An industry-led membership for actors
Breakthrough helps actors make sense of the career around their craft, so the next step feels practical, focused and clear.
Expert masterclasses
Get insight from casting directors and industry voices. Improve your Spotlight, self-tapes, headshots and showreels with a clearer understanding of what matters.
Online workshops
Live online sessions to go deeper, ask questions and put the work into practice. Get dedicated time to focus on your career every month.
In-person events
Meet casting directors, agents and industry experts in person. Ask questions, hear honest insight, and make a real difference in your acting career.
Getting Cast Masterclass
Casting director Tree Petts gives you a complete guide to getting cast. Learn what matters at each stage and where to focus next. Strengthen your Spotlight profile and self-tapes while improving how you approach auditions and build your career.
Upcoming events
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Three actors. Three very different careers. One thing in common: they keep booking work.
Andrew Boateng has worked as an actor for more than a decade and has been cast in 250+ commercials.
Dan Dewhirst books roughly 1 in every 3 self-tapes he sends.
Marina has been acting for just six months. She doesn’t have a showreel yet and has already been cast in 20+ commercials.
What are they doing right? And what can you use in your own career?
Hear how they approach self-tapes, agents, casting, type and opportunity. They’ll share what has worked, what hasn’t and what they think actors should start doing, stop doing and stop worrying about.
Ask questions live and hear the choices they believe have made the biggest difference.
This live event takes place at The Courthouse Hotel Soho and is included with Live Access.
Join Breakthrough to attend.
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Bring your Spotlight profile and work through it with casting director Georgina Littlewood and director Joseph Morel.
They’ll look at headshots, showreels, credits, skills, playing age and how your profile comes together.
See what works, what could be clearer and what you can change.
Members can submit their Spotlight profile before the workshop. Georgina and Joseph will review selected profiles live as examples.
If yours isn’t selected, follow along with your own profile and apply the same thinking.
Come with your current profile. Leave knowing what to change.
This workshop is included with Guided and Live Access.
Join Breakthrough to take part.
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See what happens on the other side of Spotlight.
Tree Petts and the Spotlight team show how casting directors search for actors, what makes them open a profile and how they narrow down their choices.
See the process from the first search to the actors casting chooses to look at further.
Live Access members can submit their Spotlight profile before the event. Tree will review selected profiles live, showing what catches her eye, what makes her keep looking and what can make her move on.
Meet Tree, the Spotlight team and other Breakthrough members.
This live event takes place at Spotlight London and is included with Live Access.
What are you actually castable as?
A director and an agent can look at the same headshot and see different things.
Joseph Morel and a guest talent agent break down how they see an actor’s type, which roles they would put them forward for and where a profile may be sending mixed signals.
Members can submit their Spotlight profile before the workshop. Selected profiles will be reviewed live as examples. Follow along with your own and see how clearly your type comes across.
Guest agent to be announced.
This workshop is included with Guided and Live Access. Join Breakthrough to take part.
Forget the usual “how do I get an agent?” conversation.
Hear directly from 2–3 working agents about what makes them want to sign an actor, what makes them want to push someone for work and how they think about type and market.
They’ll cover why some actors get pushed harder than others, what they need from you and what happens when the relationship stops working.
Learn when to follow up, when to leave it alone and what makes an actor easy to represent.
Then ask the agents your questions live.
This live event takes place in central London and is included with Live Access.
Join Breakthrough to attend.
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What members are saying
“As a producer, it was really great to connect with some industry friends and see some new actors in the room. The platform is so needed and absolutely worth the investment for actors.”
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"It was such a great opportunity to meet new, like-minded people. Also a brilliant chance to talk to people you wouldn’t normally get a chance to; such as casting directors and producers. I will definitely be recommending to all of my actor friends!!”
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"It brought a great mix of people together, including casting directors, agents and actors, but it never felt like a stiff networking event. The atmosphere was chilled and easy, so mingling and chatting felt completely natural.”
"Such an informative masterclass broken down into all the basics, all the way to your relationships with agents. Would highly recommend for any and all actors no matter what stage you’re at with your career!"
"For actors who feel as though there is an invisible glass ceiling preventing them from breaking through, Breakthrough helps them navigate that mindset. For me, this platform should be compulsory for every actor entering or actively working within the industry."
"Tree is incredibly watchable, funny, and, not to mention, knowledgeable and generous with her insights. I gained valuable information that I haven’t heard so honestly shared in casting director workshops."
Questions, answered
Breakthrough is for serious actors who want to better understand the business around their craft and make stronger career decisions. It is built for working, emerging and returning actors at different stages of their careers.
Every membership includes Breakthrough’s masterclasses and member community. Guided adds monthly online workshops, while Live Access also includes our monthly in-person events.
Core gives you access to our masterclasses and community. Guided adds our live online workshops. Live Access includes everything in Guided plus our in-person events.
No. Breakthrough focuses on the career around your craft rather than teaching you how to act. We cover areas such as casting, positioning, representation and how different parts of the industry work.
No. You do not need an agent or a certain number of credits to join. Breakthrough is for actors who are serious about building their careers and want to make better decisions about what to focus on next.
Masterclasses are pre-recorded and available to watch on demand in the Breakthrough member area. Watch them whenever suits you and revisit them while your membership is active. Our online workshops and in-person events happen live.
Our online workshops are practical live sessions built around a specific part of your career. Depending on the session, you may follow along with your own materials, see member examples and hear from industry guests. Members can submit questions, with selected questions answered during the session.
Our live events bring members together with casting directors, agents, actors, directors, producers and other industry voices. Formats vary from live Q&As and practical sessions to panels and networking events.
No. Core and Guided can be used from anywhere. Our in-person events currently take place in London, so Live Access is best suited to actors who can travel to attend them.
You can, but we cannot guarantee that your chosen membership will still have space. Guided and Live Access are capped and places roll from month to month, so a space may not open before the event you want. Keeping an active membership is the only way to keep your place.
Yes. Your membership runs monthly and you can cancel at any time. Your cancellation stops your next renewal and you keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for. You can also change tiers where space is available.
Your membership gives you access to the workshops and events included in your tier while it is active. If you miss a session, we do not offer a refund or credit for that session.
You are welcome to rejoin whenever your chosen tier has space. Cancelling releases your place, so being a previous member does not guarantee that the same tier will still be available when you return. If it is full, you will need to wait for a place to open.