Contents

1. Cover
2. Copyright
3. Contents Page
4. Foreword
5. Introduction
6. Training
7. Introduction
8. Training for the Under-18s
9. Drama Schools
10. Checklist of Drama School Deadlines, Audition Requirements, Audition Fees and Funding Systems
11. What are Drama Schools Looking for?
12. Starting Later in Life
13. Short-term and Part-time Courses
14. Private Tutors and Coaches
15. A Professional Mindset: Some Pointers
16. An Actor's Toolkit
17. Agents and Casting Directors
18. Introduction
19. Agents
20. Being an Agent
21. CPMA: The Co-operative Personal Management Association
22. Voice-over Agents
23. Presenters' Agents
24. Casting Directors.
25. Casting for the StageCasting for Musical Theatre
26. Theatre
27. Introduction
28. Producing Theatre in the Regions
29. Dramaturgy at HOME
30. Marketing Yourself: A Producer's Viewpoint
31. Producing Theatres
32. Effective Audition Speech
33. Cattle Calls and How to Survive Them
34. Understudying
35. Independent Managements/Theatre Producers
36. Middle and Smaller-scale Companies
37. Starting your own Theatre company
38. Finding Funding for Projects
39. Pantomime
40. The Art and Craft of Pantomime
41. English-language European Theatre Companies
42. A Touring Actor's Survival Guide
43. 'Vanning it': The Golden Rules
44. Fringe Theatres.
45. To Fringe, or not to FringeEdinburgh or Bust: Is it Worth it?
46. Open Book: Fairer Finances for Fringe Theatre
47. Children's, Young People's and Theatre in Education
48. Casting Calendar
49. Festivals
50. Role-play Companies
51. Professional Role-playing
52. Media
53. Introduction
54. Countdown to 'Action!'
55. Television Companies
56. Casting for Television
57. Auditioning for Camera
58. Self-taping Auditions
59. Are you Ready for Pilot Season?
60. Independent Film, Video and TV Production Companies
61. Film Schools
62. The Essentials of Screen Acting
63. Fringe Film: Low-budget Shorts, Student Films and Web-based Work
64. Actors and Video Games.
65. Radio and Audio Book CompaniesActing for Radio
66. Media Festivals
67. Disabled Actors
68. Introduction
69. Training
70. Sources of Work
71. Arts Organisations
72. Rights, Advice and Support
73. Opportunities for Disabled Actors
74. Resources
75. Introduction
76. Equity
77. Spotlight, Casting Directories and Information Services
78. 'Point Me in the Right Direction': Navigating the Casting Services
79. Marketing and the Internet: Maintaining your Online Presence
80. Photographers and Repro Companies
81. Getting the Most from your Photographs
82. Making Money from your Voice
83. Showreel, Voicereel and Website Services.
84. Effective and Affordable Digital MarketingDigital Wellbeing for Actors
85. Performers Careers Advice Service
86. The Five Steps to Successful Networking
87. Accountants
88. Tax and National Insurance for Actors
89. Between Engagements
90. Physical and Mental Fitness for Actors
91. Routes into Comedy
92. Creating your own Work: The Four Major Hurdles and how to Overcome them
93. Funding Bodies
94. Publications, Libraries, References and Booksellers
95. Organisations, Associations and Societies
96. Bibliography
97. Webography.