Actors and Performers Yearbook 2019: Essential Contacts for Stage, Screen and Radio

ISBN-13: 9781350067943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 512 str.

Lloyd Trott

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Foreword Introduction Training Introduction Training for the under-18s Arts Emergency – Julie Hesmondhalgh Pop-up youth theatre in Yorkshire –Nick Evans Drama schools Checklist of drama school deadlines,audition requirements, audition fees and funding systems – Lloyd Trott What are drama schools looking for? –Geoffrey Colman Starting later in life – Hugh Osborne Short-term and part-time courses Private tutors and coaches An actor’s toolkit – Simon Dunmore Agents and casting directors Introduction Agents Being an agent –Howard Roberts CPMA: the Co-operative Personal Management Association Voice-over agents Presenters’ agents Casting directors Casting for the stage – Anne McNulty Casting for musical theatre –David Grindrod Woman in a brown skirt –Sophie Stanton Theatre Introduction Dramaturg at HOME –Petra Jane Tauscher Producing theatres Effective audition speeches –Simon Dunmore Understudying – Andrew Piper Independent managements/theatre producers Middle and smaller-scale companies Starting your own theatre company –Pilar Orti´ Finding funding for projects –Sinead Mac Manus Pantomime The art and craft of pantomime –Iain Lauchlan English-language European theatre companies A touring actor’s survival guide –Maev Alexander Fringe theatres To fringe, or not to fringe –Simon Dunmore Edinburgh or bust: is it worth it? –Shane Dempsey Open Book: fairer finances for fringe theatre –Piers Beckley Children’s, young people’s and theatre in education – Paul Harman Shakespeare changes prisoners’ lives –Bruce Wall 291 Casting calendar Festivals Role-play companies Professional role-playing –Robbie Swales Media Introduction Countdown to ‘Action!’–Edward Hicks 312 Television companies Casting for television – Janie Frazer Auditioning for camera –Nancy Bishop Self-taping auditions – Ros Hubbard Are you ready for Pilot Season? –Brendan Thomas Independent film, video and TV production companies Film schools Actors and video games Radio and audio book companies Acting for radio – Gordon House Media festivals Disabled actors Introduction Training Sources of work Arts organisations Rights, advice and support Opportunities for disabled actors –Jamie Beddard Resources Introduction Equity Act For Change –Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Beyond #metoo – Kelly Burke Spotlight, casting directories and information services ‘Point me in the right direction’: navigating the casting services –Isabelle Farah Marketing and the Internet: maintaining your online presence –Nancy Bishop Photographers and repro companies Getting the most from your photographs – Angus Deuchar Making money from your voice –Marina Caldarone Showreel, voicereel and website services Showreels: creation and maintenance –Anthony Holmes Digital wellbeing for actors –Sinead Mac Manus Accountants Tax and National Insurance for actors –Philippe Carden Physical and mental fitness for actors –Alex Caan Routes into comedy – Lloyd Trott Funding bodies Publications, libraries, references and booksellers Organisations, associations and societies Bibliography Webography Index