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25 expert tips on how to make the most of your Spotlight profile and membership.
Jackson Bews, Ross McLaren and the photographers at YellowBelly Photo share their top tips for your headshot photoshoot. Gone are the days of monochromatic, black-and-white headshots, now it’s all about timeless, vibrant and forward-facing portraiture. But what can you do at your headshot photoshoot to help get a picture that truly represents you? Founded nearly five years […]
Tips for navigating the performing arts world when you’re self-represented. Not getting an agent is not rejection of you or a statement about your ability. It is about market conditions. Which I know sounds very dull and corporate. But acting is a business… Not getting an agent straightaway when I graduated from drama school was […]
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 […]
Five tips for performer parents or guardians who need to self-tape whilst caring for kids or babies. Self-tapes have opened actors up to a world of possibility, but they can become pretty complicated when you add small children into the mix. Love them or loathe them, self-tapes are here to stay but if you’re a […]
What you need to know about co-operative acting agencies and how they work. There’s a buzz of excitement. One of us has just come off the phone with a well-known casting director’s office. Having reviewed a self-tape from one of our actors, they’d like to see them in person for a Lantern Entertainment film, directed […]
Casting directors explain what they look for in a headshot.
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 […]
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 […]
How drama and theatre-making are helping to transform care leavers and at-risk young people’s lives thanks to The Big House and their Open House Project. The Big House (TBH) is a charity that helps transform the lives of care leavers and at-risk young people through the power of performance. Based in Islington, London, they run a […]