My first acting job is the job I’m still doing. I’ve played Shak in BBC1’s Doctors since September 2015. Roughly a month after I...

My first professional job came about because of a conversation I had 10 years ago with the director Graham Hubbard. We had just worked...

My first screen job was a commercial in 2017. We filmed in Watford, not far from where I live, but as it was at...

Actors and agents claim the “extortionate” cost of train travel is pricing performers out of auditions, with castings at short notice and multiple call-backs...

Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details...​​​​​​​​​​ Gary Abblett is a...

I thought I was about to have my big career breakthrough, but at the last minute, things have come crashing down to earth. Having...

My first job was performing in a musical called The Good Enough Mums Club. I got the part when I was still at drama...

I auditioned for a children’s summer show, which involves a lot of audience interaction and strong improvisation skills, something I have been working...

More than a quarter of respondents to a poll by The Stage think performers' social media should be vetted as part of the audition...