Acting Agencies In North West England

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Acting Agencies In Manchester, Liverpool And The North West

Actors Direct Ltd

• Located in Manchester (M9 5SH), also offices in London
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 1994
• No supporting artiste (extras) work, only professional acting jobs
• Applications only from professionally trained or experienced actors
• Email or post CV, headshot and covering letter
• If you have an upcoming show or showcase, give the agency a month’s notice

The Actors’ Group

• Located in Manchester (M4 5JW)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Actors co-operative established in 1980
• theatre, television, film, radio, commercials, corporate and role play work
• Represented talent each work two or three days in the agency office every two months
• Apply via email or post, with CV, headshot and covering letter
• At least two members must see you perform via showreel or stage performance

Allstars Actors Management

• Located in M28 1FG
• Spotlight registered agent
• Michelle Hurne established Little Allstars for child actors and then expanded to create Allstars Actors Management for adult performers
• Represents actors from all around the UK
• Twitter feed @allstarsactors ended 2018 but busy Facebook page, Instagram 
• The ‘About Us’ page gives clear instructions for applications
• If you are Spotlight registered, your submission material is different to inexperienced actors
• Everyone must apply ONLY via the email address given in the ‘About Us’ page and include all supporting material listed in the instructions

Allstars Casting

• Located in Liverpool (L1 9BZ)
• Spotlight registered agency
• Established by experienced actor and director Sylvie Gatrill 
• Actors, models, supporting artists (extras) and child actors
• Not clear if you have to attend the workshops and classes in acting and modelling but looks like the two businesses are interlinked
• Twitter feed @AllStarCasting ended 2014 but actor Spotlight profiles live and showing Allstars as their agent
• Performers can be represented with or without Spotlight membership 

AL Management

• Located in Salford (M50 2EQ)
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Established in 2017 by Adrian Lawler 
• Represents musicians and bands for performance and production
• Not an acting agency

Amber Personal Management Ltd

• Located in Manchester (M1 2EQ)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 1986
• Film, television, theatre, radio and voiceover work
• Represent about 90 adult and child actors
• Busy Twitter feed @ambermgmt
• Applicants should be professionally trained or extensive experience, and already be a Spotlight member
• Apply via the dedicated email address on the website

Andrea Price Management

• Located in Stockport (SK5 6QG)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Child actors in the APM Kids division
• Busy Facebook Page

Artist Management UK Ltd

• Located in Liverpool (L9 8AZ)
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Established 2005 and using original website
• No actor credits found after 2011 and profiles didn’t link through to Spotlight
• No social media presence 

Boss Casting

• Located in Manchester (M4 1DW)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Extras agency for support artiste work
• Children, teens and adults represented

Celebrity Booker

• Located in M4 5JW
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• See our listing for Celebrity Booker in the London agents section (under C)

Chatfield Actor Management

• Located in Manchester (M4 4TG)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Website clicks through to Greenroom Management.co.uk
• Greenroom management said applications require CV, headshot and showreel & give two weeks’ notice for live performances
• Very small roster of actors and unclear why the change of agency name
• We don’t think this is connected to Greenroom Management.com  (SE23 2ET) 
• Twitter feed @cactormgmt

Circuit Personal Management Ltd

• Located in Manchester (M12 6HS)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Actors’ co-operative established in 1998
• Members work in the office for 3-5 days every 3 months
• So prefer actors based in the North West
• The ‘representation’ page has information about the actors they are currently looking to take on
• Apply via the stated email address and attach all requested material
• You should already possess a Spotlight page

Class – Carline Lundon Associates

• Located in Liverpool (L8 7NZ)
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• No website or social media presence May 2019

Deus Management

• Located in Worsley, M28 2JU
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Celebrity PR, events etc
• Not an actors’ casting agency

Devine Artist Management

• Located in Manchester, M3 1NP
• Spotlight registered agent
• Fresh young faces to established professionals
• Applications ONLY by the email address on the Contact page
• Include a CV & Headshot, plus link to showreel if you have one
• A meeting or opportunity to see you perform is essential
• The Facebook and Twitter accounts have been closed
• The website shows no news page or list of represented actors

EKA Model Management (and Eurokids)

• Located in Warrington, WA3 4AQ
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts but no links on website to actor Spotlight profiles
• Eurokids was created in 1996 by Debbie, followed by the adult division EKA in 1999
• Featured, Main Roles, Commercials, Extra’s, Walk-Ons and Models
• Twitter feed @EKAandEuroKids last updated April 2019 (as at May 2019) but the popular Facebook page is still going strong
• Dedicated ‘join agency’ page

Elite Talent Actors Agency

• Located in Manchester, M9 6TA
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Established 2007 but as at May 2019 no website found
• Facebook page posts ended 2017 and Twitter feed @EliteActorsUK updates stopped 2018

EOC Management

• Located in Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WU
• Spotlight registered agency
• Founded by experienced agent Una Evans-O’Connell
• Actors and musical theatre performers
• Represent new and fresh talent from all over the country
• Active Facebook Page

Gadbury Personal Management

• Located in Atherton, Manchester, M46 9JQ
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts but no evidence of Spotlight profiles or speaking roles
• Actors, featured and support artists (extras)
• £50 to join, taken from first paypacket
• £25 annual representation fee
• Latest news (as at June 2019) hasn’t been updated since 2013, while credits on the ‘about us’ page were last updated in 2016
• No active social media presence or online company accounts found i June 2019
• Books open to anyone living legally in the UK over the age of 16
• Follow the instructions on the ‘Join Us’ page

Gag Reflex Ltd

• Located in Manchester, M40 5BJ
• Spotlight registered agent
• Company incorporated 2004; Lee Martin is the Director 
• In June 2019 we couldn’t find agency social media accounts, but there is a news page on the website 
• Focus on representing comedians – stand-up, musical/sketch/physical comedy, cabaret
• Applications ONLY to the email specified in the Contact page
• Include your latest biog, showreel and gig list

Icon Actors Management

• Located in Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ
• Spotlight registered agency
• Founded in 1969
• Part of the PHA group (PHA Agency, Icon and Rare Talent)
• Busy Facebook Page and Twitter feed @IconActorsMGMT
• ‘Work with us’ clicks through to the PHA application form

Jane Hollowood Associates Ltd

• Located in Manchester, M1 1EH
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 1998
• Active Twitter feed @JaneHollowood and news shown on website
• Apply ONLY via the email address on the Contact page
• Send Spotlight link or CV with recent jpg

JB Associates

• Address in Manchester, M19 0AR
• Was listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Associated with the Tongue and Groove voiceover agency
• No website, online company accounts or social media presence found in 2019

JLA Talent Group

• Located in Manchester, M40 5BJ, with a second office in London
• Spotlight registered agency
• Founded 2016
• Directors Jamie Lomas, Simone Clark and Archie Purnell have between them worked in acting, modelling, casting and production
• Represents “a select list of actors & creative including household names and fresh new, emerging talent”
• Busy Facebook page and Twitter feed @JLA_Talent
• Applications ONLY via the email address specified on the website home page
• CV, headshot and covering letter required

Kay Purcell Management

• Located in Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2LT
• Spotlight registered agency
• Founded in 2009 by experienced performer Kay Purcell
• Associated with the Purcell Drama Academy/ Aim2B
• “Alongside the agency we run regular workshops in-house & have a professional (actor/singer/dancer/casting director) a few times a year who will run master class”
• Applications ONLY via email
• Attach CV and photograph

Laine Management Ltd

• Located in Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LF
• Spotlight registered agency
• Represents actors, commercial artistes and extras
• Established more than 35 years ago
• Associated with Laine Management Theatre Workshop, Child and Adult Drama classes for 4yrs and upwards
• “Our drama workshops are invaluable to Laine Management, as this is where we find most of our new talent”
• Busy Twitter feed @samlainemgt

LHK Management

• Located in WA9 5GJ
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Theatre & pantomime production company founded by Lee Kelly in 2005
• Represents pop acts and TV personalities, as well as local talent including a youth division
• The ‘casting’ tab and Facebook page lists open audition dates for LHK Youth Theatre and agency representation

LimeLight Actors Agency

• Located in Glossop, Greater Manchester, SK13 1NF
• Spotlight registered agency
• Actors and background artists for film,tv,theatre,commercials, Roleplay and corporate castings throughout the UK
• Couldn’t see social media activity or news page in June 2019
• Applications ONLY via the email specified on the website
• Include headshot. CV and showreel

Majestic International – Majestic Models & Casting

• Located in Chester (CH3 5EB) and Covent Garden, London
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Modelling agency whose models also appear in Commercials
• Busy Facebook page 
• The ‘apply’ page gives clear and comprehensive instructions about the photo required 

Melanie McDonagh Management

• Located in Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 0FB
• Was listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Twitter feed ended 2009 @academycasting
• In June 2019 no website, online company accounts or active social media presence was found

Melody Thresh Management Associates Ltd (MTM)

• Located in Manchester, M5 3EB
• Was listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Company accounts incorporated 1998 and dissolved in March 2019

Mint Casting Agency Ltd

• Located in Manchester, M2 7EP with further contacts in Leeds and Liverpool
• Listed on Spotlight Contacts
• Extras, sports extras, commercials, chaperones and kids
• Sole agent
• Initial workshop allows extras to be listed for future commercial submissions
• Initial charge to be added to the database of £35+vat; deducted from your first paypacket
• No monthly or annual fees
• Must use the agency photographer
• Regular acting workshops which you can choose to attend
• You can self-edit your agency profile
• Must live within 50 miles of the extras job submitted for (not just have a base there)
• To apply, follow the instructions on the ‘apply’ page
• Active Facebook page and Twitter feed @mintcasting

Morello Cherry Actors Agency

• Located in Manchester, M3 4EN
• Spotlight registered agency
• Established 2007 by Darren Gordon and Joe Moan
• You can’t see the roster but the news page is busy 
• Active Twitter feed @MorelloCherryAA
• Applications ONLY by email
• Include Spotlight link – so you must already be a member
• Also add links to showreel and a covering letter

North West Actors 

• Originally located in Bury, BL9 7EW – now moved to Burnley
• Spotlight registered agency
• Established in 2007 by Nigel Adams, but as at June 2019 is run by Cate Northern
• Represents actors based in North West England and London
• Represents actors aged 16+ years
•  No extras, models or walk-ons
• Applications by email or post
• Include Spotlight profile and headshot
• Preferably add an online link to your showreel or details of any show you can be seen in

Ology Kids Casting

• Based in Ormskirk
• Represents children and young performers
• On our list of 20 Reputable UK Agencies For Child Actors
• See our separate article about Ology Kids Casting

Pan Artists Agency Ltd

• According to Spotlight Contacts the agency is located in Sale (M33 4JX) but the agency website shows a Bolton address (BL1 4QR)
• Actors and extras covering Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool , North Wales and Lancaster
• Established 1973
• To apply, complete the form on the ‘recruiting’ page – but in June 2019 it states ‘We are not recruiting until 2018’
• Facebook page not updated since 2012, no Twitter feed
• Company accounts show the business is still active

Piccadilly Management

• Located in Manchester, M4 4DE
• Spotlight registered agency
• Represents actors from around the UK
• Active Facebook page 

Power Promotions

• Address in Liverpool (L13 0EF)
• Was listed on Spotlight Contacts 
• As at June 2019, no website or social media presence

Purple Giraffe

• Based in Congleton, Cheshire
• On our list of 20 Reputable UK Agencies For Child Actors

Rare Talent Actors

• Located in Manchester, M12 6FZ
• Spotlight registered agent
• Actors’ division of the PHA Group
• Active Twitter feed @_Rare_Talent
• The applications page is on the PHA Group website, with clear instructions

Red Door Management

• Located in London and Salford
• Spotlight registered agency
• Busy Facebook page and Twitter feed @reddoormgmt
• Applications by post must be sent to Manchester office
• Emailed applications are preferred, using the contact form on the ‘representation’ page
• Follow the instructions for supporting material needed

RDDC Management Agency (Rossendale Dance And Drama Centre)

• Located in Rossendale (BB4 9DS)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Represent children and young adults who are pupils of the Rossendale Dance and Drama Centre

Seven Agency Management

• Located in central Manchester (M2 4WQ)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 1998
• Represent actors, extras, models, presenters and child performers
• Books always open to applicants
• Apply via the online application form
• Terms and conditions – including commission rates – clearly specified online
• Good FAQ page
• But all social media output appears to have stopped 2 years ago

Stark Talent

• Located in Salford (M7 2FZ)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 2014 by two actors with wide industry experience
• Mostly supporting artists (extras) represented but the do have a small roster of local professional actors
• Commercials, TV productions, Films, Music Videos & Corporate Films throughout the North West 
• Apply for representation via the JOIN STARK page of their website
• All actors seen by audition or performance before acceptance

Stirling Management

• Located in Bolton (BL1 8AN0
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established 2009 by Glen Mortimer
• Represents actors for TV, film, commercials, theatre and corporate filming
• Apply by email to the email address on the website
• All young performers on the books attend the Stirling Young Talent drama classes at Stirling Academy
• Adults can attend the Stirling Academy acting classes even if not represented by the agency

Take2 Management

• Located in Manchester (M4 1FS) and Leeds
• Spotlight registered agent
• Boutique agency established in 2013
• Founder Martha Currie works with agents Lois McCrory and Christ Maloney (formerly of Beverley Keogh Casting Ltd)

Triple Threat Agency

• Located in Sale (M33 7GA)
• Spotlight registered agent
• Boutique theatrical agency
• Established 2017 by Stalder Productions
• Represents actors, dancers, singers, babies, children and young performers
• For modelling, TV, dance and musical theatre work
• CV, headshot and (if you have one, showreel) to specified email on website
• If they are interested, you will be invited to audition

Urban Talent

• Located in Manchester (MM2 3WQ)
• Don’t muddle google results up with Urban Talent in Salt Lake City, USA
• Spotlight registered agent
• Established in 1996
• Agents Julie Holt and Joi Rouncefield work for Director Nigel Martin Smith (the original manager of Take That)
• Busy news page
• Represent actors for television, film, theatre, radio and advertising work
• All applications to be sent by email to the email address on the agency website
• Include your recent headshot, CV and showreel
• They’ll contact you if they want a meeting or to see you perform