Be an Extra in a BBC School Drama + More UK Casting Calls

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BBC School Drama Shoot 

Actors of any gender aged 16–23 are wanted to play extras in a children’s school drama set in Yorkshire. Talent will work in York from 10–25 October. Pay is £117.71 for an estimated seven hours of work. 

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Untitled Horror Film

A horror-drama shooting in and around Chester is casting: a female actor aged 25–30; a male actor aged 35–50; a male actor of black/African descent aged 60–85. Talent, who must be local to the north-west of England, will work in Chester on a to-be-announced date in October or November. Pay is £100 for an estimated five or six hours of work. 

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Independent Film: Sacred Scares

An independent movie is casting: a female actor aged 22–40; a male actor of black/African descent aged 18+. Talent will work in Bristol, Gloucester and Wales over 20 to-be-announced dates. Pay is £1,750. 

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Theatre and Pantomime 

An actor of any gender aged 18+ is wanted to play Scrooge, plus a number of other roles, in a theatre in education tour that doubles up as a Christmas pantomime. Talent will be based in Preston, and tour around the north-west of the UK, over to-be-announced dates. Pay is up to £3,150 for an estimated six weeks of work.

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Educational Web Series

A female actor of white/European descent, aged 28–45, is wanted to play a mother listening and speaking to their child in an educational online series exploring resilience to bullying. Talent will work in south London on 30 October. Pay is £250 for an estimated eight hours of work.

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Pantomime: Rapunzel

A male actor aged 18–40 is wanted for an hour-long production of Rapunzel due to tour schools and care homes throughout December. Talent will work at venues across London and the south-east of England, with rehearsals on four non-consecutive, to-be-announced dates in November and early December, and performances from 3–23 December. Pay is £1,890–£2,100 for an estimated 21 days of work. 

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Comedy Drama: My London 

A comedy drama about a single mother of five, juggling multiple jobs and family life, is casting: a female actor of black/African descent aged 45–65 to play the protagonist; a female actor of ethnically ambiguous or multiracial descent aged 18+; a male actor of black/African descent aged 25–28; a female actor of black or multiracial descent aged 17–19; a female actor aged 22–23; a male actor aged 50–54. Talent will work in London over to-be-announced dates. Pay is £1,000–£1,200 for an estimated 10 days of work.

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Short Film: Don’t Believe What You See On TV 

A female actor aged 19–29 is wanted for an LGBTQ+ short film exploring nostalgia. Talent will work in Manchester over three to-be-announced dates in late October. Pay is up to £950.

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Children’s Christmas Musical 

A male actor aged 18–24 is wanted to play a “confident, energetic and mischievous” Christmas elf in a 20-minute musical, Jingle and Jangle’s Christmas Adventure, staged in a purpose-built barn. Talent will work at Godstone Farm, Surrey, from 18 November – 24 December. Pay is £1,220 for an estimated 18 days of work.

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Netflix Series 

A “popular” Netflix series returning to filming is seeking male and trans male extras with long hair, aged 18–45. Talent will work in London, Surrey and south-west England on to-be-announced dates between August and November. Pay is up £4,680 for an estimated five days of work. 

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