“We are thrilled to be celebrating our fifth annual CDG Awards and once again we are delighted to be back in the room acknowledging our members’ wonderfully diverse and brilliant work. It has been an incredible year for television, film and theatre. We can’t wait to announce our winners and we now have 11 awards; new for this year are the awards for Best Children’s Casting and for Contribution to Casting. Huge congratulations in advance to the winners and to all our nominees”
Sam Jones and Rebecca Wright, CDG Co-Chairs
Our Partner, Spotlight has been connecting performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions since 1927. It’s our role to keep stages and screens filled with talented performers, so we can continue to watch our favourite characters come to life. With studios in London’s West End and a team of people across the world as part of the Talent Systems group, Spotlight is truly at the heart of the industry.
WINNER: Daniel Edwards, Lucy Allen (Associate), Tom Payne & Catherine Garlick (Assistants) – Heartstopper
Nina Gold & Lucy Amos – Bad Sisters
Kate Rhodes-James, Gordon Cowell & Gabriella Summer Wolf (Associates) – House of the Dragon
Victor Jenkins, Seth Mason (Associate), Paushali Banik & Laura Macfadden (Assistants) – Sherwood
Nina Gold, Kate Bone (Associate) – Slow Horses (Series 1)
WINNER: Rachel Sheridan (Series Casting), Nadira Seecoomar (Taster Pilot) – Big Boys
Catherine Willis, Jessica Mescall (Associate) – Cheaters
Lauren Evans – Sex Education (Series 3)
Rachel Freck, Ceri Bedingfield (Associate) – Ten Percent
Amy Hubbard, Amy Jackson & Heidi Lawry, Abhaya Sethu (Assistant) – The Outlaws (Series 1 and 2)
WINNER: Charlotte Sutton – Our Generation, National Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre
Amy Ball & Arthur Carrington – Jerusalem, Apollo Theatre
Heather Basten – Red Pitch, Bush Theatre
Alastair Coomer – The Normal Heart, National Theatre (Olivier)
Serena Hill – To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre
WINNER: Stuart Burt – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Jill Green, Nicholas Hockaday (Assistant), Verity Naughton (Child Casting) – 101 Dalmatians, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Pippa Ailion & Natalie Gallacher – Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre
Natalie Gallacher, Richard Johnston (Associate Casting Director) – Legally Blonde,Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Jacob Sparrow – Oklahoma!, Young Vic
Pippa Ailion & Natalie Gallacher, Katherine Skene & Richard Johnston (Assistants) – Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
WINNER: Stuart Burt, Olivia Barr (Associate) – East is East, Birmingham Rep, National Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre
Jill Green – Crazy For You, Chichester Festival Theatre
Rosie Pearson & James Pearson – Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, UK Tour
David Grindrod – Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath and Scenario Two Ltd
Christopher Worrall, Stuart Burt (Casting Consultant) – Rock / Paper / Scissors, Sheffield Theatres
WINNER: Kahleen Crawford, Carla Morris (Assistant) – The Lost Daughter
Lucy Bevan & Emily Brockmann, Katie Brydon (Associate) – Belfast
Kate Rhodes-James, Gordon Cowell & Gabriella Summer Wolf (Associates) – House of Gucci
Debbie McWilliams & Jemima McWilliams – No Time to Die
Amy Hubbard, Olivia Laydon & Heidi Lawry (Associates) – Spencer
WINNER: Carolyn McLeod, Matt Sheppard (Assistant) – Boiling Point
Shaheen Baig – Ali & Ava
Catherine Willis – Brian & Charles
Amy Hubbard, Olivia Laydon (Associate) – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Shaheen Baig, Jonny Boutwood (Associate) – Pirates
WINNER: Heather Basten – NHS, ‘We are the NHS’
Sue Odell – Alzheimer’s Society, ‘It’s Not Called Getting Old’
Michael Cox & Thom Hammond – Coca Cola Christmas, ‘Real Magic’
Anna McAuley – Macmillan, ‘Whatever You Need’
Claire Curry – Vets4Pets, ‘Thank You’
WINNER: Nina Gold & Martin Ware – This is Going to Hurt
Sarah Crowe & Xanthe Spencer-Davidson – A Very British Scandal
Lucy Bevan & Emily Brockmann, Katie Brydon (Associate) – Anatomy of a Scandal
Nina Gold & Lucy Amos – Landscapers
Daniel Edwards, Lucy Allen (Associate), Catherine Garlick & Tom Payne (Assistants) – Showtrial (BBC)
WINNER: Lucy Bevan & Emily Brockmann, Katie Brydon (Associate) – Belfast
Verity Naughton, Nicholas Hockaday (Assistant) – Bugsy Malone The Musical, UK Tour
Verity Naughton, Nicholas Hockaday (Assistant) – Frozen The Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Aisha Bywaters – My Name is Leon
Verity Naughton, Nicholas Hockaday (Assistant) – School of Rock The Musical, UK Tour
The Contribution to Casting Award has only been awarded once before in the history of the Awards. It is a special award that recognises a contribution to casting that goes above and beyond. This year’s recipient is somebody who has nurtured and supported the careers of young artists, many of whom have gone on to do great things on stage and screen.
We are very grateful to Conway Van Gelder Grant for sponsoring this award.