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\nThe CDG Casting Awards 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Event Partner: EON Productions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Headline Sponsor: Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Casting Directors\u2019 Guild are delighted to showcase the submissions for the 2026 CDG Casting Awards<\/span><\/strong>. Now in its eighth year, the CDG Casting awards celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre, Commercials and Games.<\/p>\n

The nominated productions premiered between the 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025<\/strong> and have been selected by members of the Casting Directors\u2019 Guild.<\/p>\n

The awards will take place on\u00a0Thursday 12th February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1767368113936{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367589091{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28110″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767882891446{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN A TV DRAMA SERIES” tab_id=”1767363093592-26c040e3-4e26″][vc_column_text]A Thousand Blows | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nAlien Earth | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kate Rhodes-James, Associate: Sophie Quinn, Assistant: Peter Noden
\nCode of Silence | <\/strong>Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
\nColdwater | <\/strong>Casting Director: Dan Jackson
\nDept. Q | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb
\nDoctor Who | <\/strong>Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
\nDown Cemetery Road | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Lucy Amos, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
\nHostage | <\/strong>Associate: Lilly Hanbury, Assistant: Maximillian Murphy
\nHouse of Guinness | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
\nI, Jack Wright | <\/strong>Casting Director: Victor Jenkins, Associate: Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
\nKing & Conqueror | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Dixie Chassay & Verity Naughton, Assistants: Isabel Swanson & Paushali Banik
\nMalice | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Associates: Shannon Dowling-McNulty & Heidi Lawry
\nMiss Austen | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jill Trevellick
\nMurder Before Evensong | <\/strong>Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
\nOutlander: Blood of my Blood – Season 1 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Suzanne Smith, Associate: Glenda Mariani, Local Casting: Simone Pereira Hind, Local Casting Associate: Anna Dawson
\nOutrageous | <\/strong>Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associates: Katie Mozumder & Martin Poile
\nRiot Women | <\/strong>Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associates: Katie Mozumder & Martin Poile
\nSlow Horses (S5) | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Melissa Gethin Clarke
\nSurface | <\/strong>Casting Director: Dixie Chassay, Associate: Verity Naughton, Assistant: Isabel Swanson
\nTestament | <\/strong>Casting Director: Annelie Powell
\nThe Assassin | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Co-Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
\nThe Bombing of Pan Am 103 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
\nThe Crow Girl | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Andreya Lynham & Orla Maxwell, Associate: Maia von Hurter
\nThe Girlfriend | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
\nThe Gold Series 2 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb, Associate: Simon Higgins
\nThe Guest | <\/strong>Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
\nThe Stolen Girl | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThe War Between the Land and the Sea | <\/strong>Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
\nUnforgotten Series 6 | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Victor Jenkins & Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
\nWheel of Time Season 3 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lilly Hanbury[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367597591{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28106″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767882794408{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN A TV COMEDY SERIES” tab_id=”1767362545937-811e260c-bd31″][vc_column_text]Amandaland | <\/strong>Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile & Katie Mozumder
\nBig Boys Series 3 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile
\nChanging Ends 3 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
\nDexter Procter – The Ten Year Old Doctor (Christmas Special) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lauren Evans
\nDreaming Whilst Black (Season 2) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Heather Basten, Associate: Ri McDaid-Wren
\nFilm Club | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Co-Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
\nFrauds | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
\nFunboys | <\/strong>Assistants: Amy Blair & Hayley Russell
\nHow Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nicky Bligh
\nJust Act Normal | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nLeonard & Hungry Paul | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Louise Kiely & Karen Scully
\nMr Bigstuff – Series 2 | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Tracey Gillham & Nicky Bligh
\nNot Going Out – Series 14 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Tracey Gillham
\nPushers | <\/strong>Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associates: Sarah Harkins & Beatrice Ray
\nSuch Brave Girls Series 2 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile
\nToo Much | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Sacha Garrett
\nTransaction | <\/strong>Casting Director: Tracey Gillham
\nVideo Nasty | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Louise Kiely & Thyrza Ging[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”28111″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767882965826{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”black” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN AN INDEPENDENT FILM (UNDER \u00a38M)” tab_id=”1767363719734-767fe9e1-3b37″][vc_column_text]100 Nights of Hero | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
\nBlue Moon | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Olivia Scott-Webb & \u00c1ine O’Sullivan, Associate: Simon Higgins
\nBrides | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nDOG | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sam Claypole
\nDragonfly | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sarah Crowe, Co-Casting Director: Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
\nGood Boy | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Martin Ware, Associate: Sacha Garrett
\nGrow | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Jessica Mescall & Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
\nHallow Road | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
\nI Swear | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
\nLow Rider | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amanda Tabak
\nMeat Raffle | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sam Claypole
\nMr Burton | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
\nPillion | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
\nSaipan | <\/strong>Casting Director: \u00c1ine O’Sullivan
\nThe Ballad of Wallis Island | <\/strong>Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
\nThe Ceremony | <\/strong>Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
\nThe Chronology of Water | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThe Man in My Basement | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nUrchin | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nWasteman | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”28167″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1768847510462{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”black” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN A FILM (OVER \u00a38M)” tab_id=”1767363719785-77c4aff2-9c8c”][vc_column_text]28 Years Later | <\/strong>Casting Director: Gail Stevens
\nA Working Man | <\/strong>Casting Director: Finnian Tweed
\nAfter The Hunt | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associates: Abby Galvin & Saffeya Shebli
\nAnemone | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
\nDen of Thieves 2: Pantera | <\/strong>Casting Director: Finnian Tweed
\nDownton Abbey – The Grand Finale | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jill Trevellick
\nF1 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Emily Brockmann, Associate: Katie Brydon
\nHamnet | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
\nHow to Train Your Dragon | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Associate: Lucy Downes, Assistant: May Evans
\nJay Kelly | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Sacha Garrett
\nJurassic World: Rebirth | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jina Jay
\nLast Breath | <\/strong>Co-Casting Directors: Rory Okey & Dan Hubbard, Associate: Ella Holmes
\nThe Conjuring: Last Rites | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Rose Wicksteed & Sophie Kingston-Smith
\nThe Roses | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Lucy Amos
\nThe Running Man | <\/strong>Co-Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThe Salt Path | <\/strong>Casting Director: Dixie Chassay, Associate: Verity Naughton, Assistant: Isabel Swanson
\nThe Thursday Murder Club | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThe Woman In Cabin 10 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Sinead Donnelly
\nWarfare | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1767368183329{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367574488{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28113″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767883108110{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN THEATRE (INSIDE M25)” tab_id=”1767363580481-34df2062-69c4″][vc_column_text]1536 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Ball
\nAlterations | <\/strong>Casting Director: Naomi Downham
\nEvery Brilliant Thing | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
\nHamlet | <\/strong>Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Associate: Martin Poile
\nInter Alia | <\/strong>Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Associate: Naomi Downham
\nLifers | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nadine Rennie
\nMuch Ado About Nothing – Drury Lane | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
\nOh, Mary! | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
\nPlayhouse Creatures | <\/strong>Casting Director: Annelie Powell
\nPoor Clare | <\/strong>Casting Director: Annelie Powell
\nPunch (Young Vic\/Apollo Theatre) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Christopher Worrall
\nRomeo & Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Becky Paris
\nThe Crucible (Shakespeare’s Globe) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Becky Paris
\nThe Estate | <\/strong>Casting Director: Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
\nThe Glass Menagerie | <\/strong>Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
\nThe Lady From The Sea | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
\nThe Land of the Living | <\/strong>Casting Director: Naomi Downham
\nThe Pitchfork Disney | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nadine Rennie
\nThe Playboy of the Western World | <\/strong>Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Co-Casting Director: Naomi Downham
\nThe Unbelievers | <\/strong>Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Associate: Saffeya Shebli
\nThe Weir | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Ball, Associate: Arthur Carrington
\nThree Sisters (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Becky Paris
\nTitus Andronicus (RSC) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
\nTwelfth Night (RSC) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury
\nWendy and Peter Pan | <\/strong>Casting Director: Annelie Powell, Associate: Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367556851{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28114″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767883194775{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN A COMMERCIAL” tab_id=”1767363441617-9109824c-a96e”][vc_column_text]“Lifting the Mask” I Choose Freedom | <\/strong>Casting Director: Simon Higgins
\nAdidas x LFC ‘Your Dream. Our Reality’ | <\/strong>Casting Director: Martin Gibbons
\nAmazon Books ‘Bring a Book to Life’ | <\/strong>UK Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
\nBecel – The Start of Something Good | <\/strong>Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
\nBold | <\/strong>Casting Director: Belinda Norcliffe
\nBoots: You’re Never Too Far From a Pharmacist | <\/strong>Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
\nCoinbase ‘Everything is Fine’ | <\/strong>Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
\nDepartment of Health & Social Care ‘Made With Care’ | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Emily Tilelli & Zita Zutic Konak
\nDNB Bank | <\/strong>Casting Director: Belinda Norcliffe
\nEAFC 26 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Brendan McNamara
\nEbay x Love Island Idents ‘Where Clothes Move On’ | <\/strong>Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
\nEE Safer Sims: First Day | <\/strong>Casting Director: Claire Catterson
\nFeel It All – O2 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nIrn Bru; This is Not a Soft Drink | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sally McCleery, Assistant: Elisa Musson
\nLove Departs – BA Cityflyer | <\/strong>Casting Director: Claire Curry
\nMedical Aid For Palestinians ‘I Know’ | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sue Odell
\nMotrio | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sasha Robertson, Assistant: Sydney Aldridge
\nNothing Brings Us Together Like Great TV – TV Licensing Campaign 2025 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sarah Crowe, Associate: Ben Marks & Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
\nO2 – First Breath | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThe Booker Prize 2025 | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nanw Rowlands, Casting Associate: Harry Parker
\nThe Christmas Double – EE Christmas 2025 | <\/strong>Co-Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”28119″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767883582771{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”black” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN MUSICAL THEATRE (INSIDE M25)” tab_id=”1767363441539-c3feb2e3-216d”][vc_column_text]50 First Dates: The Musical | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
\nBurlesque The Musical | <\/strong>Casting Director: Harry Blumenau, Associate: Laura Seaborn
\nClueless | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
\nCoven – A Scorching New Musical | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Rosie Pearson & James Pearson
\nGrease: The Immersive Movie Musical | <\/strong>Casting Director: Grace McInerny for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, Associate: Richard Johnston
\nHercules | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
\nHere We Are | <\/strong>Casting Director: Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
\nInto The Woods – The Bridge Theatre | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
\nOliver! | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Felicity French & Paul Wooller, Associate: Lily Caisley
\nPaddington The Musical | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston,Young Persons’ Casting Director: Nicholas Hockaday
\nPinocchio (Shakespeare’s Globe) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Becky Paris
\nSing Street – Lyric Hammersmith | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
\nThe Great Gatsby | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jill Green, Associates: Tom Shiels & Olivia Laydon[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”28166″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1768847549932{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”black” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN A LIMITED OR SINGLE SERIES” tab_id=”1767363232134-09d64243-c8e8″][vc_column_text]Adolescence | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nAmadeus | <\/strong>Casting Director: Martin Ware, Associate: Olivia Brittain
\nAtomic | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kelly Valentine-Hendry, Associate: Lilly Hanbury, Assistant: Maximillian Murphy
\nDeath By Lightning | <\/strong>UK Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
\nHarry Potter Full Cast Audio Editions | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Mariele Runacre Temple & Nicola Wall
\nI Fought the Law | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Co-Casting Director: Shannon Dowling-McNulty, Associate: Heidi Lawry
\nLockerbie: A Search for Truth Carnival\/SKY Studios | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sarah Trevis, Associate: Harry Gilbert
\nThe Death of Bunny Munro | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nThe Hack | <\/strong>Casting Director: Victor Jenkins, Associate: Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
\nTowards Zero | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Karen Lindsay-Stewart & Emily Jacobs
\nToxic Town | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig, Associate: Jonny Boutwood
\nUnforgivable | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Co-Casting Director: Shannon Dowling-McNulty, Associate: Heidi Lawry[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1767368204350{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367200228{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28100″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767883882381{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CASTING IN REGIONAL THEATRE (OUTSIDE OF M25 INCLUDES PLAYS & MUSICALS)” tab_id=”1767363580384-5fc421ae-0e05″][vc_column_text]Animal Farm | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lucy Casson
\nBreaking the Code | <\/strong>Casting Director: Hannah Miller
\nCome Fall in Love: The DDLJ Musical | <\/strong>Casting Director: David Grindrod
\nCyrano de Bergerac | <\/strong>Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
\nDancing at Lughnasa | <\/strong>Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
\nFat Ham (RSC) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Christopher Worrall
\nGrace Pervades | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
\nHamlet Hail to the Thief | <\/strong>Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Assistant: Charlie Metcalf
\nIndigo – Leicester Curve | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
\nKinky Boots | <\/strong>Casting Director: Harry Blumenau, Associate: Laura Seaborn
\nLiberation | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sophie Parrott
\nLord of the Flies | <\/strong>Casting Director: Jacob Sparrow
\nMake It Happen – National Theatre of Scotland | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Fran Cattaneo
\nMiss Saigon | <\/strong>UK Casting Director: Sarah Leung
\nMoulin Rouge! World Tour | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Richard Johnston & Grace McInerny
\nMuriel’s Wedding | <\/strong>Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
\nSunny Afternoon UK Tour | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Richard Johnston & Grace McInerny
\nThe House Party (UK Tour) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Becky Paris
\nThe Quiet Man | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sydney Aldridge
\nThe Sound of Music | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
\nTina! The Tina Turner Musical UK Tour | <\/strong>Casting Director: Richard Johnston for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, Associate: Grace McInerny
\nTitus Andronicus (RSC) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
\nTop Hat | <\/strong>Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
\nWild Rose | <\/strong>Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Childrens Casting: Dan Jackson[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1767367138525{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”28104″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1767883921470{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_align=”center” active_section=”2″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”VIEW SUBMISSIONS: BEST CHILD CASTING (ALL MEDIA)” tab_id=”1767363232175-4fe0d714-c896″][vc_column_text]28 Years Later | <\/strong>Casting Director: Gail Stevens
\nAdolescence | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nAlien Earth | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kate Rhodes-James, Associate: Sophie Quinn, Assistant: Peter Noden
\nCrongton | <\/strong>Casting Director: Aisha Bywaters, Assistant: Irene Waireri
\nDexter Procter – The Ten Year Old Doctor (Christmas Special) | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lauren Evans
\nDOG | <\/strong>Casting Director: Sam Claypole
\nEE Safer Sims: First Day | <\/strong>Casting Director: Claire Catterson
\nGoodbye June | <\/strong>Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
\nHamnet | <\/strong>Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
\nHarry Potter Full Cast Audio Editions | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Mariele Runacre Temple & Nicola Wall
\nHP ‘The Cookie Problem’ | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Emily Tilelli & Zita Zutic Konak
\nI Swear | <\/strong>Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
\nPaddington The Musical | <\/strong>Childrens Casting: Nicholas Hockaday
\nThe BFG | <\/strong>Childrens Casting: Verity Naughton, Children’s Casting Assistant: Isabel Swanson
\nThe Conjuring: Last Rites | <\/strong>Casting Directors: Rose Wicksteed & Sophie Kingston-Smith
\nThe Death of Bunny Munro | <\/strong>Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
\nThe Land of the Living | <\/strong>Casting Director: Naomi Downham
\nThe Stolen Girl | <\/strong>Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
\nThey Made You Into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace | <\/strong>Casting Director: Amy Jackson
\nWild Rose – The Musical | <\/strong>Childrens Casting: Dan Jackson
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