INNER EYE ACTING
WORKSHOPS
“Meeting the industry”
meeting the industry
workshop success
Our workshops and frequent showcases have led to over 80 offers of representation from agents such as Paling and Jenkins, Felix de Wolfe, Elaine Murphy, Shane Collins, Billboard, Forbes–Sutherland Management, Dee Boss, Union Management, West Central Management and RD Casting.
Over the years, we have had the pleasure to receive many guests – from Casting Directors such as , Dan Hubbard (King Kong, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Emma Crompton (Beauty and the Beast, Sherlock), Andrea Clarke (Blade II, Mutant Chronicles) to Agents like Luke Reilly (The Artists Partnership), Hannah Wilkinson (Emptage Hallett), Max Latimer (JAG), Bex Elliff (C.A.M.), Michael Keane (Elaine Murphy Associates)
We also invite filmmakers, directors and producers like Kathleen Hutchinson ( Executive Producer, Holby City and East Enders), Barry Ryan (Agatha Raisin) to watch our classes when seeking to cast their projects.
We have had actors directly cast in roles for TV (including BBC and Channel Four), leads for The Discovery Channel, numerous feature films (Community, Kick Ass 2, Killer Weekend), two internet series, and many short films.
Please note:
Payments must be made 48 hours before the date of the workshop (at the latest) to secure a place. Cancellations on the day will not be refunded, except in exceptional circumstances.
More to Follow!!!
Industry Season Programme
2023-2024
Paushali Banik (Casting) – March 26th 2024
Jules Milan Barall (Filmmaker) – March 18th 2024
Michael Keane (Elaine Murphy Associates) – March 11th 2024
Rachel Chambers (from the Jonathan Arun Group) – February 27th 2024
Luke Reilly (agent, The Artists Partnership) – February 19th 2024
Charlotte Sumner Hughes (from the Donmar Warehouse) – February 13th 2024
Andrea Clark (Andrea Clark Casting) – January 22nd 2024
Paushali Banik (Casting) – January 16th 2024
Myrto Makrides (Director, It’s Complicated) – September 9th 2023
Meliz Houssein (Filmmaker, Leap Productions) – August 2nd 2023
Kevin McNally’s comedy masterclass series– July 4th/ June 15th/ August 30th
Barry Ryan (producer of Agatha Raisin) – May 24th 2023
meeting the industry
our locations
We use non-traditional spaces to run our workshops, an approach inspired by the ad hoc, impromptu theatre companies of the 70s and 80s. Their shows were staged in church rooms, scout halls, schools, tents, etc – an ‘alternative’ ethos that also gave birth to the original Fringe. We follow the same path.
Our use of pubs, restaurants, and conference rooms is in keeping with this philosophy, and happily, allows us to keep our workshops reasonably priced.
This informal approach also creates a relaxed, almost ‘casual’ atmosphere, which serves to circumvent notions of ‘us and them’ (on both sides). We’re all equal, and all in it together.
PAST YEARS
Industry Season Programme
2020/22
Ceri Bedingfield (C.D) – Feb 28th 2022
Abigail Millar (Curtis Brown) – Feb 21st 2022
Ceri Bedingfield (C.D) – Dec 19th 2021
Max Latimer (JAG) – Oct 12th 2021
Hannah Wilkinson (Emptage Hallett) – Sept 15th 2021
Andrea Clark (Andrea Clark Casting) – June 14th 2021
Bex Elliff (C.A.M.) – Sept 30th & Nov 4th
Michael Keane (Elaine Murphy Associates) – Oct 12th
Olissa Rogers (Fiona Weir Casting) – Oct 27th
Kevin McNally actor (Pirates of the Caribbean, Downton Abbey) – Nov 11th
Kristian Wall (42 Management) – Dec 2nd
Faye Timby (Sophie Holland Casting) – Dec 7th & 9th
Steven Lewis (Paling and Jenkins)- Dec 16th
I would suggest looking no further than The Inner Eye Acting Workshop if the development of your discipline is acting.
- Doug Tang
Writer/ Producer
price
Per Workshop
£20
what the industry says
past years
Industry Season Programme
We also hold talks and workshops given by film-makers, producers, and agents. As well as the names above, this impressive list also includes:
Kathleen Hutchison – Executive Producer of Holby City, EastEnders, BBC1
Barry Ryan – producer of Agatha Raisin
Greg Loftin – Director/writer of Saxon (European Independent Feature Film of the Year, 2008)
John McDonald – Award winning author, screenwriter, ‘Tribe’
Sam Holland – Writer/director ‘Zebra Crossing’ (European Independent Feature Film of the Year 2009)
Daniel Tatarsky – Agent, Billboard Personal Management
Gary Holding – Features Producer at Loud Mouse Films
New Town Films – Producers of feature films ‘Community’, and ‘This Is Essex’
Bertie Watkins – Producer ‘Jack The Ripper’, Crow Theatre
Oli Rose – Director ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’, Associate Director, ‘Chariots of Fire’, Gielgud Theatre, West End
Stephanie Rodriguez – Casting Associate to Sarah Crowe, BBC1, Channel Four
Shaka Bunsie – Producer ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’, ‘New Voices’ Producer at the Old Vic
Shane Collins – Agent
A.J. McAndrews – Film Producer, LA and London
past years
Industry Season Programme
2019
Kevin R McNally : actor (Pirates of the Caribbean, Downton Abbey, Maigret), scene study – End of year –
David Bottomley: writer (Literary Manager at the Brockley Jack Theatre) ‘Gentrified’, and ‘The Reunion’ – Sept / Oct –
John Haman :writer (Convergences TC, New York), ‘I Am Frankenstein’-June 3rd-
Natalie Ekberg : writer (BBC) ‘Him’ – May 13th –
Emma Crompton : CD – acting for TV – April 24th –
Catriona Dickie : CD – self-taping – April 9th –
Emma Crompton : CD – auditioning for TV – March 11th –
Andrea Clark : CD – auditioning for film and commercials – Feb 21st –
showcase
syllabus / performance programmes
2018
Theatre of the Oppressed (Augustu Boal),
Ur Text (Charles Marowitz),
Acting and Shamanism (Brian Bates),
The practices of Anton Artaud
Play study, including Look Back In Anger, The Writer, Miss Julie, After Miss Julie, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Cardiff East
2017
Performance preparation for camera. Intensive theatre study.
Public showcase.
2016
Four month, in-depth, screen acting course
Jamie Eastlake – Artistic Director, Theatre N16
Doug Tang – Producer/Writer/Director
James Hughes – Producer/Writer/Director
past years
Industry Season Programme
2015
Andrea Clark – Casting Director (Hellboy, Mutant Chronicles)
Irene Cotton – Casting Director (Steppenwolf Theatre Co, Chicago)
Beth Charkham – Casting Director (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Men Behaving Badly, Birds of a Feather)
Suzy Catliff – Casting Director (Sense and Sensibility, Murdoch Mysteries)
Thomas Adams – Casting Director (Fruitcake London)
Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen – Film Maker/Director (The Journey – Winner, Best Director, St Tropez Film Festival)
Sharon Sorrentino – Casting Director (Pegasus Bridge)
past years
Industry Season Programme
2014
Dan Hubbard – (The Bourne Ultimatum, King Kong, The Bourne Supremacy)
Nichola Whitworth – Agent (Michelle Braidman Associates)
Gavin Denton Jones – Agent (CAM)
Sarah Leung – Casting Director (Children of Men, Law and Order, Waterloo Road)
Jane Deitch – Casting Director (formerly Head of Casting at BBC, Waking The Dead)
Lucy Jenkins – (RSC, Warhorse, Vampire Diaries)
Carl Proctor – (Rome, The Bible, The Kidnap Diaries)
Hammond Cox Casting – (Feature films – Spaceship, Hollows. Theatre – Othello)
Sarah Hughes – (Frantic Assembly T.C. and Alan Ayckborn’s CD. TV – Jonathan Creek, Rock and Chips)
Nigel Douglas – TV Director (Bad Girls, Hotel Babylon, Wild at Heart)
Simone Reynolds – CDG (Theatre – Royal Court, Films – Lamb, The Firm)
Michael Keane – Agent (Elaine Murphy Associates)
Gavin Denton-Jones – Agent (CAM)