Monthly Archives: March 2013

Casting for a Short Film

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Hi there,

I am producing a short film with exciting director Michael Yanny. We are looking to organise a reading on Thursday 4th April in Central London. We need 3 men and 3 women between the ages of 40-60 and one man between the age of 23-33. We will be able to pay expenses and offer them drinks and snacks. Is this something that might be helpful for your students? As it will be very helpful for us!

Time: 7.15pm-10.00pm

I look forward to hearing from you,

Best wishes,

Eddie

p.s the script is very, very good.

Eddie Sternberg
Co-founder & Director

+44 7779 923 391
eddie@superplex.tv

Superplex Pictures Ltd.
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Starsinmyeyes

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The extras division of an established agency is now casting – having cast for many major films, TV productions and commercials, including Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Eastenders and Dr Who, they now require more supporting artists.

Having previously cast for a multitude of major films and TV programmes, including Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Eastenders, Casualty, X-Men, Dr Who, The World Is Not Enough, and hundreds of high profile commercials, new projects mean they now require more supporting artists to work in London and nationwide.
Audition listing expires Sunday 31 March 2013

Read more: http://uk.starsinmyeyes.tv/10019/auditions/TVMovies/19/Extras-agency-looking-for-new-extras-for-their-book#.UVRysYlYCc0#ixzz2OqykRIAZ
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Calling all Actors! Casting breakdowns….

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Calling all Actors! Casting breakdowns....

Writers Avenue

The First 20 Minutes- Casting breakdowns
Show dates are as follows

15th and 27th of April Part 1. 1st & 2nd May Part 2
Soho Theatre The Pleasance
Black, White, Brown and Grey Time to Go
Bells Hours ‘Till Autumn
Sandbox Ultimate boyband
Gleam Rec Room

To apply
To apply for any casting please always email by emailing us at castings@writersavenue.co.uk with the following:

a) the play and character(s) you would like to audition for in the subject line. You may apply for more than one.
b) your spotlight webpage link (or CV if you are not currently on spotlight)
c) your contact number
d) details of any upcoming shows you are in (if applicable)
e) your headshot in the body of the email (if possible)
f) if you are applying for more than one play please send separate email applications for each play.

Casting applications close 3rd April.

We regret that we can only respond to those we wish to see due to the number of applicants we tend to receive.

Plays on 15th and 27th April

BELLS by Camilla Whitehill
“I think, maybe, the people you hung out with when you were 17…maybe you should never return to them.”
How easy is it to return to your hometown? It’s the day after Naomi’s wedding. The guests are hung-over, Naomi’s ex is in mourning…and the bride and groom are missing.

PERFORMANCE DATE
15th and 27th April Soho Theatre

CASTING DATE
30th April 2013

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 9th-13th April 2013 in Old Street

CASTING BREAKDOWN

MELANIE (MEL) (Female)
25 years. Artistic type who hasn’t actually done or made anything. Failed most/all exams at school but is smart, sharp and witty. Could probably write a Man Booker Prize-winning novel if she gave a shit. On anti-depressants. Has definitely been in hospital with depression

NEIL (Male)
32 years. Artist, in an extremely non-prolific way. Ex-boyfriend of Naomi. Unconfident, perennially weary, always single and still desperately in love with Naomi.

ANNA (Female)
28 years. Ice queen. Pristine, looks like she’s stepped out of an advert for kitchens or something. Used to be a borderline drug addict. Now married to “Pentecostal Gary”, and is converted to his religion – although one suspects her heart may not be in it. Or at least her mind. The middle sister. Works as a writer for a cooking magazine.

NAOMI (Female)
30 years. A successful lawyer. Eldest daughter. Attractive, intelligent, but with a vulnerable edge. A sense of never being 100% comfortable. She dated Neil from the age of 18 to 24.

CAREY (Female)
30 years. Unruly, abrasive, confident, promiscuous. She is one of Naomi’s oldest friends. Engaged to someone she barely likes, works in London at a psychic chat line, despite not believing in any of that whatsoever.

ALICE (Female)
29. Sweet, unintentionally funny hairdresser, who lives in Kingly. Another of Naomi’s oldest friends. One sandwich short of a picnic but has a heart of gold.
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BLACK, WHITE, BROWN AND GREY by Anola Chase
We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are’. Anais Nin.
Patricia and her sister Dawn come face to face after years of estrangement. Their mother Martha is at her wits end. A family crisis forces the women to try and put the fragments of their family back together.

PERFORMANCE DATE
15th and 27th April Soho Theatre

CASTING DATE
5th April 2013

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 9th-13th April 2013 in Old Street

CASTING BREAKDOWN

MARTHA (Female)
Late 50’s, White, South London accent.

PATRICIA (Female)
Martha’s daughter, mid/late 30’s, mixed race (black and
white), South London accent.

DAWN (Female)
Martha’s daughter, late 30’s/early 40’s, white, South London accent.
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SANDBOX by Edward Davenport
Mandy, and her brother, Jody, suddenly have the weight of the world upon them when they are forced to leave their family home and live on a council estate, miles from where they grew up. Their father spends every night drunk, their mother has ran off with her new partner and money is scarce. Mandy steadfastly holds the family together and is determined not to see them go down. Jody thinks he has a way out. However, his way out is at the expense of everything Mandy has ever fought for or believed in.

PERFORMANCE DATE
15th and 27th April Soho Theatre

CASTING DATE
4th April 2013

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 9th-13th April 2013 in Old Street

CASTING BREAKDOWN

MANDY (Female)
Early 20’s. The sister and keeper of the family. You would assume, at first, that she was older.
Not because of how she looks, but more that she is clearly the sister-turned-matriarch
who has needed to do a lot of growing up very quickly. She has great strength but is always being pushed to her limits.

JODY (Male)
16 years. Slightly rough looking. At first glance you could be forgiven for thinking he was somebody you would think it best to avoid. Although a closer look you would strongly suggest this to not be the case at all. Not too bright, although his heart is in the right place. He also suffers mildly from ADHD.

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GLEAM by Aren Devlin
Geoffrey was a heart breaker back at school; every girl wanted him, including Tara. Years later ‘fate’ delivers Geoffrey to Tara on her doorstep…selling random crap. Time has not been his friend. Tara seizes the moment to gain insight to her fragile past and damaged pride. Her time is now.

PERFORMANCE DATE
15th and 27th April Soho Theatre

CASTING DATE
3rd April 2013 from 1pm

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 9th-13th April 2013 in Old Street

CASTING BREAKDOWN
DANNY (male)
16 years, cockney, a young dad who sells bits and bobs door to door.

GEOFFREY(male)
28 years, London accent, used to be popular at school, everyone thought he would succeed in life but he spent many years travelling and selling illegal substances to make ends meet.

TARA (female)
28 years, London or standard English accent

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Plays on 1st & 2nd May

TIME TO GO by Michael Gregory
“I’ve been unemployed for nearly a year. I can’t go into that job centre anymore. They treat me like scum. When I don’t keep up my side of the bargain, I suffer. When they don’t keep up their side of the bargain, I suffer. You tell me how that’s fair?”

A family try to survive life by living through the illusions they have built for themselves except for Tia, who, embittered by her own circumstances, tries to make the others see the cruel realities of how the world really is.

PERFORMANCE DATE
1st and 2nd May 2013 at The Pleasance

CASTING DATE
9th April 2013

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 25th and 30th April

CASTING BREAKDOWN
TIA REDFERN (Female)
Tia is 28 years old. She is the older sister of Victoria and daughter of Lawrie and Reenie. She is unemployed. Stubborn and honest.

VICTIORIA REDFERN (Female)
Victoria is 22 years old. She is the younger sister of Tia and daughter of Lawrie and Reenie. She is the girlfriend of Eddie. She is manager at a corporate firm in the city. Anxious, accepts life as it is.

REENIE REDFERN (Female)
Reenie is 47 years old. She is the mother of Tia and Victoria. Lawrie is her ex-husband. She used to work as a barmaid but has just been made redundant. Dreamer, peacemaker.

LAWRIE REDFERN (Male)
Lawrie is 49 years old. He is the father of Tia and Victoria and ex-husband of Reenie. He is a retired policeman.

DENNY (Male)
Louie is 46 years old. He is Tia and Reenie’s landlord.

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HOURS ‘TILL AUTUMN by Edward Davenport
The unexpected death of their father brings Joel, Michael and Jade back to their family home for his funeral. With old resentment being brought to the surface and a mother who won’t accept the past for what it is, their untimely reunion soon becomes a day of bitter home truths which spiral into a shocking revelation.

PERFORMANCE DATE
1st and 2nd May 2013 at The Pleasance

CASTING DATE
4th April 2013

REHEARSALS
10-15 hours between 16th and 30th April

CASTING BREAKDOWN
JADE (Female)
Mid-late 20’s. The middle child and sister. Also well present, although not to the pin-sharp precision of her older brother. She works as a nurse. She is good natured and offer ends up in the middle of her brothers joshing. She is more of a quite type although not subdued. There is a maturity to her that is not present in her brothers.

MICHAEL (Male)
Mid 20’s. The youngest of the siblings and very much the prodigal son. He left home as soon as he could and only shows up to family events when he absolutely must. Ex-Army and now works selling tyres. Had dreams of becoming a footballer that never came to fruition and is now just treading water. He is the Cane to Joel’s Able.

JOYCE (Female)
Mid 50’S. Very much the keep-up-appearances type in the sense that she never lets the outside world know what’s wrong with her. Never a hair out of place. She is the landlady of a pub which is situated below the family home. She is mother to Joel, Michael and Jade.

JOEL (Male)
Early 30’s. The eldest brother and apple of his mother eye. He is a young barrister and a graduate of Cambridge. Everything a mother could want in a son.

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ULTIMATE BOYBAND by Sam Benjamin

When down and out thirty year old Darren finds out his dream girl is getting married, he decides to go on a mission to win her back. Enlisting the help of his old mates from his University days, Darren’s quest is plunged into a world of 90s Boyband music, as they try to persuade him to re-form their old singing group to enter the ultimate talent contest.

(A musical comedy).

PERFORMANCE DATE
1st and 2nd May 2013 at The Pleasance

CASTING DATE
5th April (singing & dancing) and call backs on 7th April (acting)

REHEARSALS
12-15 hours between 13th-30th April

CASTING BREAKDOWN

DARREN (Male)
30 years, from Liverpool, in love with Emma. Not that interested in being in a boyband.

JC (Male)
27-30 years, uni student, works in a call centre, dreams of being as big as Backstreet Boys, can be from London, Manchester or Liverpool. Good singer.

JORDAN (Male)
20-23, uni student, works in a call centre, dreams of being as big as Jagged Edge. London or Liverpool accent. Good dancer and singer.

JAY (Male)
27-30 years, good looking, university student working part time in a call centre which he loathes, dreams of being the next N’Synk, from Liverpool, good dancer and singer.

This is a musical play! Male applicants should have strong singing voices and should prepare a 2-3 minute pop or RnB song which they may sing accapella or with a CD back in track.

Male applicants shall also take part in a dance audition to demonstrate their ability to pick up a short basic commercial/street dance routine. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear and bring water.

EMMA (Female, also plays Jennifer)
20-23, from London or Liverpool, attractive.
The actress will also double up as Jennifer, an American singing competition host. Actors must be able to do a convincing American accent.

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REC ROOM by Chizzy Akudolu
Having been detained under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, Janelle completes her 28 days, rested and without incident. But now, no one will let her leave. Her teenage daughter’s behaviour is becoming erratic and her once doting Husband is playing ‘house’ with her Sister. But whilst focussing on the familial discord on the outside, Janelle soon realises that she should be more concerned with what’s happening on the ‘in’.’ .

PERFORMANCE DATE
1st and 2nd May 2013 at The Pleasance

CASTING DATE
11th April 2013 from 2pm

REHEARSALS
10-12 hours between 26th and 30th April

CASTING BREAKDOWN

DR LEWIS (Male)
Any race, any accent, 40s

JANELLE (Female)
40s. Any race and accent. Janelle is a patient, she loves her husband and her child but she has been increasingly stressed from work and her wild teenager. Strong and straightforward.

SPEED (Female)
27 years. Speed is potty mouthed, rude, loud and harsh and potentially dangerous. She’s considered the unruly trouble maker.

GABBY (Female)
17 years, Gabby is patient, childlike, unaware and takes things very literally.

FOSTER (Male)
40s Janelle’s husband. He loves his wife but he doesn’t feel she is any position to be released.

JOE (Male)
Head nurse mid 30s . Joe is liked by the patients, he is considered to be a good and professional worker.

Short cuts

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After a fantastic, majority sell out, four star reviewed and all round successful Short Cuts 3, we are now in preparation for Short Cuts 4! Short Cuts 4 will take place from the 1st to 7th July 2013 at The Hen and Chickens Theatre in Islington, London, at 7pm.

We are looking for THREE brand new, as yet unperformed DARK COMEDY short plays to do with the theme of METAMORPHOSIS. I don’t mind what they are about (within reason, I mean no pornography please. Ahem.), where they are set, anything – as long as the subject is to do with metamorphosis. Plays should be 15 minutes in length, with a MAXIMUM of three characters, a few hand held props and try please to stick to basic technical requirements of just minimal lighting and sound cues.

If you could like to submit a short play to us, please email siblingproductions2010@gmail.com. The deadline is May 15th 2013! If you want any more info on Short Cuts in general, please message me!

CSI:NY & HAWAII 5-0 and REVOLUTION & CRIMINAL MINDS CASTING WORKSHOPS in London

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CSI:NY & HAWAII 5-0 and REVOLUTION & CRIMINAL MINDS CASTING WORKSHOPS in London

CSI:NY & HAWAII 5-0 and REVOLUTION & CRIMINAL MINDS CASTING WORKSHOPS in London

The Actors Company are proud to welcome two amazing CASTING DIRECTORS from LOS ANGELES. They will be teaching 4 classes at SPOTLIGHT STUDIOS in Leicester Square on April 13th & 14th, 2013.

When booking your position, please state which time and date you’d like to attend.

JENNIFER COOPER CASTING WORKSHOP

The Actors Company LA welcomes CASTING DIRECTOR Jennifer Cooper from Jennifer Cooper Casting in LOS ANGELES. Jennifer will be in London for our weekend seminar and will be teaching 4 classes.

DATE: April 13th or 14th, 2013
TIME: 9:30am or 2:30pm
COST: £60
IMDB: CLICK HERE
SCENES: COLD READ. ASSIGNED AT WORKSHOP

APRIL WEBSTER & ASSOC. with ERICA SILVERMAN

The Actors Company welcomes CASTING DIRECTOR ERICA SILVERMAN. Erica is the casting director for hit TV show REVOLUTION and works closely with the CRIMINAL MINDS, WORKAHOLICS and HOUSE OF LIES office, too. Erica will also be teaching 4 classes.

DATE: April 13th or 14th, 2013
TIME: 9:30am or 2:30pm
COST: £60
IMDB: CLICK HERE
SCENES: COLD READ. ASSIGNED AT WORKSHOP

TO BOOK A POSITION PLEASE SEND IN YOUR SPOTLIGHT PIN or HEADSHOT and C.V TO:
(PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT NUMBER)

E-MAIL: bookings@theactorscompanyla.com

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL: 1 (323) 463 4639 OR LONDON OFFICE: 07581 554 134

TruthAbout YouthLondon

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Hello London town!

We need some budding actors for our up-coming 33% festival. If you want to be part of one of the most exciting, innovative and thought provoking festivals in London this spring then get in touch! Send your cv and head shot to ruth.hawkins@ovalhouse.com by this friday!

You will need to be available for open auditions on SATURDAY 6th APRIL from 10.30am.

West Side Story is BACK!!

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West Side Story is BACK!!

The international sell-out hit, West Side Story, is back in the UK in 2013 and coming to a venue near you!

Opening this summer at London’s Sadler’s Wells and then following with a major UK Tour, make sure you book your tickets now!

http://westsidestorytheshow.com/