James Pearson Cdg Cda Csa Email & Phone Number

Pearson Casting is an award-winning, international Casting House based in London, Liverpool & New York founded by husband & wife team, James & Rosie Pearson. With a combined industry experience of over 35 years, James and Rosie began their careers as performers. James graduated with Distinction from the very first year of The London School of Musical Theatre and was the first graduate to gain employment as an Actor, as well as the first graduate to perform in London's West End. He then spent 19 years working as an Actor on Stage, TV and Film. He is also an experienced Theatre Director and worked as an Agent for Keddie Scott Associates. Rosie graduated from the University of Birmingham with a combined BA Hons in English and Theatre Studies before embarking on a successful career as an Actor, Director and Producer.​James & Rosie are both members of the CDG - Casting Directors Guild, CDA - Casting Directors Association (of which they are also board members), and the CSA - Casting Society of America.They are joined in the New York office by Ian Subsara, who is a proud graduate of Elon University in North Carolina where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre. He has since worked extensively as a Casting Director across TV, live performance, and theatre, both on and off-Broadway.Pearson Casting work across Theatre, Film, Television, Commercials & live performance, and are organisers of the Spotlight Open House North West in the UK.​In 2020 they launched the Award-Winning Collective Creative Initiative, a free 30 hour a week industry platform for the arts, in response to the Covid-19 crisis. In 2021 they redesigned this platform as a free resource for teaching institutions across the world, and in July became the proud recipients of a prestigious Industry Minds Award for Best Training Establishment. www.collectivecreativeinitiative.comRecent notable theatre projects include SIX The Musical (UK Tour and West End), Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (UK Tour), ANNE (ITV), RENT (Hope Mill Theatre). Upcoming work for 2022 includes Cherry Jezebel (Liverpool Everyman Theatre) and Cosi Fan Tutte for Improbable Theatre/ENO (London Colliseum).

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  Casting Director

  Pearson Casting

  Jan 2014 - Present - London, England, United Kingdom

  Pearson Casting is an award-nominated, international Casting House based in London, Liverpool & New York founded by husband & wife team, James & Rosie Pearson.Casting Director, Pearson Casting, January 2014 to presentAs an independent casting director working in Theatre, Film, TV and Commercials, my role includes but is not limited to -• PR and marketing strategies for auditions• Building and releasing casting breakdowns through industry publications• Reviewing and vetting every application and deciding on the shortlist of actorsthat will finally be auditioned for the roles• Liaising with agents booking in their clients for the auditions• Complex and extensive diary management• Sourcing and booking each audition venue, audition pianist, runners• Day to day running of auditions• Negotiating fees and conditions of contracts• If filming has taken place, editing all audition footage of each performer forviewing by the team• Working within the Producer’s budgets to deliver results most efficiently• Running an international office that includes the training and development of associates, assistants, interns and casual personnel. James & Rosie are both members of the Casting Directors Guild, Casting Directors Association and the Casting Society of America.

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  The London School Of Musical Theatre

  Acting