Date: June 6th
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 14.00 - 17.00

We are delighted to welcome Casting Director Jane Deitch who will be working with members to share her huge wealth of experience and offer insight and advice.

Jane was Head of Casting for Drama Series at the BBC from 1999 - 2006 and is now freelance. She is currently casting several films projects as well as stage productions.

Following a talk Jane will provide members with the opportunity to do a mock read using scripts she has cast and will offer feedback and advice. The workshop will conclude with an informal Q&A. Scenes will be given out at the workshop as if for a cold read scenario but time will be given to prepare.

Actors' Guild workshops provide an informal and friendly environment in which to learn and sharpen skills in a positive and supportive atmosphere.

"The workshop with Jane was inspirational, and I felt she really gave everyone such useful feedback - and clearly had spent time looking at our CVs, as the scenes she gave out at the workshop were brilliant."

Jane Deitch - Casting Director

Jane was Head of Casting for BBC Drama Series from 1999-2006 being responsible for a team of 20 and for an out-put in excess of 500 hours per year. Series include : EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, Waking The Dead, Sea Of Souls, Dalziel and Pascoe, A Respectable Trade, Judge John Deed and many more.

Jane also sat on the Drama Series Development Board, collaborating in the development and production of many new series and casting all regular characters. She was responsible for the contracts for all major acting talent, managing relationships between BBC Channel Controllers, key talent and Agents/Managers.

Jane implemented a ground-breaking Diversity strategy for on-screen talent which has had a major impact on the industry as a whole and led to a position on the BBC's Diversity Committee - representing the corporation at the highest level. 

She formed her own business in 2007 and now casts for a wide variety of productions across all media. 

Jane is a member of the QA Board for Drama UK and regularly forms part of visiting panels to accredit or re-accredit vocational Drama courses.

Credits include:

Films: Unhallowed Ground, Welcome To Leathermill, Locked In with Ben Barnes, Eliza Dushku, Brenda Fricker, New Year's Day (Jury Prize: Raindance Film Festival/Best Film: Sapporo Film Festival), the BAFTA award-winning Shoot the Messenger with David Oyelowo and Nikki Amuka-Bird and Magnificent 7 with Helena Bonham-Carter. 

TV: EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors (incl. original cast), the Emmy award-winning Waking the Dead (incl. original cast), In Deep (incl. original cast), Dalziel and Pascoe, the BAFTA-nominated A Respectable Trade, Drovers%u2019 Gold, Judge John Deed (incl. original cast), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries with Diana Rigg (incl original cast), Sea Of Souls, Merseybeat, Down To Earth, Being April (incl. original cast), Grease Monkeys, Sunburn (incl. original cast), The Afternoon Plays and Walter's War. 

Theatre: Women On The Verge Of HRT (Tour), In The Balance (New End), Two, Shirley Valentine, The Blue Room (Lichfield Garrick), Gertrude%u2019s Secret (Tour), Carnivale (Venice), Diary Of A Nobody (Royal and Derngate, Northampton), Certified (Leicester Curve), Bouncers directed by John Godber (national tour), Life After (Rehearsed Reading), Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show Live (Hackney Empire and national tour), Othello (Riverside Studios). Musical Theatre: Perfect Pitch (showcasing new musicals at the Trafalgar Studios), Lend Me A Tenor The Musical (Plymouth Theatre Royal and Gielgud), Hamlet The Musical (Royal and Derngate, Northampton and Richmond Theatre), Ex (Soho Theatre), I Love You Because (showcase at Jermyn Street). 

Recent projects include: Films: Out Of The Dark (dir. Suri Krishnamma) Sonnet (Latitude Ent. - dir. Suri Krishnamma), Graystone (Aviary Films - dir. Russell England), Namaste Nick (Aviary Films - dir. Indra Bhose). 

Theatre: Flowers Of The Forest (Jermyn Street Theatre - Director Anthony Biggs), Sticks and Stones by Gavin Esler, David Hare's Knuckle Musical: It Happened In Nixon Falls (tour).

PLEASE NOTE: Your Spotlight CV will be sent to Jane a few days before the workshop, please make sure it is up-to-date.