Workshops

Q&A Event with

Hannah Miller

Hannah has been head of casting at The Royal Shakespeare Company since 2008. She is one of the most important members of world theatre casting and is an unbelievably good source of information and inspiration. Past guests have talked about their motivation and passion being reignited having spoken to Hannah at her Q&A events.

Film Casting Workshop with

Shakyra Dowling

As a UK London based Casting Director, Shakyra employs her considerable expertise to tailor casting calls to each job. Working across several genres, she has made her mark on a large spectrum of visual media, specialising in British Independent feature films, European co-production films, television and commercials.

​This is an opportunity to understand the casting process of independent films here isn the UK. 

Casting Workshop with

Alison Solomon

Alison Solomon is a Freelance Casting Director based in the West and East Midlands casting for theatre, film and art film. She runs masterclasses, workshops, one-to-ones coaching sessions, and works as a casting consultant and dramaturge on performance and poetry projects nationwide. Alison was Casting Director at The Birmingham Rep for many years. 

Alison has also secured commissions and residencies in her own right in new writing, performance, poetry and art.

Casting Workshop with

Ben Cogan

After working as a Casting Director for BBC for over 10 years casting Casualty and Doctors, Ben has received several BAFTA nominations over the years. He is now a freelance Casting Director and has recently cast several films. 

This three hour workshop will give you a chance to work first hand with one of the industry’s top casting directors.