Leading casting director who helped to launch actors such as David Oyelowo and Benedict Cumberbatch
Maggie Lunn, who has died of cancer aged 56, was a leading casting director, at various times head of casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Almeida. She also cast for television and film, including the BBC series Cranford and the film Notes on a Scandal. Recent work for the stage included, in 2015, the triumphant Young Chekhov trilogy at Chichester Festival theatre, which transferred to the National the following year.
Casting directors – in theatre, TV and film – are the unsung heroes of every production. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alex Jennings, Ben Whishaw, Eve Best, Rory Kinnear, Eddie Redmayne and David Oyelowo are a few of the now celebrated actors whose careers Maggie helped to launch.
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Maggie Lunn, who has died of cancer aged 56, was a leading casting director, at various times head of casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Almeida. She also cast for television and film, including the BBC series Cranford and the film Notes on a Scandal. Recent work for the stage included, in 2015, the triumphant Young Chekhov trilogy at Chichester Festival theatre, which transferred to the National the following year.
Casting directors – in theatre, TV and film – are the unsung heroes of every production. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alex Jennings, Ben Whishaw, Eve Best, Rory Kinnear, Eddie Redmayne and David Oyelowo are a few of the now celebrated actors whose careers Maggie helped to launch.
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- 3/8/2017
- by Richard Eyre
- The Guardian - Film News
Congratulations to the five young actors nominated for the Young British Performer of the Year by the London Critics' Circle for its 34th Film Awards.
The five nominees for Young British Performer of the Year are:
Conner Chapman for Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant. Connor (represented by On It Artists) was discovered as a 13 year old by Casting Director Amy Hubbard when she visited local schools in Buttenshaw looking for raw talent. He is in school still but this year has appeared in Channel 4 miniseries The Mill, and will be seen next in Mike Doxford’s Pleasure Island.
Shaun Thomas for The Selfish Giant. 16 year old Shaun (now represented by On It Artists) was also discovered by Amy Hubbard, after an open casting at local estate in Bradford.
Saoirse Ronan for her starring roles in Byzantium, The Host, and How I Live Now. Saoirse was also nominated for...
The five nominees for Young British Performer of the Year are:
Conner Chapman for Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant. Connor (represented by On It Artists) was discovered as a 13 year old by Casting Director Amy Hubbard when she visited local schools in Buttenshaw looking for raw talent. He is in school still but this year has appeared in Channel 4 miniseries The Mill, and will be seen next in Mike Doxford’s Pleasure Island.
Shaun Thomas for The Selfish Giant. 16 year old Shaun (now represented by On It Artists) was also discovered by Amy Hubbard, after an open casting at local estate in Bradford.
Saoirse Ronan for her starring roles in Byzantium, The Host, and How I Live Now. Saoirse was also nominated for...
- 12/18/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Maggie Lunn Casting Cdg
Open Call Auditions
Sunday 27Th February 2011
At Rada (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)Address: Malet Street, London WC1E 7JNEntrance can be found at Rada Theatre’s box office on Malet StMap on www.rada.ac.uk click ‘contact us’ Tubes- Goodge St 5 min walk - Warren St 10 min
Arrive by 10am
Film: Broken – Children’S CASTINGDirector: Rufus Norris Producers: Dixie Linder – Cuba PicturesIn association with BBC Film
Who we are looking for:skunk Cunningham- Leading Role Female – White or Mixed Race, aged between 11 - 14 years to play 11.A bright kid, she is kind, innocent, watchful & curious.
Skunk has a loving dad, an absent mother and a brother (13) they live on a quiet suburban street in London. But they have the neighbours from hell - The Oswalds. A small act of cruelty by one of the Oswald girls leads to increasingly troubled events.
Leading role in the...
Open Call Auditions
Sunday 27Th February 2011
At Rada (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)Address: Malet Street, London WC1E 7JNEntrance can be found at Rada Theatre’s box office on Malet StMap on www.rada.ac.uk click ‘contact us’ Tubes- Goodge St 5 min walk - Warren St 10 min
Arrive by 10am
Film: Broken – Children’S CASTINGDirector: Rufus Norris Producers: Dixie Linder – Cuba PicturesIn association with BBC Film
Who we are looking for:skunk Cunningham- Leading Role Female – White or Mixed Race, aged between 11 - 14 years to play 11.A bright kid, she is kind, innocent, watchful & curious.
Skunk has a loving dad, an absent mother and a brother (13) they live on a quiet suburban street in London. But they have the neighbours from hell - The Oswalds. A small act of cruelty by one of the Oswald girls leads to increasingly troubled events.
Leading role in the...
- 2/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
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