Profile

Name

Olivia Laydon

Email Address

olivia@olivialaydoncasting.com

Job Title

Casting Associate

Twitter

https://twitter.com/olivialaydon

Instagram

http://www.instagram.com/olivialaydon

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm9389719

Biography

From summer 2022 Olivia has assisted Jill Green on theatre projects including The Lion King Tour, Jersey Boys Tour & West End, Crazy For You and other to be announced projects!

Olivia’s first job in casting was as a full time assistant at the BBC working mainly on Doctors. During her 18 months there she was Casting Director for two blocks of Doctors and also worked on Father Brown & Shakespeare and Hathaway.

Following her time at the BBC Olivia worked in Sydney for a year with Peta Einberg in a busy office on a variety of high profile commercials.

Olivia worked as Co-Casting Director/Casting Associate from 2020 – 2022 working on projects including Litvinenko (itvx) Hijack (Apple) & The Thief His Wife & the Canoe (itv)

 

 

Notable Projects

Casting/Co Casting Director Credits: Half Way (Short Film) Litvinenko (With Amy Hubbard Casting) The Reckoning (With Amy Hubbard Casting)

For Jill Green Casting: Crazy For You (Gillian Lynne Theatre) Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre & UK Tour) The Lion King UK & Ireland Tour

For Amy Hubbard Casting: Spencer, Good Luck To You Leo Grande, The Thief His Wife and His Canoe, Hijack

For Rachel Freck Casting: Trying

For BBC Studios: Doctors, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Father Brown

Specialisations

Theatre, Musical Theatre, TV, Film, Commercial, Children's Casting

Office Location

London

Geographical Experience

UK, Australasia

Membership Type

Probationary Member