These screen and gaming projects need talent in the UK right now, so sharpen your self-taping and audition skills and get busy.
Host a portable escape room
A leading escape room experience is seeking role-playing actors to guide audiences through an immersive game set in a near-future world. Performers must be aged 18+, registered self-employed, and based in London. You should have a background in immersive theatre, excellent improvisation skills, and ideally some stage management experience. Games are played in-person via a kit which travels to locations, or online over Zoom. Roles are paid a flat rate of £25–£100 per game.
Apply via the casting notice
Tomb Raider experience
The creators of The Crystal Maze: Live Experience are casting for Tomb Raider: The Live Experience, opening in London this spring. Ensemble roles are for performers of any gender, playing ages 21–45, and any ethnicity. You’ll multi-role a set of larger-than-life characters and facilitate the experience for audiences. Performances are scheduled for afternoons, evenings, and full weekends. Rehearsals begin in April, and roles are paid £12.50 per hour.
Apply via the casting notice
Self-Taping: A Complete Guide for UK Actors Commercial seeking real families
A family safety campaign for a well-known tech company is casting for real families in London. The team are seeking two male-female couples with children, playing ages 35–45, and with children aged 7–14, either of both Turkish–North African or Nordic-Scandinavian heritages, for a two-day video and stills shoot. Families will be filmed at a London location using tech devices which they’ll have time to familiarise themselves with. Performers will provide their own wardrobe, and children will have a licence organised to be removed from school during the shoot. Filming is the week of 21 March, and roles are paid, plus usage, expenses, travel, and accommodation.
Apply via the casting notice
Music video casting two Black women
The music video for “Isolated” explores the relationship between spaces and emotional triggers. The team behind the project are casting in London for a teenage version of the female lead, playing age 14–18, and Black; plus a mother of the female lead, aged 18 and over, and Black. Shooting is on 2 March in East London, and roles are paid £20 per hour.
Apply via the casting notice