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Sarah Hughes is Alan Ayckbourn’s preferred casting director, casting world premieres of his plays at the Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough, in the West End, at the National Theatre and on Broadway, as well as all other productions at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. For the last ten years, she has also been a freelance casting director in the Entertainment Department of the BBC, where series include JONATHAN CREEK, GRASS, LOVE SOUP, PARENTS OF THE BAND, 2 PINTS OF LAGER, PULLING, John Sullivan’s ROCK & CHIPS, and in 2010 the second series of THE OLD GUYS for BBC1, FREEDOM for BBC Scotland and THE GREAT OUTDOORS for BBC4. Freelance theatre work includes several plays for the West Yorkshire Playhouse and for the Theatre Royal Northampton, three productions for Frantic Assembly, including 2008’s TMA award-winning OTHELLO; commercials, children’s TV and drama documentaries. In 2010, as well as THE OLD GUYS and THE GREAT OUTDOORS for the BBC, she cast TAKING STEPS for the Orange Tree in Richmond, NOISES OFF and FIRST PERSON SHOOTER for Birmingham Rep and Alan Ayckbourn’s latest play LIFE OF RILEY and a revival of COMMUNICATING DOORS for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. In 2011 she cast LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN for BBC2, Alan Ayckbourn’s two new plays, DEAR UNCLE and NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, and Abi Morgan’s LOVE SONG for Frantic Assembly, amongst other projects. In 2012 she has been working full time casting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremonies. Sarah is just about to start casting a new comedy for BBC written by Ben Elton.