Casting
I have a background in working as an agent in the arts and am passionate about making sure our stages have REAL representation on them. Therefore, alongside my work as a director and an agent, I have started working as a Freelance Casting Director. I have selected a few productions below which I had the pleasure of casting.
On top of these I have cast WildChild Showcase 2023 (starring Paapa Essiedu and Lucian Msamati) and table reads for films for production companies such as in.2 Films and Recorded Picture Company.
The House with Chicken Legs
By Sophie Anderson and adapted by Les Enfants Terribles.HOME Manchester, March - April 2022
CAST: Eve De Leon; Lisa Howard; Pérola Congo; David Fallon; Keshini Misha; Matthew Burns.
UK Tour Sept. 2023 Nov. 2023 | Southbank Centre Dec. 2023.
CAST: Eve De Leon; Lisa Howard; Stephanie Levi John; Michael Barker; Elouise Warboys; Dan Willis.
Nominated for 'Best Family Show' at Olivier Awards 2024
Write Wild
WildChild's Write Wild showcase 2021
The evening was held at The Park Theatre on 30th September 2021, for invited industry and all proceeds raised have gone towards' WildChilds' work.
Amongst the cast were Annette Badland (The Crown, Ted Lasso): Steve Wight (McQueen, I May Destroy You, Screw) Adelle Leonce (Emilia, A Discovery of Witches) and Maggie Bain (End of the F****** World).
FUNDRAISED by Hai Le, directed by Michelle Payne
CAST: Richard Swann, Kenichiro Thomson, Dale Superville, Krystalle Moriah, Gift Immanuel, Hal Gellar, Alice Grunden.
BLOCKBUSTER by Ciaran Fitzgerald, directed by Jessica Lazar
CAST: Carly Sophia-Davies, Pete Picton, Gruffud Lewis
DEAD NAME by Tabby Lamb, directed by Leila Navabi
CAST: Troy Marcus-Richards, Annette Badland, Paige Donaldson, Tabby Lamb, Rhiannon Tomes
HoT FlooD by Julie Tsang, directed by Jemma Gross
CAST: Ivy Davies, Lucy Sheen, Maggie Bain, Katy Brittain, Nadia Sohowan
DOLLY by Chantelle Dusette, directed by Madelaine Moore
CAST: Nicola Bland, Deven Modha, Fraser Anthony, Nathalie Codsi, Steve Wight, Adelle Leonce
United Queendom
I directed and cast United Queendom for Les Enfants Terribles and HistoricRoyal Palaces which began performances to a sold out run in February and March 2020.
CAST: James Hastings, Christina Ngoyi, Lavinia Coop, Miranda Heath, Yasmin Keita, Stephan Boyce, Lucy Reynolds, Deven Modha, Richard Holt, Nadia Sohowan, Deborah Tracey
Actor ASM: Ellen Lilley, Richard Brindley
R&D Cast: Asha Reid, Abigail Wain, Elena Voce, James Hastings, Richard Holt
Inside Pussy Riot
I cast this all-female, punk cast alongside the in-house team at Les Enfants Terribles (which I also directed):
CAST: Alex Gilbert, Alice Ivor, Asha Reid, Beatrice Scirocchi, Cassandra Hercules, Charlotte Newton John, Elena Voce, Emily Stott, Fleur Rooth, Jenny Horsthuis, Marah Stafford, Mollie Lambert, Rebecca Ward, Rosalind McAndrew, Rosie Brears, Sara Hooppell, Tamaira Hesson and Tamsin Dowsett, with Michelle Payne and Hannah Miller as swings.
