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SHOWCASE YOUR MONOLOGUE WITH CASTING DIRECTOR MATT WESTERN {SOLD OUT}

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LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!

Please APPLY via email: info@runatitshouting.co.uk with your Spotlight Link or online CV.

Thursday, 15th April | 6pm - 9pm {UK} | Price: £22 - 3hrs | Zoom.
This workshop adheres to CDG guidelines and isn’t an audition.

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WORKSHOP FORMAT

  • You will submit a monologue of your choice to Matt Western prior to the event deadline.

  • The workshop begins with an introduction.

  • Participants will then perform their monologue (no longer than 1 minute in length).

  • Matt will give notes allowing time for a second run.

  • Followed by a “Q&A”.

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Bio

Along with being the writer and producer of NOW & THEN. Matt Western is a highly respected casting director with more than 25 years of experience in film and television.

Matt Western studied Law at Cambridge University (Jesus College), gaining a BA (Hons). He then spent several years qualifying to be an attorney, and was admitted as an honourable member of the Law Society in 1995.

Further to qualifying, Matt switched professions and spent several years working as a Casting Assistant. He worked on many high-end television dramas including the last ever Inspector Morse (John Thaw), The Sins (Pete Postlethwaite), Gormenghast (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and My Uncle Silas (Albert Finney)

After starting to work for himself in 2000, Matt continued to work in high-end television drama and also British Indie features. He worked on 55 Degrees North (Don Gilet), Class of '76 (Robert Carlyle), Coup! (Jared Harris), Affinity (Amanda Plummer, Anne Reid) and The Roman Mysteries (Simon Callow).

Matt has also worked on high-end British, European and US Indie features, including The Rise (Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rheon) and Golden Years (Bernard Hill, Sue Johnston, Alun Armstrong), Paul Verhoeven's Black Book and Paula van der Oest's Hidden Flaws.

Matt is a full member of BAFTA.