An industry-led membership for actors
Breakthrough helps actors make sense of the career around their craft, so the next step feels practical, focused and clear.
Expert masterclasses
Get insight from casting directors and industry voices. Improve your Spotlight, self-tapes, headshots and showreels with a clearer understanding of what matters.
Online workshops
Live online sessions to go deeper, ask questions and put the work into practice. Get dedicated time to focus on your career every month.
In-person events
Meet casting directors, agents and industry experts in person. Ask questions, hear honest insight, and make a real difference in your acting career.
Getting Cast Masterclass
Casting director Tree Petts gives you a complete guide to getting cast. Learn what matters at each stage and where to focus next. Strengthen your Spotlight profile and self-tapes while improving how you approach auditions and build your career.
Upcoming events
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Join us at Tattu London for Breakthrough’s launch night. Meet casting directors, directors, producers and other industry voices alongside actors from the Breakthrough community. Make new connections and see what Breakthrough’s in-person events are built around.
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Using a recent redacted casting brief, casting director Georgina Littlewood and director Joseph Morel break down how a brief turns into casting choices. You’ll see what they look for first, why some submissions fit better than others and what you can change in your own.
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Andrew Boateng has been cast in more than 100 commercials. In this live session, he breaks down how finding his niche and the right markets changed the way he competes for work. Using examples from his own career, Andrew shows how he decides where he fits and which opportunities to focus on. Members can ask questions throughout and apply the same thinking to their own career.
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Bring your Spotlight profile and follow along live as we work through each section. We’ll cover headshots, showreel order, credits, skills and copy using selected member profiles as examples. See what helps your positioning and where to make changes.
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See how casting directors find actors on Spotlight and decide who gets a closer look. Tree Petts and a member of the Spotlight team walk you through the casting side of the platform, from the first search to how actors are chosen to self-tape. Ask questions live and see what you can change to give yourself a stronger chance of being considered.
Choose your membership
Start with what you need now. Move up when you're ready.
Core
Guided
Live Access
What members are saying
"Such an informative masterclass broken down into all the basics, all the way to your relationships with agents. Would highly recommend for any and all actors no matter what stage you’re at with your career!"
"For actors who feel as though there is an invisible glass ceiling preventing them from breaking through, Breakthrough helps them navigate that mindset. For me, this platform should be compulsory for every actor entering or actively working within the industry."
"Tree is incredibly watchable, funny, and, not to mention, knowledgeable and generous with her insights. I gained valuable information that I haven’t heard so honestly shared in casting director workshops."
Questions, answered
Breakthrough is for serious actors who want to better understand the business around their craft and make stronger career decisions. It is built for working, emerging and returning actors at different stages of their careers.
Every membership includes Breakthrough’s masterclasses and member community. Guided adds monthly online workshops, while Live Access also includes our monthly in-person events.
Core gives you access to our masterclasses and community. Guided adds our live online workshops. Live Access includes everything in Guided plus our in-person events.
No. Breakthrough focuses on the career around your craft rather than teaching you how to act. We cover areas such as casting, positioning, representation and how different parts of the industry work.
No. You do not need an agent or a certain number of credits to join. Breakthrough is for actors who are serious about building their careers and want to make better decisions about what to focus on next.
Masterclasses are pre-recorded and available to watch on demand in the Breakthrough member area. Watch them whenever suits you and revisit them while your membership is active. Our online workshops and in-person events happen live.
Our online workshops are practical live sessions built around a specific part of your career. Depending on the session, you may follow along with your own materials, see member examples and hear from industry guests. Members can submit questions, with selected questions answered during the session.
Our live events bring members together with casting directors, agents, actors, directors, producers and other industry voices. Formats vary from live Q&As and practical sessions to panels and networking events.
No. Core and Guided can be used from anywhere. Our in-person events currently take place in London, so Live Access is best suited to actors who can travel to attend them.
You can, but we cannot guarantee that your chosen membership will still have space. Guided and Live Access are capped and places roll from month to month, so a space may not open before the event you want. Keeping an active membership is the only way to keep your place.
Yes. Your membership runs monthly and you can cancel at any time. Your cancellation stops your next renewal and you keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for. You can also change tiers where space is available.
Your membership gives you access to the workshops and events included in your tier while it is active. If you miss a session, we do not offer a refund or credit for that session.
You are welcome to rejoin whenever your chosen tier has space. Cancelling releases your place, so being a previous member does not guarantee that the same tier will still be available when you return. If it is full, you will need to wait for a place to open.