Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2027

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• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Edition: 22
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Acting & Auditioning
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350648517

This well-established and respected directory supports actors in their training and search for work in theatre, film, TV, radio and comedy.

Actors' and Performers' Yearbook 2027 is fully updated and includes a new foreword by Wendy Gadian, four new industry interviews, as well as new articles by Nancy Bishop and Alexa Ispas.

Actors' and Performers' Yearbook is the only directory to provide detailed information for each listing and specific advice on how to approach companies and individuals, saving hours of further research. From agents and casting directors to producing theatres, showreel companies, photographers and much more, this essential reference book editorially selects only the most relevant and reputable contacts for the industry.

Covering training and working in theatre, film, radio, TV and comedy, it contains invaluable resources such as a casting calendar and articles on a range of topics from your social media profile to what drama schools are looking for to financial and tax issues.

With the listings updated every year, the Actors' and Performers' Yearbook continues to be the go-to guide for help with auditions, interviews and securing/sustaining work within the industry.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Publisher’s note
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Foreword – Wendy Gadian
• Training: Introduction
• Training for the under-18s
• Arts Emergency – Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Interview: David Mumeni; Levelling the playing field: actors from working- and benefit-class backgrounds
• Drama schools
• Taking charge of your creative journey – Kalungi Ssebandeke
• Reframing the future of actor training – Pamela Jikiemi
• The mentor and the void – Mark Weinman
• Interview: Paul Harvard; Opening doors: inclusivity, innovation and the collective acting studio
• It’s warm up north – Adelle Hulsmeier
• Short-term and part-time courses
• Private tutors and coaches
• An actor’s journey into directing (and back again) – Harry Burton
• Agents and casting directors: Introduction
• Agents
• Interview: Michael Wiggs; Nurturing talent: an agent’s frame of mind
• CPMA: the Co-operative Personal Management Association
• Voice-over agents
• Presenters’ agents
• Casting directors
• Interview: Gemma McAvoy; Selftapes: an agent’s perspective
• Showcases – Richard Evans CDG
• Interview: Gemma Hancock & John Cannon; Auditioning for stage and TV
• Casting for musical theatre – David Grindrod
• A strategy for acting success – Ken Rea
• Woman in a brown skirt – Sophie Stanton
• Theatre: Introduction
• Interview: Lee Hall; Theatre as community: overcoming barriers for participation
• Interview: Pooja Ghai; Rooted in story: a journey from actor to changemaker
• Interview: Cherrelle Skeete; Active listening in a community of nomads
• Interview: Naomi Ackie; An actor’s advice: navigating your way through the industry
• Interview: Paterson Joseph; Success and not getting sacked
• Producing theatres
• Interview: Tom Ross-Williams; Inclusivity and allyship for the future of the industry
• Understudying – Andrew Piper
• Independent managements/theatre producers
• Interview: Hazel Holder; Voicing kindness
• Interview: Danielle de Niese; Opera’s coolest soprano: straddling genres and breaking down barriers
• Interview: Eric Melear; Counting on opera
• Ignition, inspiration and the imposter – Scott Graham
• Middle- and smaller-scale companies
• Starting your own theatre company – Pilar Orti´
• Interview: Brian Hook & Kate McStraw; Jack of all trades – and then some
• Finding funding for projects – Sinead Mac Manus
• Actors and writers: an imperfect creative marriage – Lucian Msamati
• Interview: Tuyen -Do ; Acting, writing and making work
• Get seen as an actor/comedy writer/ performer – Chris Head
• Interview: Paapa Essiedu; An actor’s values: establishing principles for success
• Interview: Geoff Whiting; Routes to stand-up comedy
• Pantomime
• Interview: Clive Rowe; Finding your world and taking it home
• English-language European theatre companies
• Fringe theatres
• Interview: Ned Bennett; The direction of collaboration
• 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
• Children’s, young people’s and theatre-in-education companies
• Festivals
• Role-play companies
• Media: Introduction
• Interview: Zates Atour; Owning the frame: grit, growth and giving back
• Independent film, video and TV production companies
• Film schools
• Actors and video games – Mark Estdale
• Radio and audiobook companies
• Media festivals
• Disabled actors: Introduction
• Opportunities for disabled actors and practitioners
• Support for disabled actors and practitioners
• Rights, advice and support
• Opportunities for disabled actors – Jamie Beddard
• Interview: Miche`le Taylor; Don’t be satisfied with being an ally – be an accomplice
• First steps (as it were) as a disabled actor – Zak Ford-Williams
• Resources: Introduction
• Equity
• Beyond #metoo – Kelly Burke
• Interview: Jude Kelly; Telling the stories that are less told
• Spotlight, casting directories and information services
• ‘Point me in the right direction’: navigating the casting services – Isabelle Farah
• Be prepared for publicity – Jayne Trotman
• Photographers
• Getting the most from your photographs – Angus Deuchar
• The changing face of voice-overs – Simon Cryer & Marina Caldarone
• Showreel, voicereel and website services
• Showreels: creation and maintenance – Anthony Holmes
• Digital wellbeing for actors – Sinead Mac Manus
• Interview: Daniel Heale; Building your personal brand on social media
• The five most commonly asked questions about actors and social media – Nancy Bishop CSA
• Accountants
• Tax and National Insurance for actors – Philippe Carden
• Equity Pension Scheme – Andrew Barker
• Physical and mental fitness for actors – Alex Caan
• Psychology for actors – Alexa Ispas
• Interview: Claire Cordeaux; Mental health in the performing arts
• Funding bodies
• Publications, libraries and booksellers
• Organisations, associations, societies
• Bibliography
• Webography
• Index
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