Useful
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| Actors'
Benevolent Fund |
The role of the Actors' Benevolent Fund is to
care for actors and theatrical stage managers
unable to work because of poor health, an accident
or frail old age.
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| The
Actors Centre |
The Actors Centre is
the UK's foremost training centre for professional
actors. Our classes are taught by leading practitioners
in theatre, film and TV - actors, directors, writers
and industry professionals. Located in the heart
of London's West End, our premises include the
Tristan Bates Theatre and five studios. |
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| The
Actors' Charitable Trust |
TACT Education Fund
awards maintenance grants of up to £1,200
per year to selected students. To be eligible for
this award you must be the child of a professional
actor, and must be intending to study (or be already
studying) an arts subject at university or FE college.
We decide the awards in July each year. |
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| The
Agents' Association (Great Britain) |
The largest professional
trade organisation of its kind in the World. Our
Member Agents represent and book all kinds of performers,
celebrities and musicians within all areas of the
Light Entertainment Industry. |
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| Arts
Council England, North West |
The Arts Council England,
North West regional homepage is a new site section
dedicated to information specific to your region.
Browse the menu on the left hand side of the screen
to find out more. |
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| BAFTA |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts:
The Academy supports, develops and promotes
the artforms of the moving image, by identifying
and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners
and benefiting the public.
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| BECTU |
BECTU is the independent union for those working
in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment,
leisure, interactive media and allied areas.
The union represents permanently employed, contract
and freelance workers
who are primarily based in the United Kingdom.
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| Breakdown
Services, Ltd |
Breakdown
Services, Ltd. is the
communications network and casting system that
provides the most professional means to reach
talent agents as well as actors when casting
a project. |
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| Casting
Directors' Guild |
The Guild is a professional
organisation of Casting Directors in the film,television,
theatre and commercials communities in the UK who
have joined together to further their common interests
in establishing a recognised standard of professionalism
in the industry. |
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| CDS |
The Conference of Drama
Schools comprises Britain’s 22 leading Drama
Schools. CDS exists in order to strengthen the
voice of the member schools, to set and maintain
the highest standards of training within the vocational
drama sector. |
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| Central
School of Speech and Drama |
The Central School
of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 to offer
an entirely new form of training in speech and
drama for young actors and other students. The
School's commitment is to a broad range of training
systems for vocal and dramatic performance. |
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| Creative
Lancashire |
Creative Lancashire is on
a mission to realise the combination of creative
and commercial potential that we have in our
county. Our aim is to put Lancashire on the map
as a centre of innovation excellence, to take
the appeal of your work and the talent of your
teams deep into the business community.
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| The
Directors Guild of Great Britain |
The Directors
Guild Trust has joined forces with Film4 and Skillset
to launch Direct Access, enabling new filmmakers
to observe established directors up-close during
key stages in the production process. |
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| Drama Centre
London |
Drama Centre London
offers its students a unique blend of training
methods. Drama Centre provides an international
outlook, a central London location and excellent
learning and performance facilities – they
make studying at the Drama Centre a profound, enjoyable
and rewarding experience. |
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| Drama Studio
London |
Drama Studio London
was born out of the need for a new, more realistic
approach to actor training that took account of
the professional requirements and demands of the
theatre for which the students were being prepared. |
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| Equity |
Equity
is the UK Trade Union representing professional
performers and other creative workers from across
the spectrum of the entertainment, creative and
cultural industries. |
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| LAMDA |
LAMDA (London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Art) is one of the leading
drama schools in the English-speaking world and
conducts the most eminent set of public examinations
in speech and drama. |
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| MediaGuardian.co.uk |
Web site of the Guardian
newspaper's weekly (Monday) media supplement. Areas
of the industry covered include; press & publishing,
new media, advertising, television, radio, marketing & PR. |
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| National
Association of Supporting Artistes Agents |
NASAA is
the National Association of Supporting Artistes
Agents and has brought together agents from around
the country to set up a scheme to self regulate
the supporting artiste industry. |
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| NCDT |
The National
Council for Drama Training is a partnership of
employers in theatre, broadcast and media industries,
employee representatives and training providers. |
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| PCR |
If you are a professional
working in film, television or theatre, PCR is
essential reading. For nearly 40 years, PCR (Production
and Casting Report) has been an industry leader
in providing weekly production news for film, television
and theatre. Every issue contains news you can
use to help you find your next job. |
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| PMA |
The PMA is the
professional association of agents representing UK based
actors, writers, producers, directors, designers
and technicians in the film, television and theatre
industries. |
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| Rose Bruford
College |
Founded in 1950 by
Rose Bruford, a drama teacher. She developed a
unique course of actor training, pioneered the
first acting degree in 1976 and the college has
been building on that success ever since with a
range of programmes across all the professions
of theatre. |
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| ScreenDaily.com |
The web site of Screen
International, an international film business
title published by EMAP. It is primarily aimed
at those involved in the global movie business.
The weekly Screen International magazine is used
by more than 34,000 film executives in more than
70 countries, with 22,000 registered users of the
online services. |
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| Showbusiness
Success |
Whether you come from
a drama school or stand-up comedy background, have
TV or movie ambitions ranging from working as an
extra to being a Bollywood star, or are simply
hoping to be the next American Idol or X Factor
success story if you've got talent, John Byrne
has the common sense advice, encouragement and
guidence you need to turn it into real success. |
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| Sizzle |
Sizzle - a quarterly
event for everyone who works in or wants to set
up a creative business in Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde,
an opportunity to talk to award winning creatives,
network, collaborate and get info and support. |
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| Skillset |
Skillset is the Sector
Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries
(broadcast, film, video, interactive media and
photo imaging). Jointly funded by industry and
government, our job is to make sure that the UK
audio visual industries have the right people,
with the right skills, in the right place, at the
right time, so that our industries remain competitive. |
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| The
Stage |
The web site for the
entertainment industry. |
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| Stage
Management Association |
The Stage Management
Association, formed in 1954, exists to support
and represent those engaged in stage management
and related work in the UK. |
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| The
Spotlight |
As the industry's leading
casting resource, Spotlight is used by most TV,
Film, Radio and Theatrical companies in the UK,
and many worldwide. Our Internet casting services
have become an essential communication tool, uniting
Actors, Agents and Production Professionals more
quickly and easily than ever before. |
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| UK
Film Council |
The UK Film Council
is the Government-backed strategic agency for film
in the UK. It aims to stimulate a successful,
vibrant film industry and to promote the widest
possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema
throughout the UK. |
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| Useefee.tv |
Useefee.tv lets performers,
their representatives and employers quickly calculate
the appropriate use fee for featured players in
TV commercials based on the established, industry-endorsed
method approved by the Personal Managers' Association,
the Association of Model Agents and British Actors'
Equity. |
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