The Show People podcast: Casting director extraordinaire Annie Rowe

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Episode features include
The Soapbox: Andrew and Annie discuss what a Casting Director actually does and some of the many misconceptions that some actors have about that role. Annie reveals the right and wrong way to get in touch with her, including whether or not you should use social media to talk to a Casting Director, how to get an audition for productions she’s casting, the way she likes to run an audition room as well lots of handy advice for anyone who is considering doing work as an extra and golden advice about how to prepare and what to do when auditioning.

Today’s Platform: Composers Sara Eker and Giles Fernando give us a taste of their musical Country Dream. We hear Cross The River performed by Flyn Devey and Sara Eker. The song is sung by the character Garrison Hendricks, the Nashville DA, to his daughter Ashleigh. It’s the song sung by his ancestors on the plantations, to give them hope. He gives Ashleigh the banjo given to him by his great grandma, the significance being that the banjo is a West African instrument that was brought to the US by slaves.

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Andrew Keates

Andrew Keates is a multi award-winning director. His West End credits include: As Is (Trafalgar Studios), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Charing Cross Theatre), Dessa Rose (Trafalgar Studios). Other credits include: Chinglish (Park Theatre), Steve Furst: In Character, Rooms: a rock romance (Finborough Theatre), A Winter’s Tale, The Thing About Men and The Hired Man (Landor Theatre), Bent, Just So (Tabard Theatre).

Andrew was the theatre manager and artistic consultant of the Landor Theatre for over three years. He is the current artistic director of Arion Productions, through which he launched the Show People Podcast in 2017. The free bi-weekly podcast shines a spotlight on the UK performing arts industry and to those dedicated to their craft within it. It's on Twitter at @ShowPeopleUK. In addition, Andrew tweets at @andrewkeates and his personal website is www.andrewkeates.co.uk.