Date: November 1st
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 18.00 - 21.00

Louis Hammond CDG has been a Casting Director for nearly twenty years and brings to this workshop his unique perspective and understanding of an actor’s life.

Louis is freelance, with many credits as Casting Associate at the Royal Court; other work includes the Young Vic, Tricycle, West End, HighTide, Sheffield Crucible, Chichester Festival Theatre, HOME Manchester and other leading regional theatres.

Your Spotlight CV will be sent to Louis before the workshop and, based on your casting, he will hand out appropriate scenes to work on in pairs, giving you enough time to prepare for a cold read.

Participants will receive honest feedback and advice within a supportive environment and based on Louis's experience of the industry, he will share his opinion with no holds barred.

The workshop will conclude with a question and answer section, where advice will be given on how to approach relationships with Agents, Casting Directors and Directors, and how to make the most of auditions, with a particular emphasis on theatre.

There will be special stress on gaining a real understanding of how the profession functions and avoiding fundamental errors.

LOUIS HAMMOND CDG

Theatre includes: Heroine, director Steven Atkinson/Kanye the First, director Andrew Twyman (HighTIde); The 5 Plays Project (Young Vic); The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, director Steven Atkinson (Arcola/HighTide); Inkheart, director Walter Meierjohann (HOME, Manchester); The Distance, director Charlotte Gwinner (Sheffield Crucible/Orange Tree Richmond); Romeo and Juliet, director Jonathan Humphreys (Sheffield Crucible); Creditors, director Rikki Henry (Young Vic); Harrogate, director Richard Twyman (HighTide Festival/Royal Court); The Funfair, director Walter Meierjohann (HOME, Manchester); Primetime, directors Hamish Pirie/Debbie Hannan; Violence and Son, director Hamish Pirie; Who Cares, directors Hamish Pirie/Lucy Morrison/Debbie Hannan; Fireworks, director Richard Twyman (all Casting Associate, Royal Court); Romeo and Juliet, director Walter Meierjohann (HOME, Manchester); Amadeus, director Jonathan Church (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Winter’s Tale, director Ria Parry (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); The History Boys, director Michael Longhurst (Sheffield Crucible); Driving Miss Daisy (UK), director David Esbjornson; Batman Live, director Anthony van Laast (World Arena Tour); The Trial of Dennis The Menace, director Rebecca Gatward (Southbank Centre); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, director Walter Meierjohann (Liverpool Playhouse/Nottingham Playhouse); Blue/Orange (Arcola); Von Ribbentrop’s Watch (UK Tour); Mrs Reynolds and The Ruffian, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Absent Friends (all Watford Palace); All My Sons, director Walter Meierjohann (Curve, Leicester); 50th Anniversary Season of 50 Rehearsed Readings, Caryl Churchill Season, International Residencies and new writers’ Rough Cuts presentations (all Royal Court); Othello (Glasgow Citizens); The Member of the Wedding, director Matthew Dunster, Dirty Butterfly, director Michael Longhurst, The Indian Wants the Bronx (all Young Vic); Loot, director Sean Holmes (Tricycle Theatre); Blowing Whistles (Leicester Square Theatre); Testing the Echo by David Edgar, director Matthew Dunster (Tricycle Theatre and Tour); The Importance of Being Earnest, director Peter Gill (UK Tour and Vaudeville); Donkeys’ Years, director Jeremy Sams (UK Tour); Rock’n’Roll by Tom Stoppard, director Trevor Nunn (Royal Court and Duke of York’s Theatre); Jus’ Like That, director Simon Callow (Garrick). Television: Head of Casting at The Bill (Thames Television). Film: Arsene Lupin; Ne Quittez Pas; Beyond Re-Animator; Mirrormask.

Louis is a member of the Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain and Ireland.