An Actor’s Guide to Getting Work

Getting cast is a working problem with its own practices, and Simon Dunmore treats it as one: auditions, agents, headshots, contracts and the long stretches between jobs. The guide walks through drama school applications, audition preparation, CV and photograph standards, approaching representation, and the professional habits that keep a career going. Updated material covers self-marketing and the online profile the industry now expects, and the tone stays candid about how competitive the field is. Points of interest: • Coverage of auditions, CVs, headshots and approaching agents in practical detail • Guidance on drama school applications as well as on work after training • Notes on self-marketing, online profile and what casting directors now expect • Frank discussion of the periods between engagements and how to use them Written for drama students, early-career actors and working performers in theatre, television and film, available in English at Boipoka.