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Clare has worked in casting for over 8 years. Her most recent film SETTLERS, starring Brooklynn Prince, Sofia Boutella and Johnny Lee Miller is currently in post production. Other recent credits include Associate Casting Director on Official Secrets (feature film),, Treadstone (TV series) and Jack Ryan (Amazon Studios). Clare was an Associate to Kate Dowd for several years where she worked on a variety of film and TV projects. Previous credits include Eye in the Sky (feature film), Me Before You (feature film),The Hurricane Heist (feature film), Still Star Crossed (TV) We Die Young (feature film), The Book Thief (feature film), Stonehearst Asylum (feature film), Galavant (TV Series), The Assets (TV mini-series), as well as Pilot Season for ABC (2012-16) and Warner Brothers (2012-2019.) Clare has also cast a variety of short films including BEAST (Billie Piper and Sinead Cusack) and VERT (Nick Frost, Nikki Amuka Bird & Olivia Vinall)

Georgie Henley (star of Ridley’s ANGRY and TARANTULA) discusses working with Philip Ridley and shares insight and wisdom on her latest triumph TARANTULA - currently streaming on STREAM.THEATRE until 06/06/2021!

Millie is a freelancer working in casting. She started her career with Casting Director Gemma Sykes, after an internship with Dan Hubbard. She then moved over to talent management, and spent nearly two years at Independent Talent Group, before joining Sam Jones Casting at the beginning of 2020. She is currently working on projects for Amazon, ITV, the BBC and The National.

Joining us for the Ridley Zoom we have theatre director Wiebke Green, who directed Philip Ridley’s latest masterpiece THE POLTERGEIST -  The New York Times Critic’s Pick and Offie OnComm Winner! Wiebke is also directing Ridley’s recently announced new play TARANTULA - set to premiere later this month!!!

Joined by Joseph Potter - star of Ridley’s latest masterpiece THE POLTERGEIST. This wonderfully rich podcast looks at Joe’s journey out of Drama school and draws on some of the positives that have come out of COVID-19 pandemic - including his epic collaboration with Philip Ridley!

Matthew directed Philip Ridley's first five stage plays, including the multi-award-winning "The Fastest Clock in the Universe" Starring Jude Law and "The Pitchfork Disney”. No one is better placed to talk about staging Ridley's plays than Matthew Lloyd!

Get an Insight into the Process of Casting Director Katie Mozumder! Katie worked in TV production before moving into casting in 2017. Now a Casting Associate at Crowley Poole Casting, working for Casting Directors Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole. Most notable projects include the Emmy and Bafta award winning Killing Eve seasons 1-4 (BBC America) with Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer; The Durrells (ITV), Trollied (Sky 1), We Hunt Together (UKTV) Finding Alice (ITV) and most recently Hollington Drive (ITV). Katie has assisted in casting for several theatre projects for Hampstead Theatre and Sunset Limited (Boulevard Theatre) in 2019. In 2021, Katie worked as a Casting Director for Tara Theatre and The Lodger at the Coronet Theatre. Katie is a probationary member of the CDG and recently became a member of the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion committee.

Listen in on  Episode #034 of Harry Burton’s WORKING WITH PINTER as we visit A SLIGHT ACHE with Special Guests… Writer/ Director and long-term Pinter collaborator Gari Jones and Pinter's oldest friend Henry Woolf!

A fantastic discussion led by Harry Burton about THE HOMECOMING, featuring an international group of Pinter scholars, and Pinter's best friend Henry Woolf.

Week 8 of Harry Burton's WORKING WITH PINTER Zoom class. Henry Woolf, Harold Pinter's closest friend, illuminates aspects of Pinter's masterpiece "The Birthday Party".

Listen to Working With Pinter #29 for a rich and wide-ranging discussion about Pinter's masterpiece "The Homecoming". Harry Burton was joined by Pinter's oldest and best friend Henry Woolf, who was on glorious form. Others taking part include Frank Corrado, celebrated Pinterian of Seattle.

A special guest joins us this week on the Working With Pinter Zoom session: star of BLACK MIRROR and THE GREAT, one of Harold Pinter's favourite actors Douglas Hodge is with us to assist in our exploration of THE CARETAKER. Olivier/Tony-winner Hodge not only played Aston opposite Michael Gambon, he also acted in Pinter's BETRAYAL, MOONLIGHT, THE LOVER and NO MAN'S LAND (with Pinter himself). Doug also directed a 2015 Broadway revival of OLD TIMES. Doug elaborates on aspects of THE CARETAKER, and reflects on the ups and downs of working at close quarters with Harold Pinter consistently over a 10 year period.

Week 17 of Harry Burton's WORKING WITH PINTER Zoom class. Charlie Cox  star of Jamie Lloyd’s recent West End/ Broadway hit production of “Betrayal” illuminates aspects of Pinter's masterpiece.

Eve Best joins Harry Burton for Episode #031 - WORKING WITH PINTER to share her memories of playing RUTH in THE HOMECOMING on Broadway in 2007. A rich discussion follows.

Get an Insight into the Process of Casting Director Des Hamilton! Des Hamilton is a Glasgow born, London based, Casting Director. He’s worked in film and television for over twenty years, and recently won a BAFTA for Best Casting on Top Boy (this being the first time scripted casting was recognised as a category). His career began in 2001 when fellow Glaswegian Lynne Ramsay asked him to find a non-actress to play the co-lead opposite Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar. Des went on to cast the whole film, famously street casting Kathleen McDermott, who went on to win a BAFTA for Best Newcomer. He’s predominantly known for his work on Jojo Rabbit, Four Lions, The King, Bullet Boy, and Claire Denis’ High Life. But it’s his interest in projects regardless of budget or size, as well as his willingness to work with new directors, that sets him apart. Des and his team have continued to cast via a combination of traditional methods (theatrical agents, drama schools, etc.) and from the street; most notably casting Thomas Turgoose in This is England.

Mike worked at a London agency for 4 years before moving into casting and relocating to Barcelona where he is currently based. He presently works as an associate to Luci Lenox where they cast a variety of projects ranging from independent feature films to international TV series. Recent projects include The One (Netflix), Westworld (HBO), Warrior Nun (Netflix), Hanna (Amazon Prime) among others.

Get an insight into the process of casting director Sophie Kingston-Smith! Sophie primarily works as Co-Casting Director at Rose Wicksteed Casting, whilst also pursuing her own projects under her own company Kingston-Smith Casting. Previously she has worked with Casting Directors including Lucinda Syson, Karen Lindsey-Stewart and Kharmel Cochrane, and was also associate to Alex Johnson on ITV's period drama Beecham House. Her most notable projects have been with Rose Wicksteed and include TV series Genius: Picasso, (National Geographic), UK casting for Homeland series 8 (Showtime) plus upcoming series The Dropout (Hulu) and Invasion (Apple), both due to air in 2021. Films include The Nun (Warner Bros) and Escape Room (Sony). Sophie has just finished a short film concerning racial stereotypes in modern Britain, and is currently co-casting a socially conscious feature regarding forced marriage and obstetric fistula among young girls. She was also Casting Director on short films Edicius (Crispy Biscuit), Lynch (Oxygene Films) and Mr Whippy (Elation Pictures).

Get an insight into the process of casting director Rory Okey! Rory is a Casting Associate who is currently working at Dan Hubbard Casting. In 2013 Rory started as a studio assistant then studio manager at a casting studio in central London and was lucky enough to work on some incredible feature films, tv shows and commercials that initially ignited his desire to work in casting. After 2 and a half years he moved to Spotlight. He used his time there to meet other casting directors and to use Spotlight's resources to learn as much as he could about the industry and actors. He left Spotlight after a year and went straight into casting offices working in commercials, tv and film and hasn't stopped since. Notable projects include, Luther (BBC), Good Omens (BBC/AMAZON), Rocketman (PARAMOUNT/MARV FILMS), Men In Black: International (SONY), The Dark Crystal (NETFLIX) Jingle Jangle (NETFLIX) Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC) and Guy Ritchie’s Wrath Of Man (MIRAMAX). Don’t Breathe Sequel (LIONSGATE/SONY)

Get an insight into the process of casting director Luci Lenox! Luci Lenox is originally from Ireland but has been based in Spain for the last couple of decades. She has cast over 100 productions. She has always combined her career between working on international high budget co-productions with independent films. Her clients include some of Spain's leading independent directors such as Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Benito Zambrano and Isabel Coixet as well as many of the major US studios or platforms, Netflix, Amazon, NBC, ABC. Films she has cast have won over 200 awards at International Film Festivals. Recent credits include “Baby” directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa which has just been released to great critical acclaim and “The Head” (HBO TV series), "Warrior Nun" & "The One" (Netflix TV series). She cast the lead in “Victoria” dir. Sebastian Schipper which is one of Europe’s most successful low-budget independent films. She is an active member of ICDN and CSA. She was on the board of CSA Europe for two years and was the head of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in Europe. She founded Frank Stein Studio in 2012 which is a leading training centre for professional actors and which has been the launching pad for many successful careers and which is now operating online, like nearly everything else, with students from all over the world.

Olissa Rogers is currently working as a Casting Associate to Fiona Weir. She began working in the industry back in Germany in 2008. She worked there until 2016 mainly on TV Series. In 2016 she met casting director, Jeremy Zimmermann, and went to be casting assistant for him on several films until 2018. She then moved on to become casting assistant to Kharmel Cochrane for commercials and TV/Film projects. In March 2019 Olissa was approached by Theo Park and was working on big TV projects as her associate.