Join us for a Q&A and Round Table with Casting Director, Claire Bleasdale.
Masterclasses
Casting Directors
Faye Timby, Casting Associate
Faye Timby, Casting Associate for Sophie Holland Casting, has assisted on some incredible shows including “The Witcher,” for Netflix, starring...
Yvonne Lawlor, Casting Associate
Yvonne Lawlor, Casting associate for the famed Julie Harkin casting, joins us for an online workshop in casting and self...
Manuel Puro, Casting Director
Manuel Puro, Veteran Casting Director joins the Forge for a Self Tape boot camp!
Suzy Catliff, Casting Director
Suzy Catliff is a Casting Director, Theatre Director and Acting coach who teaches at acting schools up and down the country.
Jessica Jeffries, Casting Director
Jessica Jeffires specialises in the casting of Motion and Performance capture for some of the industries top video game and film titles.
Andrea Clark, Casting Director
Andrea Clark, Casting Director, ran a virtual workshop with our Actors giving them the opportunity to tape for a top Casting professional.
Peter Hunt, Hollyoaks
Peter Hunt, Casting Director for Hollyoaks, joined us for an in person masterclass alongside on screen acting coach and independent film maker, David Crowley.
Agents
Alex Priestly, Agent Round Table
The Actors Forge held its first agent round table of 2021 with Manchester based Agent Alex Priestly.
Bex Elliff, CAM
CAM London manages some of the biggest names in the industry including Martin Freeman and Ray Winstone. Bex Elliff one of their top agents joined us for a round of one to one sessions with out best emerging artists.
Directors
Steve Hughes, Director
Join the Actors Forge for an evening workshop with Director, Steven Hughes.
Ruth Carney, Director
Ruth Carney, Director of famed T.V Soaps Emmerdale, Casualty and Doctors, joins the Forge for an online Masterclass.
Actors
Olivia D’Lima
Olivia D’Lima is an Actress from London England and is currently Starring as Fenisha in BBC’s Casualty. A talented Actor...
Chelsea Halfpenny
Chelsea Halfpenny is an Actress from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear and is known for her long running roles as Alicia Munroe in Casulaty and Amy Wyatt in Emmerdale.
Acting Coaches
Suzy Catliff, Acting Coach
Join the Actors Forge for a play in a day masterclass with Casting Director, Coach and Practitioner, Suzy Catliff
David Crowley, Hollyoaks
David Crowley joined us alongside Peter Hunt for a Masterclass on acting and auditioning for a top T.V Soap.
Craig Conway, Actor
Craig Conway joins the Actors Forge for a Technical Masterclass on the craft of acting and auditioning.
Bev Fox, The Suggestibles, Improv Comedy
Bev Fox of the renown Newcastle based improv group, the Suggestibles, joins us for a Masterclass on all thing Improv.
Michelle Bayley, Motion Capture
Michelle Bayley joins the Actors Forge for a Masterclass in Motion Capture and Physical Acting.