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How to become an actor in Australia, find auditions and acting jobs, and how UK performers can apply to live in Australi...
27/01/2025

How to become an actor in Australia, find auditions and acting jobs, and how UK performers can apply to live in Australia 🇦🇺

Tips for living and working in Australia as an actor, including acting courses, where to find auditions and different visa options.

Emilia Pérez leads the pack with 13 Oscars nominations, while The Brutalist and Wicked earn 10 👏🏽
23/01/2025

Emilia Pérez leads the pack with 13 Oscars nominations, while The Brutalist and Wicked earn 10 👏🏽

Full list of Oscars 2025 nominations: nominees include ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘The Brutalist’, ‘Wicked’, ‘Conclave’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’

Emotional Freedom Technique, the 30-second anxiety-reducing wellness therapy Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande used at the...
21/01/2025

Emotional Freedom Technique, the 30-second anxiety-reducing wellness therapy Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande used at the ‘Wicked’ premiere and how to use it on yourself 🧘🏽‍♀️

Emotional Freedom Technique, the 30-second anxiety-reducing wellness therapy Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande used at the ‘Wicked’ premiere and how to use it on yourself. With countless interviews, green carpets, awards ceremonies and the global roaring success of Wicked, it’s no wonder Cynthi...

Industry professionals explain the things they look out for in up-and-coming actors, from special qualities to new and u...
16/01/2025

Industry professionals explain the things they look out for in up-and-coming actors, from special qualities to new and unique takes on well-known characters 🤝🏽

Find out what agents and casting directors are looking for in new actors, from confidence and authenticity to unique takes on classic roles.

Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist lead nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, with Anora, Wicked, Dune: P...
15/01/2025

Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist lead nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, with Anora, Wicked, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown and Kneecap among other nominees 🌟

Leading nominations at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 include 'Concalve' with 12 nominations, plus 'Emilia Pérez' and 'The Brutalist'.

8 new stage productions touring the UK and coming to the West End this year 🎭
14/01/2025

8 new stage productions touring the UK and coming to the West End this year 🎭

2025 Touring stage shows in the UK and the West End’s new shows including ‘Hercules the Musical’, ‘Titanique’ and ‘The Girl on a Train’.

Solicitor Tony Morris joins us in the Spotlight studio to talk about AI and what performers should know about copyright ...
10/01/2025

Solicitor Tony Morris joins us in the Spotlight studio to talk about AI and what performers should know about copyright law and contracts when protecting their identity and work 👨🏽‍💻

Artifical Intelligence in the entertainment industry: What performers should know about copyright, contracts and protecting your work

We look at some exciting new films and TV shows filming in the UK and Ireland over the next few months 🎬
08/01/2025

We look at some exciting new films and TV shows filming in the UK and Ireland over the next few months 🎬

Currently filming in the UK and Ireland in 2025: ‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘Silo - Season 3’ ‘Fackham Hall’ and more.

Learn more about how casting directors find performers on Spotlight and beyond 🔎
06/01/2025

Learn more about how casting directors find performers on Spotlight and beyond 🔎

How casting directors James Pearson and John Cannon find performers, including Spotlight, social media, and attending performances.

Tips to help you make your decision 🎭
03/01/2025

Tips to help you make your decision 🎭

Is drama school necessary? Our Spotlight Prize 2024 winners and finalists reveal why they chose to go to drama school.

Advice from casting directors and other industry professionals on how to get more acting auditions 🎬
02/01/2025

Advice from casting directors and other industry professionals on how to get more acting auditions 🎬

Struggling to get auditions? These 5 top tips from casting experts give you the actionable advice that could make all the difference.

How to begin writing, develop a monologue and what to bear in mind when turning that monologue into a full show ✍🏼
02/01/2025

How to begin writing, develop a monologue and what to bear in mind when turning that monologue into a full show ✍🏼

Top tips for improving your writing, developing your monologue ideas, writing your monologue and turning it into a show.

Our top news and advice pieces from the year, as well as some of our more notable events and new product features that w...
31/12/2024

Our top news and advice pieces from the year, as well as some of our more notable events and new product features that were added to Spotlight in 2024 🙌🏽✨

A recap of all the top content pieces and highlights from 2024 that you won’t want to have missed. The curtain is falling on 2024, but our highlights of the year deserve a final standing ovation before 2025 arrives. We’re sure (and hope) that you were absolutely inundated with auditions and acti...

Practical tips to improve your chances of being found by casting directors via Spotlight search 👀
30/12/2024

Practical tips to improve your chances of being found by casting directors via Spotlight search 👀

Practical tips to improve your chances of being found by casting directors via Spotlight search. As well as using the Spotlight Link to send breakdowns to performers and agents, casting professionals also use Spotlight to search for performers. There are 5,000-10,000 searches carried out every day,....

Laura Dawkes on playing ‘Anna’ in Frozen - The Musical, going straight from drama school to the West End, and the proces...
26/12/2024

Laura Dawkes on playing ‘Anna’ in Frozen - The Musical, going straight from drama school to the West End, and the process of recording the show for Disney+ ❄️

Laura Dawkes' journey playing ‘Anna’ in ‘Frozen the Musical’, graduating straight to the West End stage and maintaining stamina on stage.

Top tips for caring for your voice during the cold season ❄️
26/12/2024

Top tips for caring for your voice during the cold season ❄️

Winter voice care tips and advice for vocal recovery after a cold or congestion. We asked spoken voice coach, podcaster and voiceover artist, Nic Redman, for her top tips for caring for your voice during the cold season and what we can be doing to look after our voices this winter. 12-minute listen....

Advice on creating a showreel without professional footage and ideas for your ‘Audio’ section 🎙️
24/12/2024

Advice on creating a showreel without professional footage and ideas for your ‘Audio’ section 🎙️

How to make a showreel with no experience and top tips for what to include in your video and audio sections on Spotlight.

Special skills you can add to your Spotlight profile to help casting directors find you for their next project ✅
23/12/2024

Special skills you can add to your Spotlight profile to help casting directors find you for their next project ✅

A guide to 10 in-demand special skills actors should include on their CV and Spotlight profile to help find work.

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Industry professionals explain the things they look out for in up-and-coming actors ✍🏽 #spotlight #actorslife #inspiration #casting #castingdirector #agent #actingadvice #actingtips

Struggling to get auditions? 👀 Write down these top tips from @phil_mennell, @hjortsarah from @michellebraidmanassociates, and @treepettscasting✍️ #spotlight #casting #actorslife #advice #auditions #auditiontips

@krjcastingltd shares insights on casting the stars for @gladiatormovie ⚔️ #spotlight #casting #castingdirector #gladiatormovie #gladiatorii #gladiator #actorslife #interview

@kharmelcochranecasting on finding a performer to play a young Bob Marley in @onelovemovie 🎞️ #spotlight #casting #castingdirector #bobmarley #onelovemovie #bobmarleymovie

@onelovemovie casting director @kharmelcochranecasting talks through the process of finding an actor to play Bob Marley in the film 🎬 #spotlight #castingdirector #casting #bobmarley #bobmarleymovie #actorslife

@danny.sapani talks to us about performers who’ve inspired him, like Judi Dench and Al Pacino, and the best acting advice he’s ever been given ✅ #spotlight #dannysapani #actorslife #actingtips #interview #inspiration #advice

✨ Get to know the Spotlight Team! ✨Introducing Mel, Spotlight’s Senior Success Manger for Talent 👋#spotlight

Tips from the 2024 Spotlight Prize nominees on how to find your perfect audition monologue 🎭 #dramaschool #audition #monologue #actingtips #auditionmonologues

@fra_fee talks about performers who’ve inspired him *cough* Andrew Scott and Cillian Murphy *cough* and what the audition process was like for Lost Boys and Faeries 🎬 #lostboysandfairies #actorslife #inspiration #frafee #interview

🎭 Join us at @youngtalentexpo on November 9th for Shine in the Spotlight: TV Commercial Casting for Young Stars with @treepettscasting and hosted by Spotlight’s Abigail Longstaffe! ✨ Sign up via the link in bio! #spotlight

Voice and motion capture artist @martholio talks about how she landed her role in ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach’ 🙌🏼 #fnaf #fnafsecuritybreach #voiceactor #5nightsatfreddys

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