Broadway & International

Training & Drama Schools

Backstage & Technical

Opera

Dance

West End

Musical Theatre

Pantomime

Edinburgh Fringe

Obituaries & Archive

NPO 2023-26

Awards

Jobs & Auditions

Hot Topics

Acting & Performance

Shakespeare

Jordan Li-Smith: ‘I made long-standing contacts on my first job’

Training & AdviceMay 19, 2020by

John Byrne

Support The Stage by registering or subscribing

To continue reading this article you must be logged in.

Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month.

OR

Or subscribe today and get unlimited access to thestage.co.uk.

John Byrne

More from this Author

Sofia Jones: 'You can always learn from those around you'

Sadie Pearson: 'The more work you put on, the more opportunities come your way'

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse – review round-up

Review Round-Ups by Fergus Morgan

Top 50 shows of 2024: London

Features by The Stage

Original Hadestown stars to join West End production for limited run

Production News by Katie Chambers

Creative arts have shrunk 'rapidly' under Labour - Equity analysis

News by Katie Chambers

There’s a theatre sinkhole in the north and the sector’s turning its back on it

Lyn Gardner’s reasons to be cheerful

Blue Man Group is closing in NYC after 33 years. I finally went to see it

Celebrating Gavin Creel: a great artist and human being

National insurance increase is as bad as a £100m cut to theatre sector

I had mixed feelings about the NT’s Importance of Being Earnest. And that’s a good thing

Wicked is casting a spell over film audiences – what's the secret to its screen success?

Lyn Gardner’s reasons to be cheerful

I’m back where I began, but as a tutor not a student – it’s inspiring... and petrifying

Fallow years: could theatre learn something from Glastonbury?

Did Tammy Faye lose its sense of proportion on the way to Broadway?

Recommended for you

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse – review round-up

Review Round-Ups by Fergus Morgan

Top 50 shows of 2024: London

Features by The Stage

Original Hadestown stars to join West End production for limited run

Production News by Katie Chambers

Creative arts have shrunk 'rapidly' under Labour - Equity analysis

News by Katie Chambers

John Byrne

John Byrne is careers adviser for The Stage and is also a writer, cartoonist, performer and broadcaster

More from this author

Sofia Jones: 'You can always learn from those around you'

Sadie Pearson: 'The more work you put on, the more opportunities come your way'

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

Opinion

Latest
Most Read

There’s a theatre sinkhole in the north and the sector’s turning its back on it

Lyn Gardner’s reasons to be cheerful

Blue Man Group is closing in NYC after 33 years. I finally went to see it

Celebrating Gavin Creel: a great artist and human being

National insurance increase is as bad as a £100m cut to theatre sector

I had mixed feelings about the NT’s Importance of Being Earnest. And that’s a good thing

Lyn Gardner’s reasons to be cheerful

Blue Man Group is closing in NYC after 33 years. I finally went to see it

I had mixed feelings about the NT’s Importance of Being Earnest. And that’s a good thing

There’s a theatre sinkhole in the north and the sector’s turning its back on it

Celebrating Gavin Creel: a great artist and human being

National insurance increase is as bad as a £100m cut to theatre sector

Advice

The Stage/Bridge Theatre Training Company scholarship winners 2024

by Paul Vale

Sofia Jones: 'You can always learn from those around you'

by John Byrne

Sadie Pearson: 'The more work you put on, the more opportunities come your way'

by John Byrne

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

by John Byrne

DCMS unlikely to recover up to £29m in Covid-era support loans

“Significant” defaults on Covid-era support loans mean the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will be unable to recover between £25 million and £29 million

DCMS unlikely to recover up to £29m in Covid-era support loans

“Significant” defaults on Covid-era support loans mean the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will be unable to recover between £25 million and £29 million

Jobs

Senior Electrics Technician ...

City: London Salary: BECTU Graded

Jordan Li-Smith: ‘I made long-standing contacts on my first job’

Support The Stage by registering or subscribing

More from this Author

More on this topic

Opinion

Recommended for you

More from this author

Opinion

Advice

More on this topic

Advice

Recommended for you

Most Read

Your subscription helps ensure our journalism can continue

Newspaper

More

Info

Awards

Legal

Digital