INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO PERFORMANCE ACTORS?
Performance has been a highly successful co-operative actors' agency for 36 years. We’ve built a strong reputation amongst casting directors, directors and producers as one of the best agencies of our kind. Our actors work across the industry - from the National Theatre and the West End, to community theatre and stand-up - and across a range of media - feature films, television, radio, role-play, voiceovers, corporate videos, online dramas and video games.
We are a cooperative agency, which means that we each represent one another. When we’re not working as actors, we work as agents for everyone else in the co-op. This means one day a week running our office in London. We’re looking for new members who are excited by this form of proactive representation - people who are hardworking and would enjoy promoting others’ careers alongside their own.
Being in a co-op is very rewarding. Socially, it creates a wonderful network of fellow actors and makers that can rely on, make work with, and learn from each other. Professionally, it also gives you as an actor more insight into and autonomy over your career. As a tradeoff for working in the office one day a week, the rate of commission is also lower than that taken by many conventional agents.
Obviously, it requires more commitment than being represented by a conventional agent. The day working in the agency office is not paid, and you are also required to attend fortnightly meetings on Monday evenings. The co-op way of life may not be for everyone. But what we can say is this: We get work for our members, and we all firmly believe that being our own agents is a radical (and pretty cool) way to navigate today’s industry.
If you think you would be suited to this type of representation, please do send us an email with your headshot and Spotlight link, detailing why a co-op would be right for you. We also happily accept invitations to shows if you’d like us to see you perform. You can also use the contact page but please be sure to include links to any showreels, voice reels or other clips of you in performance that would be useful for us to see.
If you have ANY questions and/or if you’d like to hear what it’s like to work in a co-op agency from one of our members, please reach out via email as well. We’d be happy to chat with you!
At this moment in time, we are particularly interested in male-identifying applicants. We’re also interested in professional-standard music, dance, sport and language skills, and anything unusual!
We would also like to hear from applicants who identify as People of Colour or representative of the Global Majority.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes,
Performance Actors Agency
