Date: May 22nd
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 18.00 - 21.00

Carl is a freelance Casting Director and currently casting two films, YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE and THE MISUNDERSTOOD, with a number of others at earlier stages. Commercials and TV projects are ongoing.

This three hour workshop will start with a brief intro covering Carl's professional background and how he likes to work with actors in a casting scenario.

Carl will be sent your Spotlight CV before the workshop so that he can cast participants appropriately - sides will be provided on the day. Each pairing will be given time to prepare, during which you can ask Carl any questions you may have about character and plot.

All will be scenes from film or TV projects that Carl has cast. Direction will be given before running through the scene again. Constructive feedback is given.

There will be a Q&A covering topics such as film and TV casting, approaching film and TV casting directors, preparing for a film or TV audition, self-taping, America, headshots, (Carl can give feedback on your current headshot as well as talk about what he thinks makes a good headshot generally), Spotlight, CV's, letters, agents, etc.

Carl cast 80 British actors in a ten part dramatisation THE BIBLE which was a huge success on American TV and has already became the biggest selling TV series on DVD in the last 5 years and the biggest miniseries of all time on Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD in its first week of release.

Other credits include...

FEATURE FILMS - 23 to date including: BLOOD CREEK (dir: Joel Schumacher), THE WEDDING DATE with Deborah Messing (dir: Clare Kilner), SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, which received 2 Oscar nominations (dir: Elias Merhige) TWELFTH NIGHT with an all star cast (dir: Trevor Nunn), ONE MORE KISS with Gerrad Butler (dir: Vadim Jean), BIGGA THAN BEN with Ben Barnes (dir: Susie Halewood), CLOCKWORK MICE (dir: Vadim Jean) and MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT with Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend (dir: Dan Ireland)

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).