work Could Be the Best Next Move for Your Career. I made my prime-time television debut last month, and my notifications feed has been non-stop ever since. It seems that every Facebook friend, distant relative, and old school pal is burning to ask me the same question: “Are you in a Doritos advert?!” Most were delighted […]
What to keep in mind when you’re planning to bring a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Taking a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe isn’t something to be done on a whim. It takes months of preparation and planning to make sure everything runs smoothly, and even then, there’s plenty that can be forgotten or overlooked. […]
Mark Thomas, Simon Longman, Vinay Patel, Luke Barnes and Georgia Christou share their top tips for writing your own work When opportunities don’t come your way, you need to go out and create your own. For actors, this can mean writing your own show to perform in. As screenwriter and playwright, Vinay Patel (Murdered by […]
How young actors can build healthy friendships on set. 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 practical work. These extremes can […]
How to Get the Best Headshot for Your Child Performer 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 the industry and a headshot’s purpose within it. These are Robin’s […]
Industry advice for getting on with your fellow company members and creating lasting bonds Meeting new people in any context can be daunting. Unlike most professions, actors’ careers involve hundreds of first days at the proverbial office. Our job requires working closely – sometimes intimately – with colleagues we’ve only known for a few weeks. In […]
Expert tips on what you need to know about going on tour before your child auditions for a role.