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IDSA HEADLINES OUR STORIES FESTIVAL BY YOUR CINEMA FILMS

IDSA Had an amazing time headlining the YourCinema OurStories Festival! The occasion was enlightening, featuring talks by our IAG agents, Miss Nina Malone and Fela Oke. Additionally, there was an exclusive discussion by the founder of IAG and IDSA, Femi Oguns. Click on the video above for an insight on the day!

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IDENTITY AGENCY GROUP PROMOTES LONG TERM AGENTS TO PARTNERS

IDSA’s affiliated talent agency, Identity Agency Group, has promoted its two most senior agents.

Ikki El-Amriti and Jonathan Hall, who have each been with the company for 13 years and were among the first to join IAG after it was set up by founder and CEO of both IAG and IDSA, Femi Oguns, have both been made partners.

Oguns, who established the agency as the sister company to Identity School of Acting, aimed at offering quality drama lessons to diverse talent and this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, praised his two colleagues for contributing to IAG’s “success and growth.”

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SKY ACQUIRES IDSA ALUM AND IAG’S FOLA EVANS-AKINGBOLA UNTOLD STORIES: HAIR ON SET 

The acquisition comes as Sky UK&l announces a new commitment that all productions for Sky Original programming with Black talent will have makeup artists and hair stylists experienced in afro textured hair and darker skin tones.

in this powerful documentary, which also features lAG’s Ikki El-Amriti, Fola Evans-Akingbola paints an intimate picture of how something as seemingly superficial as hair quickly uncovers a whole story about what it means to be different in a place you call home.

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IDSA ALUM & IAG’S JADESOLA ODUNJO STARRING IN FLIP!

Don’t miss IDSA Alum and IAG’S Jadesola Odunjo starring in Flip!

Flip! is a powerful new satire from critically-acclaimed writer Racheal Ofori and director  Emily Aboud (Evening Standard Future Theatre Award winner 2021) that probes what it means to live freely under the shadow of social media, encroaching on every aspect of our lives. How can we be our authentic selves in a world of algorithms intent on proving just how disposable we all are? 

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BOILING POINT – IDSA TAKEOVER

“Flawless food, flawed people. In the relentless pressure of the kitchen, someone is going to crack.”

Stephen Graham’s Boiling Point has finally premiered on BBC 1 and all episodes are currently available to watch on BBC IPlayer. 

Catch off of the IDSA Alumni series regulars on the show;

– IDSA Alumni and IAG Client, Aine Rose Daly

– IDSA Alumni and IAG Client, Missy Haysom

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IDSA CASTINGS.

We recently launched IDSA Castings, a new and exciting initiative exclusively for IDSA students. This is a great opportunity for students currently training and not represented, to put themselves forward for high-profile jobs via IDSA Castings

Moving forward we will be periodically advertising casting calls for screen projects, as IDSA continues to bridge the gap between training and opportunities.

IDSA Castings has previously provided some of our students gaining roles in Netflix, BBC and Amazon Prime productions – to name just a few.

We urge students to keep an eye out on their student emails to avoid missing out on IDSA Casting opportunities.

IDSA partnership with Audible.

We are delighted to continue our partnership with the world’s leading provider of spoken-word entertainment, Audible in 2023.

The partnership will include sponsorship of a termly 18-hour Voice Acting Module which will cover audiobook and drama performance, voice reel surgery to offer actors advice, support and coaching and studio workshops between students and Audible staff to improve their audio skills and knowledge.

Audible will also sponsor two students per term. The sponsorship will be presented to students who require financial assistance and have a specialised interest in audio recording. Please note sponsorship submissions are now closed for this year.

Anthony Mark Barrow, Head of Acting from IDSA Los Angeles, says: “We are incredibly excited about our partnership with Audible, and this very strongly illustrates their commitment to working with diverse voices. IDSA students are an incredible mix of unique performers from all over the world, and we can’t wait to discover what we can create together. Our ethos has always been to create a space for actors from as wide a variety of backgrounds as possible, and we are delighted that Audible have chosen to help us develop the next generation of talent.”

Kevin Addley, Country Manager at Audible UK, says: “Training the next generation of actors in audio entertainment is, of course, close to our heart. We are delighted to partner with Identity School of Acting as we are committed to encouraging diverse voices into the profession and we see really exciting collaborations developing from this partnership.”

As a leading producer of audio entertainment, Audible is committed to constantly innovating in the development of content and has seen a growing interest in audio content from younger audiences. Audible supports actors and actor training across the world.

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