Launching May 16th
The creative industries run on relationships. But none of that is visible.
The work you get doesn't come from a listing. It comes from people - the director who knows your range, the producer who trusts you, the team you've already built something with. That's how this industry actually works.
But none of it exists anywhere you can point to. It lives in contacts, in conversations, in memory. The most valuable part of your career is real - but invisible. Instead, you're reduced to a list. A set of credits. A profile that can't capture what really matters.
Your career is more than a list of credits.
It's a network of relationships.
Photo by Vitaly Gariev
The industry's dominant casting directory was built in the 1920s as a printed book of headshots. It moved online, but the model hasn't changed. To be listed, you need specific credentials; union credits, accredited training, or an agent's recommendation. You pay over £200 a year for the privilege, whether you get a single audition or not.
If you're self-trained, you're out. If you're early career, you're probably out. If you're a camera operator, a sound designer, a costume maker, a choreographer - you were never even in the system. It was built for actors, and only certain actors at that.
Equity took the directory's operator to the High Court in 2025. They argued the fees were exploitative and the monopoly was unfair. They lost. The court ruled it's a marketing tool, not an employment agency. The fees stand.
That ruling was legally correct. But it didn't make the problem go away. And it didn't address the deeper issue: the creative industries are far bigger than casting, and the people who make productions happen - across every discipline - deserve a professional platform that actually represents who they are.
"Great work is not built on credentials alone. It's built on craft, collaboration, and the trust earned from doing the work."
More than a directory
When we started building SceneTribe, we thought we were building a better casting platform. An open alternative to the incumbent - broader, AI-powered, no gatekeeping.
But as we built it, something shifted. The people we talked to didn't just want a place to be listed. They wanted a place that reflected who they actually are - professionals who work across multiple disciplines, whose careers are defined not by a single role but by the breadth of what they do and the people they do it with.
An actor who also directs. A musician who composes for film. A camera operator who edits. A voice-over artist who writes. The creative industries are full of people who don't fit in a single box. No existing platform lets them represent that.
And the most valuable thing about any creative professional isn't what's on their CV. It's who they've worked with - and whether those people would work with them again. That's the information casting directors and producers actually want, and it's the one thing no directory has ever made visible.
So that's what SceneTribe became: a professional network for the creative industries, centred on the work you've done and the people you've done it with.
Every discipline
Every career stage
Multi-disciplinary? So are we. Your profile reflects everything you do - not just one role.
How it works
You join SceneTribe and build your profile. Not a single-discipline listing; a full picture of every role you fill in the industry. Actor, director, sound designer, whatever combination fits you. Your headshots, skills, training, and showreel links, all brought together in one shareable profile.
Then you add your credits. But this isn't a list of jobs. Every credit is linked to a production, and to the other people who worked on that production. When you add a credit, you're not just logging a line on your CV. You're connecting yourself to a web of professional relationships.
Over time, your collaboration map grows. It becomes a visible record of every production you've been part of and every person you've worked with. It's your professional network, made tangible. Not a list of followers or connections - a graph of real working relationships, built from real work.
For the people doing the hiring - casting directors, producers, agents - SceneTribe offers AI-powered discovery. Describe what you need in plain English and the AI surfaces the right people. But it goes further than matching skills. You can see who's worked together before, find teams with existing chemistry, and discover people through their collaborations, not just their attributes.
Built by the work Connected by the people
AI as plumbing, not a critic
We know how creative professionals feel about AI. We understand the fear. The concern that your likeness will be scanned, your voice cloned, your craft reduced to data points in a model you never consented to train. Those fears are legitimate and we share them.
So we drew a hard line.
SceneTribe's AI operates exclusively on structured profile data - your skills, credits, disciplines, accents, physical attributes, training, and location. It matches you to opportunities based on facts. It never watches your showreel. It never analyses your headshots. It never evaluates your performance. It never makes a creative judgment.
When it matches you to an opportunity, it tells you exactly why: which attributes matched, which didn't, and how strong the match is. No black boxes. No hidden algorithms.
And your data is never sold or traded. It's never used to train AI models; ours or anyone else's. If you delete your account, we remove your personal data in line with our policy.
The AI saves time by filtering. It never saves time by judging.
Your talent is yours
Your data is yours
These aren't aspirations. They're commitments.
Our AI never watches your showreel, never analyses your headshots, never scans your voice or likeness. It matches on structured data, the facts you choose to share, and nothing else. If we ever introduce features that process media content, we will ask for your explicit, granular consent first. You can say no, and nothing changes.
Your data helps us run the platform and help you be discovered by the people looking for someone like you. It is never sold or traded, and never used to train AI models; ours or anyone else's. Delete your account, and we remove your personal data in line with our policy.
When our AI matches you to a role, you'll see exactly why; which attributes matched, which didn't, and how strong the match is. No black boxes. No opaque algorithms. If you can't see how a decision was made, you can't trust it. So we show you.
If we ever change how your data is used, how our AI works, or what the platform does with information you've shared, we will tell you before it happens - clearly, directly, and in language you can actually understand. No buried policy updates. No quiet changes.
Open to everyone
There is no credential check to join SceneTribe. No drama school requirement. No minimum professional credits. And no artificial boundary that says "this platform is for actors but not for the people who light the stage, record the sound, design the costumes, or edit the footage."
If you work in the creative industries - in any discipline, at any stage of your career - SceneTribe is for you. If you're under 18, a parent or guardian can manage your profile.
Who pays?
Try SceneTribe free for 30 days. After that, it's £2 a month or £15 a year.
The first 100 members to join never pay - ever.
Every member gets the same experience: a multi-disciplinary profile, credits and production history, collaboration mapping, directory visibility, search inclusion, and match notifications. No feature gating. No premium tiers. One platform, one experience.
Agents and casting directors get dedicated tools: AI-powered matching, natural language search, shortlisting, and production tools; built to save hours of manual work every day. Those tools are available on a professional subscription.
Be part of what comes next
SceneTribe is launching on 16th May 2026. Join the waitlist to get early access, shape the platform, and be among the first to build your profile and map your collaborations.
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