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Film Casting 14 – 18 year old Girls

Sally Potter, filmmaker behind films like ‘Orlando‘ (Tilda Swinton) and ‘Rage‘ is currently casting for her latest film project. They are currently searching for two British girls aged between 14 and 18 and they are inviting aspiring actors to upload their audition tapes to YouTube. If they like what they see, they will invite them...

London Open Casting – Boys

Hi all – Rachael, from Des Hamilton Casting is still after some young actors for a Channel 4 drama. The casting team are holding an open casting for actors who fit the brief for this Saturday in Brixton, London. Check the details below! We are currently casting for a 4-part drama for Channel 4. We...
Skins Series 5 First Look

Skins Series 5 First Look

Skins series 5 starts with a bang Thursday 27th January on E4. To give you a taste of the new cast you can check out the title sequence below or the trailer over at The Sun’s Video Player. Check E4 Skins for updates! What do you think? Will you be watching? What an interesting trailer...
What are your New Year Resolutions?

What are your New Year Resolutions?

Hope you’ve all had a very, very Merry Christmas! Did you all ask for Spotlight Contacts 2011 for Christmas? How about the Actors Handbook 2011? New Year is coming up and you can start planning how to achieve your goals now – no use to leave it until January 1st! Use the holidays to think...
Kevin Spacey - The Class

Kevin Spacey – The Class

You may remember IdeasTap, a community website for young people in the arts, held a compepttion for 20 young actors to have an acting class with Kevin Spacey. Lots of talented actors applied and although only 20 were lucky enough to have a workshop with Mr. Spacey, everyone can appreciate the following video featuring Mr....

Casting Call for the Inbetweeners Movie

Screen Terrier has information about a casting call for the movie of the hit British TV series ‘The Inbetweeners’. They are looking for a ‘curvy’ 18-20 year old woman: Playing Age: 18 – 20. A big, beautiful, curvy girl (size 14 – 18) whose not afraid to flaunt her assets as the character will be...

Birmingham Open Auditions for TV Show

Rachael from Des Hamilton Casting tweeted today about their current casting for Birmingham based teens. They are holding an open call for a TV series from the director of Skins. OPEN CALL CASTING FOR TV SERIES We are currently casting for a TV series to be produced by Roughcut TV (The IT Crowd) to be...

London Casting 14 – 16 Boys & Girls

Leanne and Rachael, from Des Hamilton Casting (credits include ‘This Is England’ and ‘The Firm’) tweeted today about current casting for a Channel 4 drama produced by Cowboy Films. We are currently casting for a 4-part drama for Channel 4 produced by Cowboy Films (The Last King of Scotland). At present, we are looking for...

Monologue Competition

Mark Westbrook (writer, director and acting coach) from Glasgow’s Acting Coach Scotland and from my favourite Acting Blog launched today a fantastic new competition. This opportunity is unfortunately only for actresses over the age of 17 but is a definite must-enter! Mark is inviting you to record this monologue audition piece from ‘The Emotional Life...

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! What a long break we’ve had… both Alice and I have been working non-stop over the Summer and have gone straight back into our courses at University. With Alice studying acting and me in my final year at film school I think we’re ready to re-boost the site! The site is by no...

The Hobbit Film Goes Ahead

The Hobbit has finally been greenlit and will start production in february! The lead character, Bilbo Baggins, will be played by british actor Martin Freeman. Let’s hope the casting updates keep coming, and although the film has had some setbacks we’re so excited for the progress of this film! The Lord of The Rings Films...

New Skins Cast and US Skins

The third generation of Skins characters for Series 5 was revealed this summer and has recently finished shooting. Amongst the new cast members was Dakota Blue Richards (pictured below, second in from the left), the only cast member of Skins to have previously worked on a well known internationally promoted film (‘The Golden Compass‘, 2007)....