CASTING SYMPOSIUM
FROM FRINGE TO THE SILVER SCREEN;
Superstars Jude Law, Gerard Butler, Hugh Grant, Ricky Gervais and Rachel Weisz all started their careers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Spotlight, the UK’s leading casting service, sponsors this casting symposium; a panel of theatre and film professionals will discuss how actors can use the Fringe to launch a career.
Listen to leading casting directors, agents and promoters discuss the differences between casting in Film and Theatre, and how can actors branch out from theatre to screen work. This two-hour symposium will begin with a moderated discussion followed by a question and answer session from the audience.
Moderator: Pippa Harrison, Spotlight.
Panelists:
Nancy Bishop,C.S. A, Casting Director(US/Europe); credits include Prince Caspian, and author of “Secrets from the Casting Couch”
Sam Jones, Casting Director (UK); formerly Head of Casting at the RSC, recent TV credits include Occupation for BBC1 and Above Suspicion for ITV.
Tim Hawkins, Manager of Press Office, and formerly acting Chief Executive of the Fringe.
Kate Staddon,Talent Agent at the Curtis Brown Agency, London.
Lucinda Syson, Casting Director (UK). Credits include, Children of Men and Batman Begins.
Place: Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT.
Date: Wed, 19 August, 2009.
Time: 11AM- 1PM
Tickets: £10, Seats are limited. To order tickets ahead, check soon for info.
