Ep.05 BAN Beyond Facebook RAW with Guest: Sally Hyde Lomax

Helen's fifth guest is Sally Hyde Lomax. Sally is a theatre,
screen & voice actor and a BAN Founding Member.


Podcast Notes/Topics for Discussion



The BAN model: Do you see yourselves working
alongside existing casting sites such as Spotlight, or do you
see yourselves as an exclusive one-stop-shop for actors.
Obviously, Spotlight has been around for over a hundred years
and there is an element of achievement as an actor in actually
either getting your professional training or getting your three
recognised credits to get on there, and most agents need it as
a requirement for your tenure currently. How does BAN see
itself vis a vis Spotlight?


Glass Ceilings: As an older jobbing actor I
have for years been trying to break through that glass ceiling.
I even, two years ago, went back to drama school and did a
full-time MA in acting, so that effectively I could start to
breakthrough by being a recent graduate, and I think it has
started to help. But for instance, I’d actually love to be
considered to be a new older nun on Call the Midwife, but it
seems that only “known” older actors are used for those parts.
Do you think that BAN will be useful to us older jobbing actors
trying to break through that glass ceiling?