Shakyra Dowling CSA who is a busy casting director currently casting a number of both British and European feature films including SCARBOROUGH, NAKED NORMANDY and NOCTURNAL, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared for Disney based on the bestselling book of the same name.
Shakyra has cast a number of British feature films - soon to be released is BFI/BBC Films SPACESHIP and US AND THEM.

Heather Basten began in the industry at the British Film Institute. It was there she met casting director, Jeremy Zimmermann, and went to be casting assistant on NBC’s ‘A.D’. She moved on to become casting assistant to Dixie Chassay, and then resided with Des Hamilton where she assisted on BAFTA-winning TV Feature ‘Ellen’.
Heather was associate to Kharmel Cochrane, and most recent associate works include Netflix’s ‘The End of the F**king World’ and BFI’s ‘Pin Cushion’.

Sophie has been working in the casting industry for 5 years. She is the current casting associate at Des Hamilton casting. She started out working as a casting associate at Hubbard Casting with Ros and John Hubbard, where she worked on films such as 'Journey's End', 'Hurricane' and 'The More You Ignore Me'. At Des Hamilton, she has most recently worked on projects such as Netflix's 'The King', 'Top Boy Series 3' and 'Jojo Rabbit'.

Sophie has been working in the casting industry for 5 years. She is the current casting associate at Des Hamilton casting. She started out working as a casting associate at Hubbard Casting with Ros and John Hubbard, where she worked on films such as 'Journey's End', 'Hurricane' and 'The More You Ignore Me'. At Des Hamilton, she has most recently worked on projects such as Netflix's 'The King', 'Top Boy Series 3' and 'Jojo Rabbit'.

We are delighted to welcome back Maxwell. He was Amy Hubbard's associate for a few years and worked on projects like Mortal Engines (Produced by Peter Jackson), Little Women for the BBC, Foreign Skies for Channel 4 and the George Clooney directed TV Adaptation of Catch-22 for Hulu. Maxwell is now freelance.

The way it works is we have top agents come in on a panel for you to perform to and ask as many questions as possible in the time you have been given.

You will have a set time block allocated to you where you will go in to perform your monologue or duologue (we have readers on hand) and then you will be constructively critiqued by the panel. It will then be your chance to ask what ever questions you may have. Each agent will fill out an evaluation form for you to take home. This is a great way to meet and learn from agents and get instant feedback.

You pick your own time block so no waiting around for hours (first come first served on time blocks)

1 on 1 format so all the attention is on you

Pick your own 1 minute scene to perform

Headshots reviewed by top industry professionals

Evaluation sheets filled in by all agents for you to take home

We are very happy to welcome back Lucy Jenkins CDG of Jenkins McShane casting to run a casting theatre workshop. Lucy and her casting partner Sooki cast everything from hit TV shows like skins to award winning theatre productions like Warhorse.

We are very excited to welcome in Lucy Amos of Nina Gold Casting for the first time.
Lucy works as an associate at Nina Gold Casting. Her most recent associate credits include "Misbehaviour" directed by Philippa
Lowthorpe", "Ironbark" directed by Dominic Cooke and "The Witches" directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Gemma is currently working at BBC casting the dramas like ‘Casualty’ and ‘Doctors’. Gemma’s other recent TV work includes: Don’t Take My Baby, Our World War – nominated for Best Miniseries BAFTA 2015, and Glasgow Girls (BBC3).

We are happy to bring back Clare Harlow. Clare is an associate at Kate Dowd casting. Clare has worked on huge projects with Kate such as the hugely popular TV series 'Galavant' and 'Still Star-Crossed. And films 'Me Before You' and 'Eye in the Sky'. She has recently worked on feature films 'Official Secrets' and 'We Die Young'.

Catriona currently works at Nina Gold Casting who are one of the biggest casting offices in the world. They have cast top shows like Game of Thrones and Chernobyl. Before that she worked for Rachel Freck on shows like Tinstar and also for Kate Ringsell working on film and TV projects such as ‘The Lost City of Z’, ‘Justice League’, ‘Sense8’ and ‘Berlin Station’.

Rowland Beckley is a BBC casting director best known for casting hit show such as Eastenders, Casualty, Father Brown, The Coroner, Shakespeare and Hathaway and BBC IPlayer shorts.

Rowland Beckley is a BBC casting director best known for casting hit show such as Eastenders, Casualty, Father Brown, The Coroner, Shakespeare and Hathaway and BBC IPlayer shorts.

We are very excited to welcome in Glenda for the first time to Mixing Networks. Glenda is currently a casting assistant at Suzanne Smith’s office. Her most recent credits include Amazon’s Carnival Row and the hit TV series Outlander.

Finnian currently works as a casting associate at Sophie Holland’s office where they are casting big projects for Netflix such as The Witcher. He previously worked at Gary Davy's office which cast great TV such as Marcella and Britannia. Finnian has cast TV shows such as ‘Holby City’, ‘Father Brown’, and ‘Shakespeare and Hathaway’. Casting director credits for the BBC include ‘Doctors’, ‘The Break’ Series 2 (BBC3 iplayer online) and most recently the October ‘Sky Drama Table Read’.

This is the level 3 class that you must be approved to join.
The course dates run as follows:

04/12/19 1pm-5pm
11/12/19 1pm-5pm
18/12/19 1pm-5pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

This is the level 2 class, that you must have completed a Level 1 block to able to join. Level 2 covers auditioning in more detail and puts all the skills gained in level 1 into practice. Please only book on if you can make all the classes.

The course dates run as follows:

04/12/19 6pm-10pm
11/12/19 6pm-10pm
18/12/19 6pm-10pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

The way it works is we have top agents come in on a panel for you to perform to and ask as many questions as possible in the time you have been given.

You will have a set time block allocated to you where you will go in to perform your monologue or duologue (we have readers on hand) and then you will be constructively critiqued by the panel. It will then be your chance to ask what ever questions you may have. Each agent will fill out an evaluation form for you to take home. This is a great way to meet and learn from agents and get instant feedback.

You pick your own time block so no waiting around for hours (first come first served on time blocks)

1 on 1 format so all the attention is on you

Pick your own 1 minute scene to perform

Headshots reviewed by top industry professionals

Evaluation sheets filled in by all agents for you to take home

Jonny worked for Kate Rhodes James for several years before moving over to work for Shaheen Baig, which is one of the biggest offices in Europe now. Jonny now works on great TV shows such as Peaky Blinders and great independent films such as God’s Own Country.

This is the level 2 class, that you must have completed a Level 1 block to able to join. Level 2 covers auditioning in more detail and puts all the skills gained in level 1 into practice. Please only book on if you can make all the classes.

The course dates run as follows:

05/12/19 1pm-5pm
12/12/19 1pm-5pm
19/12/19 1pm-5pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

This is the level 3 class that you must be approved to join.
The course dates run as follows:

05/12/19 6pm-10pm
12/12/19 6pm-10pm
19/12/19 6pm-10pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

Ollie began casting in 2011 and has worked with casting directors Reg Poerscout Egerton, Daniel Edwards, Kate Rhodes James, Kate Dowd, Vicky Wildman & Kerrie Mailey. Ollie Gilbert and Katy Covell setup Gilbert and Covell casting in 2016 - Their first feature film OBEY went on to earn Marcus Rutherford a BIFA nomination for best newcomer as well as winning Best Cinematography at Tribeca. Their next project The Intent 2, earned Sharon Duncan Brewster a Best Actress Award at the MVISA's and winning Best Film and Best Newcomer at The National Film & TV Awards. This year Ollie & Katy have cast feature film 'Concrete Plans' for Film Wales, Penny on MARS (TV Series for Disney) as well as casting a selection of really exciting short films. Ollie & Katy are also attached to cast a TV Series in 2020.

This is the level 2 class, that you must have completed a Level 1 block to able to join. Level 2 covers auditioning in more detail and puts all the skills gained in level 1 into practice. Please only book on if you can make all the classes.

The course dates run as follows:

06/12/19 1pm-5pm
13/12/19 1pm-5pm
20/12/19 1pm-5pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

Rowland Beckley is a BBC casting director best known for casting hit show such as Eastenders, Casualty, Father Brown, The Coroner, Shakespeare and Hathaway and BBC IPlayer shorts.

Laura is an associate to Suzanne Smith. Laura's recent credits include Pennyworth, Outlander, Lucky Man - Series 3 - for Sky, a new series for Amazon called 'Carnival Row' and another new series, 'Nightflyers' for Syfy. She has also cast a new Paramount drama 'Berlin Station', another new series called 'Mars'. She also works on pilot seasons for CBS as well as the feature films ‘Underworld 5’ and ‘Resident Evil 6: The Final Chapter.

Faye worked as an agent for three years before moving into casting and works as a freelance assistant. She is currently working on Series 3 of Tin Star for Sky Atlantic. She is also the Casting Director for the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum which is chaired and run by TV and film producer Farah Abushwesha (The ABC Murders, The Singapore Grip).

Sophie has spent the last year working as an Associate to Rose Wicksteed and Alex Johnson, as well as pursuing her own projects. She has worked with several Casting Directors including Lucinda Syson, Karen Lindsey-Stewart and Kharmel Cochrane, to name but a few.
Sophie started off working in casting in the background capacity, before getting her first foray into featured roles with Gabrielle Dawes as the Casting Assistant at Chichester Festival Theatre. She has since also worked in film, TV and commercials, so has experience across all areas of casting.
Her most notable projects have been with Rose Wicksteed, including TV series Genius:Einstein and Genius:Picasso (National Geographic), features The Nun (Warner Bros) and The Maze (Sony), and before she started on The Great (Macgowan Films) she worked as Associate to Alex Johnson on Beecham House.

Suzy’s most recent work includes casting for Changeling - The Winters Tale, Nell Gwynn in repertoire, Measure for Measure and Blithe Spirit.
Suzy also casts for Theatre Clwyd - The Importance of Being Earnest and Single Spies and God of Carnage. She was heavily involved in the ongoing casting of ’The play what I wrote’ in the West End and on tour.

Manuel runs Puro Casting and he casts a lot of great independent films. Past credits include Moon, Thick as Thieves and The Machine. Manuel is great workshop leader and really enjoys working with actors. A great workshop!

This Screen Comedy Workshop will enable you to be a more authentic comedy screen actor, as well as helping you to take direction on queue to enhance your comic timing for screen.

During this 3hour workshop you will explore character, rhythm and emotion for comedy on screen. You will work on TV & Film scripts and receive invaluable feedback from Nick as well as some top tips for the most effective comedy techniques an actor can use.

NICK COHEN's latest feature 'I Love London' starring Imogen Stubbs and Juliet Stevenson will come out later in the year. He teaches at RADA, the Actors Centre, Mountview and at several universities. As a graduate of the BBC Drama Directors Academy he has gone on to direct 'Eastenders', 'Doctors' and his previous feature film 'The Reeds' was distributed by Lionsgate/ After Dark in the USA. Before moving into TV and Film Nick was Staff Director at the Royal National Theatre with Trevor Nunn, Assistant Director at the RSC and Literary Manager of the Gate Theatre.

This course is aimed at professional actors looking to really hone and master their audition skills. Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to prepare to be put on tape one by one. The whole class will then review each tape and critique it.
The course will cover auditioning for drama, soaps, comedy and eventually end with a cold reading class.
The first class is the most important so please make you are available for it.

Each class will last approx. 4 hours. Once you have completed level 1, you are able to then book onto level 2 automatically.

The course dates run as follows:

06/01/19 6pm-10pm
13/01/19 6pm-10pm
20/01/19 6pm-10pm
27/01/19 6pm-10pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

This course is aimed at professional actors looking to really hone and master their audition skills. Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to prepare to be put on tape one by one. The whole class will then review each tape and critique it.
The course will cover auditioning for drama, soaps, comedy and eventually end with a cold reading class.
The first class is the most important so please make you are available for it.

Each class will last approx. 4 hours. Once you have completed level 1, you are able to then book onto level 2 automatically.

The course dates run as follows:

07/01/19 1pm-5pm
14/01/19 1pm-5pm
21/01/19 1pm-5pm
28/01/19 1pm-5pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.

This course is aimed at professional actors looking to really hone and master their audition skills. Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to prepare to be put on tape one by one. The whole class will then review each tape and critique it.
The course will cover auditioning for drama, soaps, comedy and eventually end with a cold reading class.
The first class is the most important so please make you are available for it.

Each class will last approx. 4 hours. Once you have completed level 1, you are able to then book onto level 2 automatically.

The course dates run as follows:

08/01/19 10am-2pm
15/01/19 10am-2pm
22/01/19 10am-2pm
29/01/19 10am-2pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 4 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back.
You can only get your full credit back if you cancel 3 days before the first class is due to start.