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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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How Casting Directors Find You
A Private Evening with Tree Petts at Spotlight
Join casting director Tree Petts for an intimate, 50-person event. Discover how casting directors find actors, what makes them take notice, and how you can stand out.
See what happens on the other side of Spotlight, from the first search to the profiles casting directors choose to explore further.
Through live demonstrations and reviews of selected actors' profiles, discover how your headshots, showreels, credits and applications affect the way you're seen.
Hosted by Elliot James from The Life in Film Podcast, the evening includes an open Q&A with Tree, followed by drinks and the opportunity to meet her and connect with fellow actors.
Thursday 12 November | 6–9pm
Spotlight, London
Only 50 tickets available.
Presented by Breakthrough at Spotlight London.
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.
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.