Tag: starting out
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How to Get Gigs: Tips for Aspiring Comedians
Maureen Younger offers her advice for budding comedians on how to secure gigs and get your start on the comedy scene In the old days, you’d buy a copy of Time Out, scan the Comedy pages, and ring up those listings looking for ‘interested acts’ to give them a call. Now, of course, it’s all…
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Carrie Hope Fletcher on Crafting a Cross-Platform Career
Carrie Hope Fletcher on using YouTube to help forge a career in musical theatre, and working beyond your casting type It’s a horrible truth in the life of an actor that you never know what’s next. I might do my next job and then not work again for another four years. That’s just how it works. But…
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Your Commonly Asked Questions: Young Performers and Parents Edition
Your questions answered from our one to one sessions with young performers and parents Spotlight’s own Mel Brown and Ellie Samuels have been on hand to answer questions and offer support to our young performers and their parents. More one to one sessions will be held from April onwards on a weekly basis, so take a look…
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How Do I Set Up A Voice Over Studio At Home?
Spotlight and the VoiceOver Network’s Rachael Naylor on setting up your first home studio. There is no ‘right’ time in your voice over career to set up your home studio. You could be a newcomer to the industry: inexperienced, agent-less, and getting more ‘No’s than a nasal spray. Or perhaps you’re a seasoned professional, with…
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Acting Techniques: Lecoq with Sam Hardie
Starting out with Lecoq as an actor One of the great techniques for actors, Jacques Lecoq’s method focuses on physicality and movement. Lecoq himself believed in the importance of freedom and creativity from his students, giving an actor the confidence to creatively express themselves, rather than being bogged down by stringent rules. With notable students…
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Top 5 Tips For Making the Most of Your Social Media
Our tips for making the most of your online presence as an actor. Once you’ve set up your social media presence online, there are lots of ways to make the most of this as a resource for both you as an individual and as a professional actor. Keep in touch with the industry, connect with peers and…
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An Actor’s Guide to Good Etiquette
Katie Redford’s guide to making a positive first impression as you step out into the industry… My favourite story regarding an actor contacting a casting director was the one when they sent a single shoe with a note attached saying, “Just trying to get my foot in the door”. Now, I can’t speak for casting…
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7 Tips for Becoming a Spotlight Member
Getting you started on your way to Spotlight membership. Becoming a Spotlight member gives you access to the best acting work out there, as Spotlight is used daily by the biggest names in casting. In this article, we share information about what you need to be eligible for Spotlight membership and some tips to help…
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Getting Started On Social Media
How to get started on the right foot with your online presence as an actor… Working as a performer is not just about acing that audition when you’re in the room; increasingly, it is important to think about yourself as a performer and as a business. If you don’t know your Twitter from your Instagram,…
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Seraphina Beh: Alternative Training & Overcoming Rejection
EastEnders star Seraphina Beh on getting past rejection with ‘unashamed confidence’ and different ways to hone your craft! Seraphina Beh talks to Spotlight about all things acting as a young performer – including her work on EastEnders, how she found her passion for acting, and her advice for other aspiring young actors. If I’d decided I…