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Join Waiting List Date: May 8th
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 14.00 - 17.00
We are pleased to welcome Casting Director Shakyra Dowling CSA who is currently casting a number of both British and European Feature Films including SCARBOROUGH, NAKED NORMANDY and NOCTURNAL.
Shakyra also cast Swedish Feature film The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared for Disney based on the bestselling book of the same name.
Shakyra has cast a number of British feature films - soon to be released is BFI/BBC Films SPACESHIP and US AND THEM by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit director and producer team Joseph Martin and Danielle Clarke which premiered at South By South West Festival in Texas last month.
Following an introduction from Shakyra participants will be paired up and have a chance to read through their scenes. Sides will be sent out shortly before the workshop along with character breakdowns, as she would for a real casting.
Shakyra would like participants to be as familar with text as possible.
Honest feedback will be given in a supportive environment before participants have the change to do a second take. This will be followed by a short tea break and an informal Q&A.
Shakyra also castings commercials including Sony, Marks & Spencer, Google, Colgate, Belvita, DFS, Electrolux, Blinkbox, Dunlop, Nokia, Robinson’s Fruitshoots, Goodyear, Ladbrokes, Dunhill, Grand Marnier and Martini.
