Tag: theatre
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Getting into Musical Theatre with Paul Taylor-Mills
Paul Taylor-Mills talks to Spotlight about his connection with Andrew Lloyd Webber, his time at the Other Palace and setting up the MT Fest… Spotlight spoke with producer, former Artistic Director of The Other Palace and founder of the MT Fest, Paul Taylor-Mills about working in the world of musicals. Paul gives us his insights into getting more…
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How Casting Directors Cast in Voice, Stage and Screen
Spotlight’s Industry Forum provided an insight into the casting process and answered those burning questions about street casting, Spotlight searches, and how to help ‘unknown’ actors stand out. You’re finding the piece of the jigsaw to fit into somebody else’s picture. Dave Peacock The panel, formed of casting directors Dave Peacock (voice), Aisha Bywaters (screen) and Ellie Collyer-Bristow (stage),…
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Directing Your Own Work with Holly Race Roughan
Theatre director Holly Race Roughan gives us her practical tips on directing your own work and what makes for a successful director… [We are] an entire industry founded on coffees. Holly Race Roughan During our most recent Open House, Holly Race Roughan led a fantastic and practical session on directing for theatre. Holly has worked…
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The Unorthodox Actor: The Guide to Not Going to Drama School
Matthew Jacobs Morgan on taking a non-drama school route towards improving your acting skills. One of the most freeing parts about being in control of your training is that you get to choose which techniques and practitioners work best for you and therefore what you want to focus on… Matthew Jacobs Morgan I only did…
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On Becoming a Theatre Director with Gareth Nicholls of Traverse
Gareth Nicholls (Associate Director of Traverse) talked to Spotlight all about his road to becoming a theatre director, tackling tough contemporary issues and what he looks for in new writing… [Collaboration is] trusting that the actors you have are absolutely the best actors for the job and that they are experts in their craft, just as much…
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Producing for the Fringe: The Not-So-Sexy Essentials
Spotlight’s own Ilayda Arden on the essential but not-so-sexy parts of the Fringe: planning, finances and admin! Ahhh, The Edinburgh Fringe. The daddy of all arts festivals. The one that ‘You Have to Do Before You Die’ (as people kept telling me years ago). But for performers who want to try their hand at taking…
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How to Prepare Safely for Intimate Scenes
Ita O’Brien asks, “How do you navigate the intimate and sexual content serving the director’s vision while keeping you safe?” There is a fine line between being open or being vulnerable; the shift can happen in a moment. This work demands vigilance, presence and mindfulness in order to stay on the right side of doing…
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Star Wars’ Derek Arnold and Tom Wilton on Puppeteering and Effects
Derek Arnold and Tom Wilton aren’t necessarily faces you might recognise, but they’re behind many of the creatures you see brought to life in the latest Star Wars films. Tom and Derek talked to Spotlight about their unique contribution to a production as puppeteers on stage and screen. I’ve always tried to be very pragmatic…
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How Writing Can Help With Your Acting
How embracing his inner writer helped Kieran Knowles overcome his lack of representation as an actor… …with a group of friends, and fellow graduates we started to toss about the idea of writing a play where we could each play a dynamic human, with backstories and hopes, dreams, wishes and objectives, just as we’d trained…
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Performing Shakespeare: A National Youth Theatre Experience
A blog from Hayley Osborne about her experience on the Performing Shakespeare course at the National Youth Theatre. Spotlight recently awarded one lucky member a place on the National Youth Theatre’s Performing Shakespeare course – here’s our winner, Hayley Osborne on her experience during that week. If you like the sound of this one, there’ll be more from…