Young Performers: Finding Fun in Auditioning with Sarah De Souza

Ticket Limitations: Members may attend as many Zoom Webinars as they wish.

Age: Young Performers member (4-17 years old) and Parents/Guardians

Format: You will be able to submit questions during the session, however just to manage expectations we won't be able to answer them all. Questions must be generic, we cannot give advice about personal circumstances.

About the session:

Join Sarah De Souza, a children's casting director, when we demystify the audition experience for young performers. We will also discuss how to approach auditions with a focus on wellbeing, and what you and your family can do to create fun and exciting memories during the audition process.

About the Facilitator:

Sarah trained at East 15 Acting School. Sarah is also a qualified ISTD Dance teacher and has taught in local Saturday dance schools for 20 years. Whilst training she worked professionally chaperoning young people in theatre, film and television. This led to BBC’s EastEnders creating a ‘Head of Children’ role for her, which she held for 8 years. Sarah’s role at EastEnders involved supporting all young performers aged 0-25 on and off screen. Recruiting, training and managing chaperones, consulting and advising editorial teams with child related content and casting babies and toddlers for the TV show.

Sarah now works as a Children’s Casting Director, Administrator & Safeguarding Lead across multiple West End and Touring Theatre Productions. Her training, teaching experience and 20 years of Chaperoning in the entertainment industry influences her casting practice.

Casting credits include: Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre); Miss Saigon (Sheffield Theatres): Les Misérables Arena Spectacular (World Tour); Mary Poppins (UK and Ireland Tour): Miss Saigon (UK and Ireland Tour)

Additional Administration/child management credits include: Matilda (Cambridge Theatre); Oliver! (Chichester and Gielgud Theatre); Matilda (UK and Ireland Tour)

Before booking:

You will need to enter your link to your Spotlight Profile and your Spotlight registered email address to book this session. You can find your link by clicking on 'Link to my profile' from the menu within your account.

The Zoom Webinar:

Those who book a ticket will be able to access the link under the location section of the event page on the day of the workshop or by going to your ticket in My Account. If you have any issues on the day please email performer.success@spotlight.com

During these sessions, your camera and mic will be muted automatically.

If you have any accessibility requirements please email performer.success@spotlight.com