Date: June 19th
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 18.00 - 21.00

Gemma Hancock is currently a casting director for the in-house casting department at the BBC. 

Gemma has been working in casting for 20 years and has been worked in partnership with Sam Stevenson for 12 years (credits include 4 series of Silent Witness and over 20 productions for Sir Peter Hall).

Having looked at your Spotlight CV Gemma will send you a specific scenes from a TV drama she has cast to look at a day before the workshop. Each actor will have the opportunity to 'audition' for the group, with two of the actors standing in as casting director and director. Gemma will offer feedback and the opportunity for participants to work the notes into a second reading.

This workshop offers the opportunity to master the process from the moment you walk through the door. There will be opportunity for questions to be answered as they come up during the workshop as well as towards the end of the session.

Gemma Hancock 

Gemma has been working in casting for 20 years and has been worked in partnership with Sam Stevenson for 12 years. Gemma is currently a casting director for the in-house casting department at the BBC.

Theatre work includes: The Herbal Bed (Northampton/Rose/tour), The Haunting of Hill House (Liverpool Playhouse), For Services Rendered (Chichester), Accolade (St James theatre), The Vertical Hour (Park theatre), F*ck the Polar Bears, The Royale, Perseverance Drive, The Herd (Bush theatre), An Inspector Calls (national tour and west end), One Man, Two Guvnors (West End and national tour), 55 Days, In the Club, What the Butler Saw, Abigail’s Party (Hampstead theatre), The Humans (Rotterdam, New York, Avignon), Our Country’s Good (St James theatre and national tour), The Real Thing (tour), Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Ring Round the Moon, Waiting for Godot (West End), Canary (tour), Tejas Verdes, Emperor Jones, The Chairs (Gate theatre), King Lear (RSC), Blood and Gifts (NT). Sam and Gemma have also cast more than 20 productions for Peter Hall, including Henry IV, Pygmalion, Where There’s A Will, Waiting for Godot, Uncle Vanya, The Dresser, As You Like It, Habeas Corpus and Measure for Measure. 

TV work includes: Don’t Take My Baby (2016 BAFTA winner), Doctors, Father Brown (BBC1), Our World War (2015 BAFTA nominated), Glasgow Girls (BBC3), Nightshift, Care, The Snipist, The Minor Character and Nixon’s the One (‘Playhouse Presents’ for Sky Arts), The Selection (Warner Bros), four series of Silent Witness (BBC1), Martin Amis’ Money (BBC2), Consuming Passion, Mr Loveday’s Little Outing (BBC4), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC1), and many episodes of The Bill for ITV. In 2010 Gemma and Sam received a Primetime Emmy nomination for their casting of Emma for BBC1. 

Film work includes: Treasures, Leave to Remain, Private Peaceful, Babel, The New World.

**Please note all contact or questions regarding this workshop should come through the TAG office. Please do not contact the workshop leader directly with questions**