Date: July 19th
Location: The Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin, Ireland
Time: 12.00 - 17.00

1-2-1 Career Advice sessions in Dublin, Ireland....

Carl Proctor is not only a busy Casting Director and a member of The Casting Directors Guild, he now also has a base in Ireland and is represented as a Casting Director by the Dublin office of the Lisa Richards Agency.

Carl trained as an actor at RADA and worked successfully for many years. He also ran a production company with Imogen Stubbs and Serena Gordon. All this combines to give Carl a unique slant on our industry and well placed to share his wealth of experience and offer advice and guidance on a one-to-one level.

Carl has been running regular 1-2-1 career advice sessions through The Actors' Guild for a few years. His sessions are increasingly popular and to date he has advised almost 400 actors.

Carl is currently casting two films - YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE and DIRTY LAUNDRY, with a number of others at earlier stages. Commercials and one off TV projects are ongoing.

These half hour sessions offer a relaxed and supportive environment in which to get some honest answers. Topics include, but are not limited to, CVs and headshots, agents, showreels, voicereels, letter writing and marketing strategy as a whole. But these sessions are totally actor led so Carl will only focus on the areas you want to discuss.

Actors leave with a renewed determination, questions answered, with some misconceptions corrected, fears confirmed or quashed, with a clear idea of what changes might make a difference and a plan of action to take them forward. Where appropriate Carl is able to advise on which agents he thinks might be good for you at your stage of your career.

Carl recently cast 80 British actors in a ten part dramatisation THE BIBLE which was a huge success on American TV and has become the most successful miniseries of all time.

Other credits include...

FEATURE FILMS - 25 to date including: BLOOD CREEK with Michael Fassbender and directed by Joel Schumacher, THE WEDDING DATE with Deborah Messing, Amy Adams and Dermot Mulroney, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, which received 2 Oscar nominations, TWELFTH NIGHT with an all star cast and directed by Trevor Nunn, ONE MORE KISS with Gerrad Butler directed by Vadim Jean, BIGGA THAN BEN with Ben Barnes, CLOCKWORK MICE and MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT with Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend.

TELEVISION - over 70 individual programs plus several series to date including: THE IMPRESSIONISTS (dir: Tim Dunn & Mary Downes/3 part BBC Series), THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME (various directors/BBC TV series), GENIE IN THE HOUSE (2 series for Nikelodeon), RENFORD REJECTS (4 series for Nikelodeon), THE SECRETARY WHO STOLE 4 MILLION (dir: Colin Barr/BBC), CANOE MAN, BOLTON FORGER, THE THIEVING HEADMISTRESS (dir: Norman Hull. Dragonfly Production/BBC), BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (dir: Andrew William/BBC Series), NUCLEAR RACE (dir: Toby Sculthorp/BBC TV), SUPERVOLCANO (dir: Tony Mitchell/BBC TV), DESPERADOS (dir: David Jackson & Paul Wroblewski/BBC Series), THE SOMME (dir: Detlef Siebert/BBC TV), A SERPENT IN EDEN (dir: Matthew Wortman/Lion TV for Channel 4), GEORGE CARMEN (dir: Colin Barr/BBC)

THEATRE includes: BLITHE SPIRIT in Barbados (dir: Glen Walford), WE HAPPY FEW (dir: Stephen Rayne), WAY HOME (dir: Sue Dunderdale/Liverpool Everyman), THE GREATEST IS LOVE (dir: Sean Methias/Australia) and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (dir: Tim Luscombe).

Carl has also cast over 200 COMMERCIALS for brands including: ARIEL, ASDA, BAILEYS, BLACKCURRANT TANGO (BTA Craft Award - Best Casting), BRITISH GAS, CARLING, COCA COLA, CANCER RESEARCH, FORD, FOXES BISCUITS, GOODFELLA'S PIZZA, HALIFAX, HEWLETT PACKARD (Best Foreign Ad Award), JOHNSON & JOHNSON, KODAK, LEVI STRAUSS, MARS, MARTINI, MCDONALDS, OBSERVER, PC WORLD, PEUGEOT, RENAULT, SAINSBURY'S, TEACHER'S WHISKY, TETLEY, THOMAS COOK, VIRGIN MOBILE, VISA, VODAFONE and VW. POP PROMOS include OASIS, RED SNAPPER, SUEDE and NATALIE IMBRUGLIA.

As an ACTOR theatre credits include; GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (dir: Sam Mendes/Donmar Warehouse), TIMON OF ATHENS (dir: Trevor Nunn/Young Vic), Prince Hal in HENRY FOURTH PART I & II (dir: Richard Williams/Oxford Stage Company), PINTER EVENING (Holders Festival - Barbados), SANCTUARY (dir: Paulette Randall/Joint Stock), THE NORMAN CONQUESTS (dir: Ewan Smith/Watermill Theatre) and GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY (dir: Bob Eaton/Arts Theatre)

Sessions are for half an hour each, but Carl will have viewed showreels, voicereels and CV’s in advance.

Please book online as usual and then email us to reserve your time slot with your first and second choice. Times are allocated on a first come first served basis.

PLEASE NOTE: Your Spotlight CV will be sent to Carl prior to your meeting, please make sure it is up-to-date. Please also ensure your showreel is live on your Spotlight page if you want Carl to discuss this with you. Although Carl will look through your Spotlight portfolio, please bring hard copies on any photos if you would prefer him to see these. You will also receive a 1-2-1 information sheet which will include full directions.