Date: May 28th
Time: 10.00

In this online workshop, Suzy will send out prepared scenes for you to self-tape 4 days before the class - we will send your Spotlight CV to Suzy so that she can tailor the scene to suit you. You can submit two takes of the scene by WeTransfer or Vimeo and Suzy will give specific direction for each take. Suzy will record herself reviewing your takes and will give personalised feedback. She will also record herself offering a personalised critique on your Spotlight CV and showreel.

There will also be the opportunity to submit 2 questions and get honest answers - questions arising from the self-taping process or regarding Suzy's experiences of the casting process. Suzy will provide written answers to all the question received from the class, so you will have the opportunity to get answers to questions you may not have thought of. (Please submit 3 questions by email to TAG so that we can pass them on to Suzy and avoid duplications.)

You will each receive your personalised feed back on your takes, Spotlight CV and showreels as well as a group “questions answered” document 3 days after the class date.

Suzy Catliff works as a casting director, theatre director, lecturer and writer. She is a member of the Casting Directors Guild and associate member of The Writers Guild. She works in UK drama schools teaching screen acting as well as a theatre director. She was an associate lecturer at the Northern Film School for ten years, teaching casting BA and MA level.

Suzy is the UK Casting Director for Shaftesbury Films in Toronto and has worked on all series of 'The Inspector Murdoch Mysteries', 'Frankie Drake', and most recently the first season of ‘Departure’ starring Archie Punjabi, Christopher Plummer, Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani.

TV casting includes ‘Casualty’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Primeval’, ‘Hope and Glory III’, ‘Ny-Lon’.  She cast the Gregson Award winner drama/doc ‘D-Day’ for the BBC, award winning series ‘Sir Gadabout’ for CITV and ‘Bus Life’ for Disney which won the Grand Jury Prize at the New York Television Festival.   

Film casting includes ‘Stormbreaker’, ‘Swimming Pool’. Film assistant work includes the Oscar winning features -  ‘Sense & Sensibility’ and ‘The English Patient’, as well as ‘Wilde’ & ‘Hackers’.  

Recent theatre casting credits include: three seasons for Changeling Theatre; ‘Sleeping Beauty’ HFC; ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ Theatr Clwyd.

Suzy is the co-author of ‘The Casting Handbook’ published by Routledge, which has been translated and published in China.  She has adapted various novels for stage including ‘No Name’ by Wilkie Collins www.suzycatliff.co.uk