CASTING DIRECTOR SIMON HIGGINS | 4-WEEK AUDITIONING FOR TV & FILM INTENSIVE

WORKSHOP FORMAT

SEP 1, 8, 15 & 29 | 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 4 Occurrences | This ticket is a one time fee ( 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭. 𝘝𝘈𝘛 ) and is valid for all the days of this course.

This 4 week course covers the nuts and bolts of screen-acting auditions. Each week Simon will send you a different genre scene to prepare testing your versatility as an actor. Sides will be sent out for you to prepare 4/5 days prior to the session. The classes will be filmed on broadcast quality equipment and sent to you after each session, with the aim of giving you a portfolio of top quality tapes for your professional development.

**Your scenes will be recorded with broadcast quality equipment. Upon request, you have the option to receive your footage after the session for no extra cost!**

{This workshop adheres to CDG guidelines and isn’t an audition}.

BIO

Simon is a freelance Casting Director. He is currently working at Colin Jones Casting. 

Credits as Casting Director include the indie feature, Tidepools, directed by Marius D'Gasco, Eddie is Box, directed by Scott Lyon with Rogue Films, Birdhouse, for the BFI, and directed by Moritz Valero. Simon is currently casting Death and the Penguin, directed by Oscar/BAFTA nominated Ari Folman, another European independent feature, and a number of other film projects.

Credits as Casting Associate include The Gold S2 for the BBC, Blue Moon, directed by Richard Linklater, My Oxford Year for Netflix, and newly announced crime drama, Legends, also for Netflix.

Credits as Assistant include, In The Grey, Fountain of Youth & The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, all directed by Guy Ritchie; Juliet & Romeo, a new original musical directed by Timothy Scott Bogart; The Pope's Exorcist, directed by Julius Avery & starring Russell Crowe; Canary Black, directed by Pierre Morel, the director of 'Taken' & starring Kate Beckinsale; Midas Man, a biopic of Brian Epstein, the man who discovered The Beatles; Arcadian, starring Nicolas Cage & Magpie, directed by Sam Yates & starring Daisy Ridley.

**Please note all contact or questions regarding this workshop should come through the RAIS office. Please do not contact the workshop leader directly with questions**

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