I have been working on a showreel for my guitar work and when you learn so many songs... It's hard to choose... BUT I have formed a list and will be working to get one created!
I got a brilliant opportunity to perform at the Edinburgh fringe festival with a great guy called Greg. So excited for this and having fun creating a lovely piece of work with them. So pleased! I have never been to Edinburgh fringe, let alone Scotland so this will be exciting!
Today’s judgment from the High Court - which dismissed Equity’s challenge to Spotlight’s fees - is disappointing for our 50,000 members.
Those members will perhaps be most surprised by the finding by the judge, Her Honourable Justice Howells, that Spotlight “does not provide services for the purposes of finding persons employment with employers, or of supplying employers with persons for employment by them.” The common sense understanding of Spotlight’s purpose is to provide services for the purposes of finding persons employment; any actor will tell you that they subscribe to Spotlight to find work.
The judgment states that Spotlight is “a marketing tool to promote the identity and skill set of the performer”, which, if correct, would leave the traditional assertion that they are the ‘home of casting’ in doubt. Casting is our industry’s term for the exchange and supply of labour for performing in productions, and this judgment finds that Spotlight’s role in that is, at best, incidental.
Equally worrying are the implications for working people across the UK, who may now be left unprotected from up front charges by similar platforms elsewhere in the growing gig economy.
Equity has a number of considerations following the ruling. The legal merits of appeal on the basis of the current legislation and regulations are under active consideration by our legal team. We have already made contact with the wider trades union movement and the Labour government today, both of whom were waiting on this judgment to consider their collective response. Equity Council meets next Tuesday, and a further update to members following their deliberations will follow.
We must also put on record our thanks to the claimants in this case, and to all the members who are backing this David versus Goliath campaign. It is incumbent on the union to be brave in challenging abuses of power in the industry where we see it, and this disappointing initial ruling will not deter us from continuing to take the fight to our industry’s gatekeepers.
equity.org.uk/news/2025/equi…
I had a lovely experience at the Queer Ancestors Stories event tonight as part of the Bretonpride queer district collective.
Thank you to the Minerva Plymouth for hosting it so we could use the space.
#queerhistory#lgbtq#lgbthistory#storytelling#plymouth#devon#pride
Rehearsal at @TRPlymouth's TR2 and it's been great to have a decent working space away from noise and distractions. A very productive day. #PlymouthActor
Creating a selftape for an audition today and when it came to editing the video, my software which I paid for now says I have no subscription and it says 'refunded'... Thanks Filmora... So I have been scrambling around to find software to edit it... So much unneeded stress 😭
@GMM1702@alo_oficial I started watching in 2003/4 and I liked Alonso straight away. I was born in 1998 and was also 6. I still support him today and will continue. Praying for a 3rd WDC in 2026
Such a privilege for an F1 fan to still be able to support the driver you grew up with, 24 years later. I was 6 back then, now it's the first year of my 30s. Legend!
¡Vamos, @alo_oficial! 💚🐐
I have got an agent!!!! I'll post more details soon but so happy after a long time to researching and writing to agencies, the one that I got is even better than I can ask. So happy!
Hello!!!! Slowly migrating over to THE ALTERNATIVE to Twitter (saying the alternatives name, twitter gets a little... Moody). So please if you have an account I'd love to keep in contact.
I'm on Bluesky! I have been for a while but since people are jumping to Bluesky I wanted to take the opportunity to announce my page. Let's get as many creatives, actors, directors and artists of all kinds on here!! #Bluesky