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Mercury Creatives Masterclass: Demystifying The Casting Process For Actors & Aspiring Actors: A Practical Workshop, Discussion and Q & A with Casting Director Wayne Linge

Venue: Princes Theatre, Clacton, Essex Hall
Date & Time: Mon 15 June, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Price: £20 (Bursaries available) / Access price: £15 or free for carers with purchase of normal ticket.
Age: 18+

Workshop

This workshop is open to all. Whether you are an established performer, are in the early stages or your career or have no professional experience but are curious to find out more about a career in the creative industries, you are very welcome!

For the practical element of the workshop, participants will be sent a selection of scenes in advance and asked to prepare one scene of their choosing. Participants will have the opportunity to submit their scene as a self-recorded tape or to take part in a mock audition ‘live’ on the evening where you will work on the scene with Wayne in front of the other participants. Whether you submit a self-tape or take part in a live mock casting, you’ll receive feedback on your read on elements such as characterisation, camera technique and performance skills. Self-tapes will also be viewed by all participants during the workshop.

For the live mock auction, you don’t have to have learnt the lines, but please be as familiar as possible with them. You are welcome to bring a printed or digital copy of the scene with you.

There will also be a discussion and Q&A, where Wayne will talk in more depth on their casting process, with tips and advice on how to prepare for castings. The aim is to help demystify and explain the commercial business elements of the industry, which sit alongside the creative. We’ll also discuss the specifics of being based in the East of England and how to overcome some hurdles such as rural and coastal isolation, which can be barriers to a career in the creative industries.

This will be your opportunity to ask questions and you are encouraged to think about these questions in advance, write them down and bring them along with you!

This workshop adheres to the Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) workshop guidelines. The guidelines can be viewed here: thecdg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WorkshopGuidelines.pdf.

In line with the CDG guidelines, in signing up to the workshop, all participants acknowledge and understand the following that the intent of the workshop is educational and should not be considered a job interview or audition. Attending workshops is not a way to obtain employment as an actor. It is a learning / educational experience. The presence of a Casting Director is neither a guarantee nor a promise of employment. Contact with a Casting Director at a workshop rarely results in any further contact with that Casting Director or any company affiliated with that Casting Director. The presence of a Casting Director is absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment. The intent of this class is solely educational and not a form of job interview or audition.

You can find out more about Crampsie Linge Casting at crampsielinge.com.

Biography

Wayne Linge (he/him) is one-half of Casting partnership Crampsie Linge Casting, which he established with Julia Crampsie in 2023. Wayne and Julia collaborated for nearly a decade in the Casting Department at the BBC where Julia was Head of Casting for over 15 years.

Julia and Wayne have recently finished casting on Forever Home, an adaptation of the Graham Norton novel of the same name for Channel 5, produced by FilmNation Entertainment and The Mediapro Studio.

Previous casting credits include; Our Girl, We Hunt Together and EastEnders.

Wayne was born and raised in Suffolk and now lives in Essex. He originally trained as an Actor and worked as Assistant Producer for a regional theatre company in Suffolk between 2009 to 2012.

Bursary Offer

A limited number of free bursary places are available for this event. To book one of these places, please email [email protected] to request one.