Month: December 2021

Probationary Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Casting Associate Ri McDaid-Wren has worked with top Casting Director Andy Pryor since 2016. Andy Pryor and Ri McDaid-Wren’s work on hit BBC TV series Years and Years earned them a nomination for the 2020 CDG (Casting Directors Guild) Award for Best Casting in a Television Drama,…

Orla Maxwell has worked with Priscilla John for more than 20 years, casting UK and international screen projects. Their company Casting Pictures was launched in October 2019. They are supported by Casting Associates Francesca Bradley and Andreya Lynham at Casting Pictures. Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Orla Maxwell’s recent work includes TV…

Probationary Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Seth Mason has built a solid reputation working as casting associate to both Victor Jenkins and Andy Brierley. 

Tamsyn Manson is a Casting Associate at Reg Poerscout-Edgerton Casting. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Theatre Technical Arts from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and is a probationary Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Member of the Casting Directors’ Association (CDA), Brendan McNamara is an award winning Casting Director based in London.

Stephanie MacLean, formerly known as Stephanie Rodrigues, joined the casting profession more than a decade ago, and is a probationary member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Andreya Lynham is a Casting Associate in Priscilla John and Orla Maxwell’s team. She moved into casting from acting, and now runs workshops for actors in addition to her casting work.

Karen Lindsay-Stewart is a leading film and television Casting Director, working closely with Emily Jacobs.

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Sarah Leung was born and raised in Salford, Greater Manchester. 

Rick Laxton is a writer and freelance Casting Director, with bases in Manchester and London. Head of Casting at Lime Pictures between 2010 and 2015, Rick then spent seven years in the casting department at ITV in Manchester.