This is a two part workshop over the course of two separate dates so please make sure you’re available for both dates. They will be broken down as:

Session 1 - Monday 21st June 6pm - 9pm
You will be assigned a scene to self tape at home by Suzy. Everyone will then meet on zoom where your tape will be played back 1 by 1. Suzy will give her notes for you to put into practice for session 2.

Session 2 - Wednesday 23rd June 6pm - 9pm
You will retape at home using the notes given by Suzy in the first workshop and everyone will meet again on zoom. The new tape will be played back to see if you took on the notes. Suzy will also go through everyone’s Spotlight C.V’s in this second session and offer her feedback.

Suzy Catliff works as a casting director, theatre director, lecturer and writer. She is a member of the Casting Directors Guild and associate member of The Writers Guild. She works in UK drama schools teaching screen acting as well as a theatre director. She was an associate lecturer at the Northern Film School for ten years, teaching casting BA and MA level.
Suzy is the UK Casting Director for Shaftesbury Films in Toronto and has worked on all series of 'The Inspector Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake, and most recently the first season of ‘Departure’ starring Archie Punjabi, Christopher Plummer, Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani.
TV casting includes ‘Casualty’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Primeval’, ‘Hope and Glory III’, ‘Ny-Lon’. She cast the Gregson Award winner drama/doc ‘D-Day’ for the BBC, award winning series ‘Sir Gadabout’ for CITV and ‘Bus Life’ for Disney which won the Grand Jury Prize at the New York Television Festival.
Film casting includes ‘Stormbreaker’, ‘Swimming Pool’. Film assistant work includes the Oscar winning features - ‘Sense & Sensibility’ and ‘The English Patient’, as well as ‘Wilde’ & ‘Hackers’.
Recent theatre casting credits include: three seasons for Changeling Theatre; ‘Sleeping Beauty’ HFC; ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ Theatr Clwyd.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Rory is a Casting Associate who is currently working with Dan Hubbard Casting. Rory started as a studio assistant then studio manager at a casting studio called Nash Studio and was lucky enough to work on some incredible feature films, tv shows and commercials that initially ignited his desire to work in casting. After 2 and a half years he moved to Spotlight. He used his time there to meet other casting directors and to use Spotlight's resources to learn as much as he could about the industry and actors. He left Spotlight after a year and went straight into casting offices working in commercials, tv and film and hasn't really stopped since. He has worked with casting directors including Andy Morgan, Suzanne Smith, Lauren Evans and Reg Poerscout Edgerton. His credits include Luther (BBC), Good Omens (BBC/AMAZON), Rocketman (PARAMOUNT/MARV FILMS), Men In Black: International (SONY), The Dark Crystal (NETFLIX) Jingle Jangle (NETFLIX) Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC) and Guy Ritchie’s new film Wrath Of Man (MIRAMAX)

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop*

Lucy is a very experienced casting director. West End includes: The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Groan Ups.The Kite Runner (Wyndhams / Playhouse), The Red Lion and Bomber’s Moon (Trafalgar) War Horse (New London), Cool Hand Luke (Aldwych), Carrie’s War (Apollo).
Other recent theatre credits include: Stranger Things (Secret Cinema), The Snow Queen (Rose Theatre), Clear White Light (Live Theatre), Clybourne Park (Rapture Theatre) Close Quarters (Out of Joint / Sheffield), The Last Ship (Northern Stage & tour); Jekyll & Hyde (Rose Theatre and tour), Cathy (Cardboard Citizens); Home Truths and La Ronde (Bunker Theatre); Tyne and My Romantic History (Live Theatre); A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian and Mighty Atoms (Hull Truck), The Quiet House (Park Theatre); The Divided Laing (Arcola); Wet House (Soho Theatre), Serpent’s Tooth (Almeida).
Upcoming: I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember (Cambridge Arts & tour); A Very British Coup (Live Theatre / Hull Truck); Groan Ups (National tour); Pitman Painters (Live Theatre / Kenwright)

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Olissa Rogers is a casting associate currently working at Fiona Weir Casting. Before that she worked as a casting associate to Amy Hubbard and Theo Park. She began working in the industry back in Germany in 2008. She worked there until 2016 mainly on TV Series. In 2016 she met casting director, Jeremy Zimmermann, and went to be casting assistant for him on several films until 2018. She then moved on to become casting assistant to Kharmel Cochrane for commercials and TV/Film projects.

Sophie is currently working with Rose on a new series for Apple. She has spent the last 4 years working as Associate to Rose Wicksteed, whilst pursuing her own projects, and was also Associate to Alex Johnson on ITV's period drama Beecham House. Her most notable projects have been with Rose and include TV series Genius: Picasso, (National Geographic), upcoming comedy series The Great (Hulu) and UK casting for Homeland series 8 (Showtime). Films include The Nun (Warner Bros) and Escape Room (Sony). She was also Casting Director on two short films, Lynch (Oxygene Films) and Mr Whippy (Elation Pictures), and was UK Casting Director with Rose on upcoming Fox miniseries The Dropout.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

ADAM DOYLE joined Louise Kiely Casting in 2020. Recent Casting credits include Casting Associate on ITV/Virgin Media's REDEMPTION & Casting Assistant on the upcoming second season of RTE's SMOTHER.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

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.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Sophie is a 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'. Her most recent credits include Netflix's 'The King', 'Top Boy Series 3' and the Oscar nominated film 'Jojo Rabbit'.

This is a free Q&A with casting director Lauren Evans (Sex Education) and is for members only.

The zoom details will be sent to in your confirmation email after you've booked.

Emma is currently apart of the in house BBC casting team working on Holby City. Prior to working at the BBC Emma cast projects for RSA films (Ridley Scott Associates) and social enterprise film production company Signature Pictures.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Mike worked at a London agency for 4 years before moving into casting and relocating to Barcelona where his current base is. He currently works as an associate to Luci Lenox where they cast a variety of projects ranging from independent feature films to international TV series. Recent projects include The Head (HBO/Hulu), Warrior Nun (Netflix), Westworld (HBO), Hanna (Amazon Prime) among others.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT?
This course is aimed at professional actors who are looking to hone and perfect their audition skills. Everyone starts at Level 1, regardless of experience. The level 1 course is taught by Michael, who runs Mixing Networks. He uses his knowledge and experience of working with casting directors for the last 9 years and gives actors the most up to date information. The course will go in depth about auditioning for drama, soaps and comedy with each script presenting a common pitfall so actors know how to avoid them going forward.

IN THE ROOM COURSE
Once a week for 3 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. Each class will last approx. 4 hours.

We are confident everyone will finish the level 1 course with a better understanding of what casting directors are looking for. You then have the option to put your new skills and knowledge into practice by joining the level 2 class upon completing level 1.

The course dates run as follows:
Monday 05/07/21 6pm - 10pm
Monday 12/07/21 6pm - 10pm
Monday 19/07/21 6pm - 10pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 3 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back. If you are feeling unwell and can't make a class, you will have the option to send in a self tape for personal feedback.

This is the level 3 on camera class that you must be approved to join. All classes will be social distanced.

The course dates run as follows:
Tuesday 06/07/21 6pm-10pm
Tuesday 13/07/21 6pm-10pm
Tuesday 20/07/21 6pm-10pm
Tuesday 27/07/21 6pm-10pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back. If you are feeling unwell and can't make a class, you will have the option to send in a self tape for personal feedback.

This is the level 3 on camera class that you must be approved to join. All classes will be social distanced.

The course dates run as follows:
Wednesday 07/07/21 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 14/07/21 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 21/07/21 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 28/07/21 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. If you are feeling unwell and can't make a class, you will have the option to send in a self tape for personal feedback.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST CLASS. IT IS ALSO REQUIRED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP THAT HAS A WEBCAM IN ORDER TO DO THIS CLASS. IT IS ALSO ADVISED YOU HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS*

WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT?
This course is aimed at professional actors who are looking to hone and perfect their audition skills. Everyone starts at Level 1, regardless of experience. The level 1 course is taught by Michael, who runs Mixing Networks. He uses his knowledge and experience of working with casting directors for the last 9 years and gives actors the most up to date information. The course will go in depth about auditioning for drama, soaps and comedy with each script presenting a common pitfall so actors know how to avoid them going forward.

SELF TAPE COURSE
This is the self tape variation of the level 1 course. Once a week for 3 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to self tape and submit. The whole class will then review each tape and critique it. Everyone is given homework to do after each class. This particular course will cover the technical sides of self taping such as eye lines and lighting. Each class will last approx. 3-4 hours.

We are confident everyone will finish the level 1 course with a better understanding of what casting directors are looking for. You then have the option to put your new skills and knowledge into practice by joining the level 2 class upon completing level 1.

The course dates run as follows:
Wednesday 07/07/21 6pm - 9.30pm
Wednesday 14/07/21 6pm - 9.30pm
Wednesday 21/07/21 6pm - 9.30pm

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

Once a week for 3 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to self tape and submit. The whole class will then join an online zoom chat where each self tape is played back and critiqued.
The class will cover self taping for drama, soaps and comedy.
Each class will last approx. 3 hours. Class size of 14.

The course dates run as follows:
Wednesday 07/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 14/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 21/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 28/07/21 6pm-9pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to self tape and submit. The whole class will then join an online zoom chat where each self tape is played back and critiqued.
The class will cover self taping for drama, soaps and comedy.
Each class will last approx. 3 hours. Class size of 14.

The course dates run as follows:
Wednesday 07/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 14/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 21/07/21 6pm-9pm
Wednesday 28/07/21 6pm-9pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

Ben Cogan has worked in casting for 18 years. He began as a Casting Assistant for many shows (including EastEnders, Holby City and Waking the Dead) before becoming the Casting Director for Doctors in 2002. 380 episodes later, Ben moved to Casualty, and, in his time there, 6 episodes that he worked on were recognised with BAFTA nominations. During this period he also worked on the Afternoon Play series, Kiss of Death and various short films - one of which (Wish 143) was nominated for an Oscar. Ben is now a freelance Casting Director having cast feature film Just Charlie (Winner of the Edinburgh Film Festival Audience Award), Trendy (nominated for Raindance) and Amaryllis as well as award winning short films , Apple Tree House for CBeebies, additional child roles with Tom Hooper on Jack Thorne's BBC adaptation of Philip Pulman's His Dark Materials and is currently casting the feature film: Thirst.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Eliza Heslop is currently working at Kahleen Crawford Casting, on a range of TV and Film projects. Eliza has been a casting assistant for the past 4 years, collecting a vast knowledge across TV and film specifically. She’s worked on projects such as, Black Mirror, Spiderman; Far From Home, The Little Drummer Girl, The Capture and many more.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST CLASS. IT IS ALSO REQUIRED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP THAT HAS A WEBCAM IN ORDER TO DO THIS CLASS. IT IS ALSO ADVISED YOU HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS*

Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script learn. The whole class will then join an online zoom chat where one by one each actor will read over zoom. The read is recorded and played back to the class to be critiqued. The class will cover self taping for drama, soaps and comedy
Each class will last approx 3-4 hours.

The course dates run as follows:
Thursday 08/07/21 10.30am-2pm
Thursday 15/07/21 10.30am-2pm
Thursday 22/07/21 10.30am-2pm
Thursday 29/07/21 10.30am-2pm

The price is for all classes.

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.

The course dates run as follows:
Thursday 08/07/21 2pm-6pm
Thursday 15/07/21 2pm-6pm
Thursday 22/07/21 2pm-6pm
Thursday 29/07/21 2pm-6pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 3 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back. If you are feeling unwell and can't make a class, you will have the option to send in a self tape for personal feedback.

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.

The course dates run as follows:
Thursday 08/07/21 6pm-10pm
Thursday 15/07/21 6pm-10pm
Thursday 22/07/21 6pm-10pm
Thursday 29/07/21 6pm-10pm

Please note that once you have signed up, you are expected to attend all 3 classes and if you miss a class, you will not get any credit back. If you are feeling unwell and can't make a class, you will have the option to send in a self tape for personal feedback.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to self tape and submit. The whole class will then join an online zoom chat where each self tape is played back and critiqued.
The class will cover self taping for drama, soaps and comedy.
Each class will last approx. 3 hours. Class size of 14.

The course dates run as follows:
Thursday 08/07/21 6pm-9pm
Thursday 15/07/21 6pm-9pm
Thursday 22/07/21 6pm-9pm
Thursday 29/07/21 6pm-9pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Jonny is an associate at Shaheen Baig Casting. Jonny has worked on great TV shows such as Peaky Blinders and great independent films such as Fighting with My Family and God’s Own Country.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CLASS. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

Once a week for 4 weeks, a small group of actors will be given a script to self tape and submit. The whole class will then join an online zoom chat where each self tape is played back and critiqued.
The class will cover self taping for drama, soaps and comedy.
Each class will last approx. 3 hours. Class size of 14.

The course dates run as follows:
Friday 09/07/21 1pm-4pm
Friday 16/07/21 1pm-4pm
Friday 23/07/21 1pm-4pm
Friday 30/07/21 1pm-4pm

The price is for all 4 classes.

*This workshop is geared towards understanding casting for U.S projects and all actors will be required to do an American accent in their self tape*

After 20+ years of casting in Los Angeles, Kate made the move to the UK in 2019 and is now working as a casting associate for Suzanne Smith. In America, she was a casting director on the Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE, where Kate and her colleagues were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special. Other credits include KINGDOM, THE PURGE: THE SERIES Season 1, KRAMPUS, and CLOVERFIELD.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Harriet is currently working as the Casting Associate for Lime Pictures casting full time for Hollyoaks as well as international projects such as the new Netflix release Zero Chill. With over 10 years’ experience, working with the in-house Casting Departments at ITV, BBC and Lime Pictures and freelance, Harriet has gained extensive experience and understanding of the casting process across Soap, Drama and Entertainment. A selection of credits includes: Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures), Zero Chill (Netflix), Coronation Street (ITV), Casualty (BBC), The Evermoor Chronicles (Disney), Genius - Picasso (FOX).

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Rick Laxton is a freelance Casting Director and member of the CDG. He has cast over 800 hours of TV content for major broadcasters such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Amazon Prime, Disney, History and Nickelodeon. Before going freelance, Rick was Head of Casting at Lime Pictures from 2010 to 2015, a position he took after working in the ITV Casting Department for 7 years. Rick's TV credits include Comedy (incl. Peter Kay’s Car Share, Scarborough), Soap (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street), Drama (incl. The Case, The Road to Coronation Street) and Children’s Drama (incl. The Evermoor Chronicles, Rocket’s Island).

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Amy Jackson is a freelance Casting Associate/Director, currently working as Associate for Amy Hubbard. She started her casting career working full time with Sasha Robertson and has gone on to work in a freelance capacity with some hugely respected Casting Directors, such as Kate Rhodes James, Rachel Freck, Julie Harkin, Jina Jay, Kate Dowd, Gemma Sykes, Rachel Sheridan, amongst others. Her most recent credits include, ‘In My Skin’ (BBC), The Other One (BBC), Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hulu), Flack Series 2 (Pop and UKTV) She is currently working on a high profile and confidential project for a major streaming service with Amy Hubbard.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Rory is a Casting Associate who is currently working with Dan Hubbard Casting. Rory started as a studio assistant then studio manager at a casting studio called Nash Studio and was lucky enough to work on some incredible feature films, tv shows and commercials that initially ignited his desire to work in casting. After 2 and a half years he moved to Spotlight. He used his time there to meet other casting directors and to use Spotlight's resources to learn as much as he could about the industry and actors. He left Spotlight after a year and went straight into casting offices working in commercials, tv and film and hasn't really stopped since. He has worked with casting directors including Andy Morgan, Suzanne Smith, Lauren Evans and Reg Poerscout Edgerton. His credits include Luther (BBC), Good Omens (BBC/AMAZON), Rocketman (PARAMOUNT/MARV FILMS), Men In Black: International (SONY), The Dark Crystal (NETFLIX) Jingle Jangle (NETFLIX) Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC) and Guy Ritchie’s new film Wrath Of Man (MIRAMAX)

Kristina Erdely is a London based producer and casting director with over 25 years experience in the industry.
Kristina’s recent television work includes David Finchers BAFTA winning Love, Death and Robots series for Netflix, for which she was nominated in the category of ‘Best Casting’ at the Artios Awards 2020. Other TV includes: The Royals for NBC / Lionsgate, and Blood Drive, a longform series for Syfy in the US, The Drowning for Channel 5 and All3 Meida.
Kristina’s recent film work includes the award-winning Eaten by Lions, directed by Jason Wingard, winner of ‘Best Film’ at the London Indian Film Awards and currently broadcast on Sky Cinema. Talent includes BAFTA winner Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Vegas and Antonio Aakeel who received the prestigious ‘Screen Star of Tomorrow’ after the film’s success.


*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Thyrza has a Degree in International Commerce with Spanish from University College Dublin. She worked as both a Casting Director and an Agent for a number of years before joining Louise Kiely Casting in 2013.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

Faye is the current casting associate at Sophie Holland Casting where she has worked on big series such as The Witcher. She worked as an agent for three years before moving into casting. Her credits include 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).

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Melissa is a casting associate currently working at Nina Gold Casting. Before that she worked at Jina Jay Casting and before that she has working at Theo Park Casting on large scale TV projects. She has experience with independent and studio film, TV comedy, fantasy and drama.
Recent TV credits include Aisling Bea's This Way Up (Channel 4 / Hulu), In the Long Run (Sky), Cuckoo (BBC) and Ladhood (BBC). Recent feature film credits include Overlord (Bad Robot / Paramount), The Hustle (MGM) starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, and The Current War, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon. Melissa has previously worked with Catherine Willis and Colin Jones.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Caitlin is Casting Associate for Suzanne M. Smith (CSA, CDG) alongside Laura Windows (CDG), she works on multiple projects for Television & Film. Her recent credits include ‘Carnival Row (Amazon), ‘Origin’ (YouTube Red), ‘Nightflyers’ (SyFy/Netflix), ‘Good Omens’ (BBC/Amazon) Season 4 of the Emmy-award winning ‘Outlander’ (STARZ) & Season 2 of ‘Knightfall’ (A&E/History). Caitlin is currently working on several exciting projects including the new series ‘Warrior Nun’ for Netflix.

Ceri Bedingfield is currently working with casting directors Rachel Freck and Isabella Odoffin and has worked on top projects such as Tinstar. Prior to working with Rachel, Ceri has worked alongside Dixie Chassay, Aisha Bywaters, Emily Tilelli & Jill Green.

*PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ZOOM APP AND HAVE A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS WORKSHOP. IS IT ALSO RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AND WEBCAM BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE*

HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL WORK
Actors will be assigned a scene or assigned a selection of scenes to choose from to self tape and submit back. The whole class will then join an online zoom meeting where each self tape is played back and critiqued one by one by the casting director. The session will then end in a Q&A.

Please pay attention to the cut off times of when you can get your credit back and when the event closes to new bookings.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

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.

*This is an in person workshop. Everyone is put on tape in the workshop and sent the link to the footage afterwards*

Sydney is currently the associate for Sasha Robertson Casting. She has been working in casting since 2015, assisting various Casting Directors such as Brendan McNamara, Rose Wicksteed, Anna McAuley and Kate and Lou Casting.
She has worked on projects such as Homeland (Netflix), Roosevelt (History Channel) and Lincoln (History Channel) as well as many films currently in pre and post production. Sydney Aldridge Casting has been running since 2018 casting projects for stage, TV, film and commercials.