Previous Industry Guests and Workshop
Facilitators
Here is a selection of people who have facilitated workshops and masterclasses and/or been guests at our webinars / networking events:
- Abbi Greenland, Producer, Rash Dash
- Adrian Lester, Actor
- Alan Toner, Creative Digital Director
- Alexandra Maxwell, Theatre Producer
- Amy Leach, Director, Leeds Playhouse
- Andy Pryor, Casting Director, Years and Years, Doctor Who
- Andy Stott, CEO of Northern Quarter Records & Head of Popular Music at RNCM
- Angela Ferreira, RTS
- Anna Fern, Development Editor, ITV Drama
- Archie Purnell, Agent, Jamie Lomas Associates
- Babita Bahal, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, BBC
- Ben Roberts. Deputy Chief Executive BFI
- Cathy Crabb, Writer
- Charlotte Bevan, Creative Diversity Project, National Theatre
- Charlotte Essex, Script Executive, Main Street Pictures
- Charlotte Riches, Producer, Radio Four / CBBC
- Chloe Tucker, Commissioning Editor, ITV Drama
- Chris Fry, Executive Producer, Sister Pictures
- Chris Lawson, Artistic Director, Oldham Coliseum
- Dafydd Llewelyn, Producer, Casualty
- Daliso Chaponda, Comedian
- Daniel Edwards, Casting Director
- Debbie Biggins, Line Producer, Casualty
- Debbie Oates, Writer: Cold Feet, Coronation Street
- Duncan Foster, Director, Coronation St
- Elaine Willcox, Presenter, Granada Reports
- Elspeth Morrison, Voice Coach
- Emily Feller, Creative Director, Big Light Productions
- Emma Luffingham, Head of Development, World Productions
- Emma Stafford, Casting Director
- Eva Yates, BBC Films, Commissioning Executive
- Faye Timby, Casting Director
- Gill Charnock – Casting Director, Hollyoaks.
- Helen Goalen, Producer, Rash Dash
- Huw Kennair- Jones, Commissioning Editor, ITV Drama
- Ian Kershaw, Writer, Coronation Street, Cold Feet
- Ian Tabbron Arts Council England
- Ivana MacKinnon, Associate Producer, Stray Bear Productions
- Jack Thorne, Writer, Kiri, His Dark Materials
- Janet Hampson, Bay Casting Agency
- Jen Smith, Head of Inclusion BFI
- Jeni Draper, Artistic Director, Fingersmiths
- Jennifer Gilbert, Agent, Jennifer Lauren Gallery
- Jennifer Smith, Head of Inclusion, BFI
- Jenny Berry, performance poet & writer
- Jo Coombes, Head of Development, Lime Pictures
- Joanna Moss, Casting Department, Coronation Street Background casting
- John Cannon, Casting Director, BBC
- Jonathan Harvey, Writer, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Beautiful Thing, Coronation St
- Jordan Hogg, Freelance Director
- Jude Christian, Director
- Jules Hussey, TV & Film Producer, Gulit, Catherine The Great, My Mad Fat Diary, Call the Midwife
- June Sarpong, BBC Creative Diversity Director
- Justine Potter, Head of Development at LA Productions
- Kat Crowther, producer, Drama Republic
- Kat Pugsley, Script Editor
- Katie Carpenter, Development Producer, Sister Pictures
- Kayt Hughes, visual artist and creative producer
- Laura Conway, Development producer, Kudos
- Laurence Clark, Writer and Stand-up Comedian
- Lindsay Williams, Story Producer at Coronation Street and BAFTA nominated drama scriptwriter.
- Louise Sutton, Head of Development, Lime Pictures
- Luke Barnes, Playwright
- Mandy Redvers-Rowe, Writer, Moving On
- Marcus Wilson, Executive Producer, Luther, The A Word, Doctor Who
- Marigold Joy, Script Editor
- Mat Fraser, Writer and Actor
- Matilda Ibini, Playwright
- Matt Hilton, Director, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Casualty
- Matt Holt, Director, Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Off Their Rockers
- Matt Lucas, Writer and Actor
- Matthew Xia, Director
- Michelle Smith, Casting Director
- Nicola Bolton, Agent, Regan Management
- Patrick Holland, Controller BBC2
- Peter Bowker, Writer, The A Word
- Peter Hunt, Head of Casting for Lime Pictures and Casting Director of Hollyoaks.
- Polly Hill, Head of Drama ITV
- Polly Jerrold, Casting Director
- Polly Thomas, Radio Drama Producer
- Rachel Freck, Casting Director
- Riz Ahmed, Actor
- Roanna Benn, Exec Producer, Drama Republic
- Roger McCann, Arts Council England
- Rose Marley, Sharp Futures
- Sarah Hughes, Casting Director
- Simon Harper, Executive Producer, Holby City and Casualty.
- Simon Naylor, Director
- Sonia Allam, Casting Director
- Sophie Holland, Casting Director
- Suzanne Bell, Royal Exchange
- Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre
- Thomas Wightman, BFI Talent Exec
- Tinge Krishnan, Director
- Toby Hadoke, Comedian, Actor, Writer
- Tom Sherry, BBC Head of Drama – North
- Usman Mullan, BBC Writersroom
- Victor Jenkins, Casting Director, Troy, Fleabag
- Wayne Garvie, President, International Production, SONY
- Zak Khan, Theatre Producer