Upcoming Theatre Workshops

at London Theatre Runway

Welcome to London Theatre Runway, where aspiring and professional performers come together to refine their craft and connect with industry experts. Our workshops are designed to give you real-world insights into the theatre and entertainment industry, empowering you to achieve your dreams on stage and beyond.

(For LTR Junior workshops, click here)

Mar

12

DECLAN WALKER

Declan Walker - Casting Assistant

Declan works as a Freelance Casting Director & Assistant. He has worked with Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, and Lucy Casson.

As Casting Director - The Silver Cord (Finborough Theatre)
As Casting Assistant - A Knight’s Tale (Manchester Opera House), Hamilton (UK Tour), The Book of Mormon (West End), MJ the Musical (West End), Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour), The Lion King (West End)

Declan Walker - Mock Singing Audition

Course information:

These workshops are group mock auditions;

Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.

During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.

There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.

Book now

🗓️ 12th March
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £50

Mar

14

PEARSON CASTING

PEARSON CASTING CDG CDA CSA

Are an award-winning, freelance Casting House based in London and New York, founded & run by husband & wife team - Rosie & James Pearson. In 2022 they won 'Best Casting In Regional Theatre' at the CDG Awards for their work on RENT. This year they were added to The Stage 100.

Theatre Includes: OPERATION MINCEMEAT (Fortune Theatre); TITANIQUE (Criterion Theatre); SIX THE MUSICAL (WEST END & UK/INTERNATIONAL TOURS); STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Troubadour, Wembley); COME ALIVE: THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CIRCUS SPECTACULAR (Empress Museum); CHICAGO (European Tour); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (International Tour); FLY MORE THAN YOU FALL (Southwark Playhouse); PLAY ON! (UK Tour); CLUE (US Tour); SUPERYOU! (Leicester Curve); LITTLE PIECE OF YOU (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); THE WHISTLING (The Mill At Sonning); PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (US Tour); HOUSE OF CLEOPATRA (Edinburgh Fringe); DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (Edinburgh Fringe); BLUEY’S BIG PLAY (Southbank Centre & UK Tour); 42 BALLOONS (Lowry Theatre); GYPSY (The Mill At Sonning); REMEMBRANCE MONDAY (Seven Dials Playhouse); CHRISTMAS ACTUALLY (Southbank Centre); LIZZIE (Southwark Playhouse & UK Tour); POLICE COPS: THE MUSICAL (Southwark Playhouse & UK Tour); DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAINS CHRISTMAS CAROL (Queen Elizabeth Hall); CHERRY JEZEBEL (Liverpool Everyman Theatre); HIGH SOCIETY (The Mill At Sonning); RENT (Hope Mill Theatre); A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Shakespeare North Playhouse); HORSE-PLAY (Riverside Studios); TO THE STREETS (Birmingham Hippodrome), COSI FAN TUTTI (London Coliseum); UNFORTUNATE (UK Tour); LIFT (Southwark Playhouse); FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); CINDERELLA: THE AWESOME TRUTH (Polka Theatre); BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Nottingham Playhouse); BY THE WATERS OF LIVERPOOL (UK Tour); STAY AWAKE JAKE (Southwark Playhouse); FOREVER PLAID (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA (Hope Mill Theatre); BLOOD RUNS DEEP (Epstein Theatre, Liverpool); CALL ME VICKY (The Pleasance Theatre); CLUB MEX (Hope Mill Theatre); ONE MAN’S STORY (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall); 42ND STREET (Upstairs at The Gatehouse); MYTH: THE RISE & FALL OF ORPHEUS (The Other Palace); ANYTHING GOES (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL (Blackpool Winter Gardens); A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Blackpool Winter Gardens); LEGALLY BLONDE (Aberystwyth Arts Centre).

Film and TV includes: TV - ANNE (World Productions & ITV) as Casting Assistant. Feature Films - CRYSTAL (Xenon Films); STEPHEN (Melanie Manchot).

Short Films: THE RED CHAMBER (Lockbridge Productions); (NO TRAVELLER RETURNS (Andrew Pennington); MUMMY’S BOY (Typecast Productions); WORMFOOD (Ali Coulson/Sarah Higgins); POWER OF NUMBERS (Standard Chartered/Liverpool FC).

Pearson Casting - ‘Audition honesty workshop’

Course information:

This is a 3-hour session where we and the group will give feedback on how you come across in an audition scenario. You can perform a monologue or a song. James will work individually on what you choose to present.

What we'll cover:

• How do you come across in an audition?

• What type of actor are you in an audition?

• How much does a mistake in an audition really matter?

• Audition nerves.

• Ask questions about the casting process you are desperate to know about.

SOLD OUT

🗓️ 14th March
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £50

Email info@londontheatrerunway.com to be added to our waiting list

Mar

18

GRACE MCINERNY

Grace McInerny - Associate Casting Director from Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting

Grace is a freelance Casting Director/Associate who is also currently working as a Casting Associate in the office of Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting. She has worked on over 50 productions having also worked with Jim Arnold CDG and Pearson Casting. She has also assisted in the casting of over 30 commercials for Anne Stone Casting and is a probationary member of the CDG.

Notable Theatre Credits as Associate Director Include: HERCULES (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); MOULIN ROUGE! (Piccadilly Theatre and World Tour); TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (Aldwych Theatre & UK & Ireland Tour); DISNEY’S THE LION KING (Lyceum Theatre); MJ THE MUSICAL (Prince Edward Theatre); THE BOOK OF MORMON (Prince of Wales & UK & International Tour); KIT KAT CLUB (Badrutt’s Palace).

Notable Theatre Credits as Senior Casting Assistant include: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Donmar Warehouse); COMING TO ENGLAND (UK Tour); DEAR EVAN HANSEN (UK Tour); SHREK - THE MUSICAL (Hammersmith Apollo & UK & Ireland Tour); BONNIE & CLYDE (Arts Theatre, Garrick Theatre & UK Tour); WICKED (Apollo Victoria & UK & Ireland Tour); PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (Piccadilly Theatre & UK & Ireland Tour); THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF MUSICAL (Noël Coward Theatre & Cheltenham Everyman); CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - THE MUSICAL (Leeds Playhouse & UK Tour); WHEN DARKNESS FALLS (UK Tour); ROCK OF AGES (UK & Ireland Tour); FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL (Hall for Cornwall & UK, Ireland & Canada Tour); THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (Dominion Theatre).

Notable Theatre Credits as Casting Assistant: SIX THE MUSICAL (UK & International Tour); OPERATION MINCEMEAT (Fortune Theatre); STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre); REMEMBRANCE MONDAY (Seven Dials Playhouse); BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL (Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings).

Grace McInerny - Mock Singing Audition

Course information:

These workshops are group mock auditions;

Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.

During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.

There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.

SOLD OUT

🗓️ 18th Mar
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £50

Email info@londontheatrerunway.com to be added to our waiting list

30

Mar

VICTORIA GIMBY & NIKOLAI FOSTER WITH GEORGE DYER

Victoria Gimby - Mock Acting Audition

Nikolai Foster with George Dyer - Mock Singing Audition

Victoria Gimby - Associate Director & Writer

Victoria trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts/Birkbeck University (MA) and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (BA), and specialises in the development of new Musical Theatre. She is currently Resident Director on Hadestown in the West End, having previously been the International Associate Director on Sister Act.

Her current projects include the stage adaptations of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (Book Writer & Co-lyricist), and “My so called Haunting” (Co-Book Writer). She is also the Writer/ Director of “Forty” (short film), and “Stages”, a series of short films following a life on the stage, featuring Lesley Joseph, Lemar and Lee Mead.

As Associate Director: Sister Act (Hammersmith Apollo and UK tour); Rock of Ages (UK tour, Nick Winston); Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus (The Other Palace Theatre, Arlene Phillips) and 27 the Musical (Cockpit Theatre, Arlene Phillips).

Most recent credits as Director include: Jack and the Beanstalk (Sunderland Empire) Snow White (Bournemouth Pavilion); A Good Panto Die Hard (Gilded Balloon); Beauty and the Beast (Bournemouth Pavilion); Stiles and Drew’s Three Little Pigs (UK tour); Peter Pan (Chelmsford Theatre); The Chocolate Lovers Club (workshop for the adaptation); The Cereal Cafe (The Other Palace); Grimm Tales (Reading Rep); Call Me Vicky (The Pleasance); Bard From the Barn (Barn Theatre); News Revue (The Canal Cafe Theatre); Jam Jars (The Actors Centre); Luck of the Draw (RADA Festival); UKIP! The Musical (UK tour, Movement Director, winner of The Stage Award for Ensemble Excellence); Variety Shows (Hapag Lloyd Cruises); The Ballad of Paragon Station (international tour); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St Leonards-on-Sea Festival); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Emil Dale) and Saturday Night Fever (Urdang Academy). As Assistant Director: Zanna, Don’t! (The Landor) and The Mikado (Leicester Square Theatre). Victoria is also Resident Director of City Academy’s Musical Theatre Department, directing studio and company musicals and teaching courses on writing.

Nikolai Foster - Director

Nikolai is Artistic Director at Curve, Leicester, one of the UK’s leading regional theatres and described as “world class” by The Daily Telegraph.

Most recently at Curve, Nikolai directed A CHORUS LINE (also at Sadler’s Wells & UK tour); Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice’s EVITA and THE WIZARD OF OZ (also at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London Palladium & UK tour); the first new UK production of Lee Hall & Elton John’s BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL (winner Best Musical Production UK Theatre Awards & Best Regional Production WhatsOnStage Awards), described as a “masterpiece” by The Times and Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s GREASE at London’s Dominion Theatre and extensive UK tours. During lockdown, Nikolai directed Curve’s first digital streamed production, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black & Christopher Hampton’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, hailed as a “game-changer” by The Telegraph. Nikolai has also directed a major revival of Bernstein, Sondheim & Laurents’ WEST SIDE STORY; Hanif Kureishi’s MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (nominated for Best Regional Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2020); AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN – THE MUSICAL (& UK tours); Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS (also at the Dominion & on tour); the world-premiere of Dougal Irvine’s adaptation of Riaz Khan’s MEMOIRS OF AN ASIAN FOOTBALL CASUAL (winner Best Stage Production Asian Media Awards); SUNSET BOULEVARD (UK tour & winner Best Regional Production WhatsOnStage Awards); Joe Orton’s WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (with Theatre Royal Bath); Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (with Birmingham Rep); the Broadway musical SPRING AWAKENING (with NYMT); LEGALLY BLONDE (Opera Garnier, Monaco and Daegu Opera Festival, South Korea – Winner Best Musical – Daegu International Musical Festival Awards); Truman Capote’s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (& Haymarket Theatre, London & UK tour); Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES (with Rose Theatre Kingston, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, Leeds Playhouse & UK tour); Tennessee Williams’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; Shakespeare’s RICHARD III; Timberlake Wertenbaker’s OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD and a performance to celebrate the reveal of the tomb of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral.

As Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse, he directed Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM, a new Sherlock Holmes story (THE BEST KEPT SECRET by Mark Catley), Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL (adapted by Bryony Lavery & Jason Carr), Louise Page’s SALONIKA & Amanda Whittington’s BOLLYWOOD JANE. At the Crucible Sheffield, Nikolai made his directorial debut with A CHORUS LINE (2003), later followed by productions of Sondheim’s ASSASSINS and Shaffer’s AMADEUS.

Nikolai has also directed acclaimed productions of Coward’s HAY FEVER (Chichester Festival Theatre); ANNIE (Piccadilly Theatre, Toronto, South Africa & extensive UK tours); Jonathan Harvey’s BEAUTIFUL THING (Arts Theatre, London); Shelagh Stephenson’s THE MEMORY OF WATER (Stephen Joseph Scarborough); Leoncavallo’s PAGLIACCI (English Touring Opera & Pegasus Opera); A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE & Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Theatr Clwyd); THE JUNGLE BOOK (Glasgow Citz); Barry Hine’s KES & Ayckbourn’s SEASON’S GREETINGS (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse); David Essex’s ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR (UK tour); Coward’s final play A SONG AT TWLIGHT, Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Steinbeck’s OF MICE & MEN and Brecht’s THE GOOD PERSON OF SICHUAN (all Mercury Theatre, Colchester); THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (UK tour); Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT (Chester Storyhouse); THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (York Theatre Royal); MACBETH (Singapore Repertory Theatre); Dahl’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (UK tour); Ayckbourn’s ABSENT FRIENDS & Terry Johnson’s DEAD FUNNY (Oldham Coliseum); Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Dickens’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Palace Theatre Watford & ETT) and Boucicault’s LONDON ASSURANCE & CALAMITY JANE at the Watermill (2010 & 2025 UK tours).

George Dyer - Musical Director

George read Music at Durham University before being offered a scholarship to study Musical Direction at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Credits as Musical Director: The Wizard of Oz (Palladium), West Side Story (Curve), Annie (West End), The Last Five Years (Southwark Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), Annie (UK Tour, Broadwayworld Award - Best Musical Direction), Bugsy Malone (Curve, Leicester), Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse and St. James’ Theatre – European Premiere, Broadwayworld Award – Best Musical Direction), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Derby Theatre), Sweeney Todd (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Manchester Royal Exchange), Footloose (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Liza (on an E) (Vaudeville Theatre West), Howard Goodall’s A Winter’s Tale (Professional Premiere), Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd), Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Ragtime (Landor Theatre), The Wiz (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep), Sincerely Nöel - with Alistair McGowan (Riverside Studios), Momentous Musicals (New Wimbledon Theatre & UK Tour), Betwixt! (Trafalgar Studios), Peter Pan (Casino Theatre, Geneva), Shoshana Bean: Live in the West End (Ambassadors Theatre), Helena Blackman, The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Prince of Wales Theatre), Tomorrow Morning (Landor Theatre), Zombie Prom (UK Premiere, Landor Theatre), Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe & the Caribbean Pirates and Jack and the Beanstalk (for QDOS, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton), Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Newcastle) and Sleeping Beauty (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford).

Credits as Arranger & Orchestrator and Musical Supervisor include: The Wizard of Oz (Palladium, UK Tour & Curve), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour), Billy Elliot (Curve), I Should be so Lucky (World Premiere), Nativity! The Musical (UK Tour), West Side Story (Curve), Carousel (Kilworth House), The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), The Last Five Years (Southwark & West End), An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical (UK & US Tour), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour 2017, Korea and Troubadour Theatre), Annie (West End, UK Tour, Canada and South African productions), Bugsy Malone, Footloose, Merrily We Roll Along, Ragtime, The Wiz and Momentous Musicals.

Course information:

These workshops are group mock auditions;

Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.

During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.

There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.

There will be two groups of participants for this workshop - each group will be with one workshop leader in the morning, then groups will switch at lunch to work with the second creative.

Book now

🗓️ 30th March
⏰ 10:00 - 17:00
📍 The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £95

Apr

08

LILY CAISLEY

Lily Caisley - Mock Singing Audition

Lily Caisley - Casting Associate from Cameron Mackintosh Ltd

THEATRE

For Cameron Mackintosh Limited:
Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre & UK Tour)
Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre & UK Tour)
The Phantom of the Opera (His Majesty’s Theatre)
Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre & UK Tour)

Oliver! (Chichester/Gielgud Theatre)

For Bill Kenwright Limited:
Heathers the Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour)
Evita (Phoenix Theatre & UK and International Tour)
Cabaret (UK Tour)
Ghost the Musical (UK and International Tour)
Cilla the Musical (UK Tour)

Course information:

These workshops are group mock auditions;

Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.

During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.

There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.

SOLD OUT

🗓️ 8th April
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55

Email info@londontheatrerunway.com to be added to our waiting list

Mar

14

PEARSON CASTING

PEARSON CASTING CDG CDA CSA

Film and TV includes: TV - ANNE (World Productions & ITV) as Casting Assistant. Feature Films - CRYSTAL (Xenon Films); STEPHEN (Melanie Manchot).

Pearson Casting - ‘Audition honesty workshop’

Course information:

What we'll cover:

• How do you come across in an audition?

• What type of actor are you in an audition?

• How much does a mistake in an audition really matter?

• Audition nerves.

• Ask questions about the casting process you are desperate to know about.

SOLD OUT

🗓️ 11th April
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55

Email info@londontheatrerunway.com to be added to our waiting list

Apr

23

GARY LLOYD & RICHARD ROE

Gary Lloyd & Richard Roe - Open Dance Class

Gary Lloyd - Choreographer

Theatre credits as Director / Choreographer Include: Heathers the Musical (Choreographer & Associate Director), New World Stages, NYC, Soho Place, Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Other Palace and UK Tour; Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical, (Choreographer & Associate Director) UK Tour, The Other Palace; White Christmas, The Mill at Sonning; Sweet Charity, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre, Arts Ed; Rehab The Musical, Neon 194 Piccadilly and Playground Theatre; Dirty Dancing in Concert, UK & European Tour; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 50th Anniversary UK Touring Production (Choreographer); Carrie the Musical - Southwark Playhouse; Thriller Live! - Lyric Theatre, West End, UK Tours, World Tour; The Life - English Theatre, Frankfurt (Choreographer); FAME - the 25th Anniversary UK Tour; 20th Century Boy - The Story Of Marc Bolan, UK Tour & Belgrade Theatre Coventry; Hair the Musical, Piccadilly Theatre (in support of Help for Heroes), Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam and European Tour; The Genius Of Ray Charles, Theatre Royal Haymarket; Jesus Christ Superstar Scandinavia Tour.

With Nikolai Foster: Aspects Of Love – UK Tour starring David Essex; Amadeus – Sheffield Crucible; Animal Farm - West Yorkshire Playhouse; My Fair Lady - Larnaca Festival and Southeast Asia Tour; City of Angels – English Theatre Frankfurt.

Richard Roe - Choreographer

Richard Roe has worked for the last 30 years in a wide variety of projects ranging from the West End and UK television to projects in America, Canada and Europe.

Richard has worked closely with directors and choreographers such as Peter Darling, Arlene Phillips, Matthew Warchus, Tim Sheader, Liam Steel, Ann Yee, Nick Hytner and Jamie Lloyd on titles such as Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Urinetown, Ben Hur Live, Imagine This and The Lord of The Rings.

He collaborated with Arlene Phillips on the Monty Python Reunion at the O2, the Olivier Awards, Alan Bennett’s last play Allelujah and on re-creating the Guinness world record for the largest tap troupe routine for the BBC.

As a choreographer Richard has worked on The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Also Director, Guildford School of Acting); Shirley (as Associate Choreographer, Workshop); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Adventures of Peter Pan (Darlington Hippodrome); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Aladdin and Cinderella (The Grand Theatre, Swansea); Aladdin, Dick Whittington and Cinderella (Hackney Empire); Grease (Dominion Theatre/UK Tour); Gypsy, Mean Girls, Cabaret and Flora the Red Menace (Mountview); Secret Garden and Curtains (GSA); A Little Princess (Royal Festival Hall); the world premiere of the UK Tour Judy – The Songbook of Judy Garland, starring Lorna Luft; the new musical comedy Crush – The Musical (UK Tour), has restaged the choreography for the American, French, and Australian productions of The Wizard of Oz; Jackie the Musical (UK Tour); Professor Brian Cox’s new BBC documentary Universe (aired Christmas 2016), a midsummer night’s dream (BBC) and provided choreography for the second series of The Tracey Ullman Show (BBC).

Course information:

This is a group dance workshop. Our Choreographers will teach their own routines for an hour each. They will then end the session with a group Q and A.

Book now

🗓️ 23rd April
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍Dance Attic
💵 £35

27

Apr

STEPHEN CROCKETT & NAOMI DOWNHAM WITH JOSH SEYMOUR

Stephen Crockett - Mock Singing Audition

Naomi Downham with Josh Seymour - Mock Acting Audition

Stephen Crockett - Casting Director

Stephen was Chairman of The Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain from 2012 to 2015.

He is the casting director for Mamma Mia! London and UK Tour productions, and has been casting consultant on productions in Germany, Holland, Norway, Italy, Spain and Russia.

Theatre includes: Waitress (West End and UK Tour); Fat Friends (UK Tour); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); 42nd Street, Singing in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Guys and Dolls, Funny Girl (Théâtre Marigny, Paris); Violet (Charing Cross Theatre); West Side Story (BBC Proms); Jerry Springer – The Opera (National Theatre / Cambridge); Chicago (Cambridge / Adelphi / Garrick / UK Tours); Mrs Henderson Presents (Bath Theatre Royal / Noel Coward); The Little Prince (Lyric Theatre Belfast / Dubai); The Braille Legacy (Savoy); T’Aint A Bird (Arts) Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be (Theatre Royal Stratford East); High Society (UK Tour); Light in the Piazza (Leicester Curve); My Fair Lady, Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible); West Side Story (Sage Gateshead) and Hello Dolly! (Open Air Theatre Regents Park).

Film and Television includes: Musical Ensemble Casting for Mamma Mia! the Movie & Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal); Nine (Weinstein Co.); The Universe (BBC); Superstar (ITV); How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Maria (BBC); Kombat Opera Presents (BBC).

Naomi Downham - Casting Associate for the National Theatre

Naomi Downham is currently Casting Associate at the National Theatre. Her most recent work as a casting director includes The Land of the Living, Alterations, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, The Lehman Trilogy (International Tour), Underdog: The Other Other Brontë, The House of Bernarda Alba and The Crucible (also at the Gielgud) at the National Theatre; Cyrano at the Traverse Theatre; Brown Boys Swim at Soho Theatre; Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial at the Ambassadors; & Athena at The Yard Theatre.

As casting associate, credits include Inter Alia, The Motive and the Cue, Othello, The Corn is Green, The Normal Heart and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also West End) for the National Theatre. Film includes A Death in the Family (short film), Death of England: Face to Face.

Josh Seymour - Director

Josh is a theatre director based in London, working on new and existing plays and musicals.

He trained as Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse and was Runner-Up for the 2018 RTST Peter Hall Award. In 2016, he won Best Director at the Off-West End Awards for One Arm at Southwark Playhouse.

Work as a director includes the first major revival of Polly Stenham’s That Face (Orange Tree Theatre), the world premiere of The Narcissist by Christopher Shinn (Chichester Festival Theatre), Suddenly Last Summer (English Theatre Frankfurt), the world premiere of Musik by Jonathan Harvey and The Pet Shop Boys (Edinburgh Festival/Arts Theatre), and the European premieres of Adding Machine (Finborough Theatre) and One Arm (Southwark Playhouse), for which he won Best Director at the 2016 Off-West End Awards.

Josh has worked as Associate/Assistant Director for Dominic Cooke, Michael Grandage, Josie Rourke, Lyndsey Turner, Peter Gill, Matthew Warchus, Robert Hastie and Alexander Zeldin.

Josh also works as an acting teacher and audition coach and has extensive experience directing at drama schools including LAMDA, Mountview and Arts Educational.

Course information:

These workshops are group mock auditions;

Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.

During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.

There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.

There will be two groups of participants for this workshop - each group will be with one workshop leader in the morning, then groups will switch at lunch to work with the second creative.

Book now

🗓️ 27th April
⏰ 10:00 - 17:00
📍 The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £95

When? Weekday evening

Number of participant groups? One

Length of programme? Varies for each individual workshop

Format? Group mock audition scenario led by a top industry creative

When? One Sunday each month

Number of participant groups? Two

Length of programme? 6 hours
(3 hours spent with each workshop leader)

Format? Group mock audition scenarios led by top industry creatives

When? Various short training courses throughout the year

Number of participant groups? One

Length of programme? 6 hours each day

Format? Intensive training weeks, allowing participants to hone in on their craft whilst also learning new skills

F.A.Q.

As with most professional training programmes, London Theatre Runway courses can improve the likelihood of a fulfilling and successful career. That said, participating in a London Theatre Runway course does not automatically guarantee you employment. Contact with our instructors and workshop leaders should be treated as a personal and career development opportunity, rather than an audition.
Payment will be made as you book your place in one of our workshops.
If you cannot attend your workshop as a result of booking a performing job, we will hold your pre-paid balance as credit for you to use towards sessions in the future.
We advise participants to have completed a relevant professional training programme before attending London Theatre Runway. However, if you haven't yet completed training, please ensure that your skillset is at a high standard before applying. London Theatre Runway provides training for participants to hone in on their craft, rather than teaching skills from a beginner level.
All participants are required to be over the age of 18 by the time their chosen course begins.
(For information regarding LTR Junior, please visit the LTR Junior page and scroll down to the FAQ’s.)
There is no audition process - just book your place using our online platform and away we go!
London Theatre Runway is not designed as an alternative to undergraduate training. Instead, the course is designed to enhance your career and to build upon the skills you have learnt through vocational programmes. Therefore, our courses are not accredited.
For our dance workshops, we split* participants based on confidence levels. This is because we understand that some performers excel in dance, and others are actor-singers who get fearful at the thought of a dance call. Whatever your situation, we're here to help you on your own journey. Whether you're aiming to book a job in a dance-based show, or you just need help getting through that initial movement call, we're here for you! All we ask is that you have a foundation in dance as our classes focus on building your existing skills, rather than teaching technique from scratch.
*Participants are split on programmes involving two participant groups. For workshops with only one group, participants will be kept together, but workshop leaders are very mindful of accommodating all confidence levels.