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FESTIVAL LINEUP
How To Land Bigger Roles
Nina Malone (Agent, IAG Talent)
10.00am - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
How To Navigate the TV Development Process With ITV
Louise Ogunnaike (Assistant Commissioner, ITV)
11.00am - Bartholomew Suite
How To Really Break Into Theatre
Heather Agyepong (Shifters)
Michael Balogun (The Lehman Trilogy, Top Boy)
11.00am - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
The Truth About Getting Commissioned!
Sarah Asante (Ex-Commissioner, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, FOX, UKTV)
12.00pm - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
Lunch: Wingstop
12.50pm - 2.30pm Foyer B
Secret Support for Writers Interested in Theatre:
The Alfred Fagon Award
Pauline Walker (Creative Director, Alfred Fagon Award)
Benedict Lombe (Shifters)
Ryan Calais-Cameron (Retrograde, For Black Boys)
2.00pm - Bartholomew Suite
How to start your voiceover career in 6 months!
Rachael Naylor (Voiceover Actor, founder of Elements Demos)
2.30pm - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
How To Write for TV and Land an Agent
Simon Nelson (Development Exec, BBC Writers)
Julia Tyrrell (Literary Agent)
3.00pm - Bartholomew Suite
Genuinely Building Your Acting Career:
Advice From 30 Years in the Industry
Julia Crampsie (Casting Director, Our Girl, Eastenders)
3.30pm - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
Making It as a Filmmaker Without Public Funding
Naomi Rhodes (BFI)
Eddie Sternberg (Director, I Used To Be Famous)
4.00pm - Bartholomew Suite
Acting: The Secret Sauce to Longevity
Malachi Kirby (1,000 Blows, Disney)
4.30pm - Trinity & Goodmans Suite
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2025 SPEAKERS
Actor
Malachi Kirby
BAFTA-Award winner
Ex-Commissioner
Sarah Asante
BBC UKTV FOX ITV
Casting Director
Julia Crampsie
Our Girl, Eastenders
Actor
Heather Agyepong
Olivier-Award nominee
Actor
Michael Balogun
Death of England
Acting Agent
Nina Malone
IAG Talent
Voices that have shaped our industry
The thought leaders, trailblazers and changemakers who have redefined our industry.
Actor/Director
SLNda
Ashley Walters
Head of DEI, All3Media
Annika Allen-Gray
Director of Comedy Commissioning. BBC
Jon Petrie
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Producer
Hester Ruoff
Boiling Point
Gassed Up
Executive Producer
Tom Leggett
Mammoth Screen
Producer
Sheila Nortley
Supacell
Stay Close
Acting Agent
Femi Oguns
IAG Talent
Director
Lynette Linton
Shifters
Alterations
Drama Commissioning Editor
Tanya Qureshi
BBC
Agent
Nina Malone
BBC
Actor/Writer/Creative
Tom Moutchi
Gladiator 2
Director
Daniel Bailey
Red Pitch
Actor
Deja Bowens
Champion
Voiceover Coach
Rachael Naylor
The VoiceOver Network
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