In addition to our expert tutors, we regularly invite industry professionals to lead our classes. These guest tutors include specialist, Casting Directors, Producers, Directors, and Agents.
Recent guests have included TV Directors from popular shows like Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Casualty, Waterloo Road, and Hollyoaks. We’ve also had Casting Directors from major networks such as ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon, and Hulu, with experience on shows like Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, The Crown, Succession, and Game of Thrones.
With more guest tutors scheduled for 2025, we’re excited about the opportunities ahead for our students!
Recent Guest Tutors
Suranne Jones – Award-Winning Actress – ‘Gentlemen Jack’, ‘Vigil’, ‘Doctor Foster’, ‘Scott & Bailey’.
Kate Bone – Casting Associate – ‘Succession’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Star Wars’.
Jonny Boutwood – Casting Director– ‘Hanna’, ‘Boiling Point’.
Olissa Rogers – Casting Associate at Fiona Weir Casting – ‘Brassic’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘We are who we are’ and ‘Criminal’.
Michelle Smith Casting – Rachel Smith, Casting Associate– ‘Waterloo Road’, ‘Good Ship Murder’, ‘Compulsion’, ‘Moving On’.
Mel Churcher – Acting Coach – Mel has worked as an on set acting coach for many years with the likes of Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie and Henry Cavill.
Jane Anderson CDG – Casting Director – ‘DCI Banks’, ‘Sherlock’, ‘All at Sea’, ‘Law & Order UK’.
Nina Gold Casting – Casting directors from Nina Gold – ‘The Crown’, ‘Chernobyl’ ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Fall’.
Rae Hendrie – Casting Associate at Julie Harkin Casting – ‘Dublin Murders’, ‘Lucky Man’, ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’, ‘A Discovery of Witches’.
Sean Glynn – TV Director – ‘Casualty’, ‘Hollyoaks’, ‘Hope Street’
Seth Mason – Casting Associate for Andy Brierley and Victor Jenkins – ‘Sherwood’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Unforgotten’, ‘The Spanish Princess’, ‘World on Fire’, ‘Humans’.
Ezra-Tren Humpries – Assistant Casting Director ‘Emmerdale’.
Emma Lindley – TV Director – ‘Emmerdale’, ‘Coronation Street’, ‘Holby City’.
Sonia Allam CDG – Casting Director – ‘Brassic’, ‘The Long Shadow’, ‘Passenger’, ‘Better’.
Sue Jones CDG – Casting Director – ‘Nil by Mouth’ and ‘Human Traffic’. Sue has worked with a number of top directors including Shane Meadows and Robert De Niro.
Rick Laxton – Casting Director – ‘Hollyoaks’, ‘Coronation Street’, ‘Car Share’, ‘Scarborough’.
Gemma Handcock & Sam Stevenson CDG – Casting Directors – ‘Father Brown’, ‘Casualty’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Inspector Lynley’, and ‘Eastenders’.
June West CDG – Casting Director – ‘The Royle Family’, ‘Cold Feet’, ‘Cold Blood’, ‘Blue Murder’, ‘Coronation Street’.
Sue Jackson CDG – Casting Director – ‘Emmerdale’, ‘The Royal’, ‘See No Evil’.
Suzy Catliff CDG – Casting Director – UK casting ‘The Inspector Murdoch Mysteries’, ‘A Bunch of Amateurs’ (feature), ‘Lifeline’ and ‘Empathy’, ‘Silent Witness’ and ‘Casualty’.
Michelle Holmes – Actress – ‘Rita Sue & Bob Too’, ‘Coronation Street’, ‘Emmerdale’, ‘The Chase’.
Ade Bean – TV Director – ‘Eastenders’, ‘Hollyoaks’, ‘River City’.
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