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Casting Associate at James Orange Casting Rob Ashford Event D: Rob Ashford/Baz Luhrmann 2017 Private event On The Town D: Drew McOnie 2016/17 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre season 2017 The Addams Family – A Musical Comedy D: Matthew White 2016 UK Tour of Broadway production in 2017 An American in Paris by George Gershwin D: Christopher Wheeldon 2016 Original West End cast production at Dominion Theatre in 2017

Casting Assistant at Jenny Duffy Casting True Mettle 20 min film for Kaleidoscope Pictures (US TV) D: Adam Anderegg 2017 X Company Season (III) 10 x 60 mins for CBC (r 2017) D: Various/P – John Calvert 2016 Murdered by my Father 60 min film for BBC3 (r 2016) D: Bruce Goodison/P - Toby Welch 2015 X Company (Season II) 10 x 60 mins for CBC (r 2016) D: Various/P – John Calvert 2015

Casting Director (Recent Projects) Gabriel by Moira Buffini D: Kate McGregor 2016/17 UK Tour for Theatre6. Currently on tour To Dream Again by Toby Hulse D: John Young 2016 Theatre Clwyd Last of The Boys by Steven Dietz D: John Haidar 2016 Southwark Playhouse

Casting Assistant - Anne McNulty CDG The Complete Walk () - 37 x 10 minute films shot in various locations based on all of Shakespeare's 37 plays. D: Various/P: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 2016 Other 2016 assisting for Anne includes a workshop for Manchester International Festival , a reading for /Lucy Bailey and understudy auditions for No Man’s Land. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Noel Coward Theatre Michael Grandage Company 2013 Henry V Noel Coward Theatre Michael Grandage Company 2013 Other various assisting duties include: Good People ( 2014) and Venice Presrv’d (Greenwich/Site Specific 2014).

Casting Assistant - Royal Shakespeare Company (maternity cover for Annelie Powell) 2014/2015 Assisting the Head of Casting and the Casting Director with: Othello D: Iqbal Khan The Merchant of Venice D: Polly Findlay Oppenheimer by Tom Morton-Smith (West End Transfer) D: Angus Jackson A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation D: Erica Whyman Shakespeare’s Birthday Bash D: Ryan McBryde A Midsummer Night’s Dream a co-pro with Garsington Opera D: Owen Horsley Other casting included: Representing the RSC casting department at 12 regional theatre auditions for amateur actors across the UK for the 2016 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation; various RSC Workshops and readings of new plays. Directors included Jonathan Munby, Mikel Murfi and Ryan McBryde.

Casting Assistant for Film Waiting For Dawn (assisting Annie Rowe) Short D: Richard Cousins 2015 Multi award-winning short film (cast includes: George Rainsford, Geoffrey Streatfield and Jack Farthing) Scintilla (assisting Sam Claypole) Feature D: Billy O’Brien 2014 (cast includes Antonia Thomas). Almost Married (assisting Sam Claypole) Feature D: Ben Cookson 2013 (cast includes: Emily Atack, Mark Stobbart, and Philip McGinley). The Dark Road (assisting Sam Claypole) Short D: Andrew Saunders 2012 (cast includes: Con O’Neill and Mark Lewis Jones).

Other Theatre Casting as Casting Director The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour D: Wayne Harrison 2015 (cast includes Mark Little) June-July 2015 The Glass Supper by Martyn Hesford. D: Abbey Wright 2014 Hampstead Theatre Downstairs (cast: Michael Feast, Michelle Collins, Michael Begley, Alex Lawther & Owen Sharpe) Autobahn by Neil LaBute – King’s Head, Islington. D: Tim Sullivan 2014 Kings Head Theatre (cast includes Sharon Maughan and Henry Everett) The Hackney Volpone, or The Fox by Ben Jonson D: Anna Jones 2014 The Rose Lipman Building N1 (cast includes: Karina Fernandez, Amara Karan, Tom Canton and Babou Ceesay) The El. Train: Three Short Plays by Eugene O’Neill D: Sam Yates and 2013 with Anne McNulty as Casting Advisor (cast includes Ruth Wilson, Zubin Varla and Nicola Hughes) And In The End (The Death and Life of John Lennon) D: Sandy Marshall 2013 Jermyn Street Theatre (cast includes Valentine Pelka) Cornelius by J.B. Priestly D: Sam Yates 2012/13 Finborough and New York transfer Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 (cast includes Alan Cox and Beverley Klein) The Seagull a new adaptation by Anya Reiss D: Russel Bolam 2012 Southwark Playhouse - Casting Associate with Annie Rowe (cast includes and Lily James). The Art of Concealment by Giles Cole D: Knight Mantell 2012 Recasting for Riverside Studios (cast includes Brian Deacon and Ashley Cook)

Finborough Theatre Casting Resident Casting Director at FinboroughTheatre Director (2011-2014) The White Carnation by R C Sherriff Knight Mantell 2013 Cornelius by J B Priestley Sam Yates 2012 The Blood is Strong by David Hutchison Bruce Guthrie 2013 Pack by Louise Monaghan Louise Hill 2012 Everyday Maps for Everyday Use by Tom Morton-Smith Becky Mills 2012 The Sluts of Sutton Drive by Josh Conkell Rebecca Atkinson-Lord 2012 The Fear of Breathing by Sherlock/Wood/ Lafferty Zoe Lafferty 2012 Merrie England by German/Hood (Musical) Alex Sutton 2012 Autumn Fire by T C Murray Veronica Quilligan 2012 Back Home Contemplation by May Sumbwanyambe Ola Ince 2012 Through The Night by Matt Morrison Matt Grinter 2011

Additional Casting Assistance at Finborough Theatre Summer Day’s Dream by J B Priestley Alex Marker 2013 Nothing is the End of the World (Except the End of the World) Max Pappenheim 2013 Early Days by David Storey Tim Newns 2013 Laburnum Grove by J B Priestley Oscar Toeman 2013 Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton Bethan Dear 2012 Passing By by Martin Sherman Andrew Keates 2012 Carthage by Chris Thompson (Reading) Robert Hastie 2012 Almost Here by Pamela Carter (Reading) Donnacadh O’Briain 2012 Photos of You Sleeping by Jane Wainwright (Reading) Robert Hastie 2012 Crush by Rob Young Laura Casey 2011 Rigor Mortis by Carol Vine Kate Budgen 2011

Prior to moving into casting, I was a freelance professional performer Prior to casting, I worked consistently for many years as a professional dancer in the West End and worldwide. Companies and productions include: The Royal Opera; English National Ballet; English National Opera; Saturday Night Fever (Theatre); Contact (Gielgud Theatre); Dublin and Galway Arts Festivals (Theatre); The Phantom of the Opera (Film); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Film). Creatives worked with include: Rob Ashford, Mike Figgis, Joel Schumacher, Susan Stroman, Mike Newell, Jonathan Miller, Wayne McGregor and Will Tuckett.

Critics on Gabriel - 2017 ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Stage

Critics on The One Day of the Year - 2015 ★★★★★ britishtheatre.com “…spot on casting aids Harrison’s vision immensely.” “This is the best straight drama playing in any London theatre at present. Do anything to see it.”

Critics on The Glass Supper - 2014 "There's excellent casting here from Lucy Casson." WhatsOnStage, The Glass Supper 2014

Critics on The Seagull - 2012 ★★★★ “Expertly cast…” The Telegraph ★★★★ “A terrific cast…” The Times ★★★★ “This Seagull flies with the best.” The Guardian

Critics on Cornelius - 2012 ★★★★★ One Stop Arts, Alex Ramon “Perfectly pitched, ideally cast…” ★★★★ The Telegraph, Dominic Cavendish, “Sam Yates’s splendidly cast staging… no reason why the West End shouldn’t hear of Cornelius again and soon.