Actors’ Group: Let’s Talk about Casting Type

As an actor, knowing your type can be an important part of your craft development and ensuring that you are put forward for the right roles.

In this panel discussion, Isabella Odoffin, Casting Director and Natalie Anson-Wright, Acting Coach with be in conversation with Agent and Host, Lola Williams, Agent New Wonder Management. Together, our expert panel will discuss the pros and cons of having a casting type. Alongside considerations and questions to ask yourself to be able to recognise your type and use this to your advantage in both finding roles and marketing yourself, the panel will also talk about casting types and their limitations. We’ll look at the importance of questioning our biases within the industry so that we can achieve inclusive and diverse representation in theatres and on screen.

Lola Williams, Agent, New Wonder Management

With over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry both in…