The Boiling Point TV series, The Banshees of Inisherin, Rye Lane, and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical are among the U.K. Casting Directors’ Guild Awards winners for 2024.
The sixth CDG Casting Awards, held Wednesday evening in London, also honored the theater play Dear England, a TV adaptation of which Sky has just unveiled.
Competing for the awards were productions that premiered between Sept. 1, 2022, and Dec. 31, 2023, and were selected as nominees by members of the guild. The Casting Directors’ Guild represents casting directors in the film, television, theater, and commercials industries in the U.K. and Ireland.
The awards celebrate “the incredible work achieved by casting teams across film, television, theater, and commercials,” in partnership with the global casting platform, Spotlight.
““Casting directors are often the unsung storytellers of the industry. Their vision and skills that help orchestrate an ensemble of characters bring a script to life in every medium,” said Spotlight managing director, Matt Hood.
Check out the full list of winners in each category below:
1) Best Casting in a Film, sponsored by Apple TV+
Winner: The Banshees of Inisherin – Louise Kiely
Other nominations
All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford, Carla Morris & Eliza Heslop (Associates)
Barbie – Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant (Associate), Lucy Downes (Assistant)
Saltburn – Kharmel Cochrane
Triangle of Sadness – Jessie Frost (UK Casting)
2) Best Casting in an Independent Film, sponsored by Independent Talent
Winner: Rye Lane – Kharmel Cochrane
Other nominations
Blue Jean – Shaheen Baig
Dance First – Olivia Scott-Webb, Ruth O’Dowd (Associate)
Scrapper – Shaheen Baig
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Rachel Freck, Jessica Mescall & Nicholas Hockaday (Associates)
3) Best Casting in a Limited or Single Series, sponsored by Apple TV+
Winner: Time (Season 2) – Amy Hubbard, Shannon Dowling-McNulty (Associate)
Other nominations
A Small Light – Nanw Rowlands
Black Mirror (Season 6) – Jina Jay
Somewhere Boy – Catherine Willis, Beatrice Ray (Associate)
The Long Shadow – Victor Jenkins and Sonia Allam, Seth Mason (Associate), Paushali Banik (Assistant)
4) Best Casting in a TV Comedy Series sponsored by Hamilton Hodell
Other nominations
Dreaming Whilst Black – Heather Basten, Peter Noden and Fran Cattaneo(Assistants)
Extraordinary – Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole, Katie Mozumder (Associate)
Motherland Christmas Special – Sarah Crowe, Ben Marks (Associate)
Sex Education (Season 4) – Lauren Evans
Ted Lasso (Season 3) – Theo Park, Laura MacFadden (Associate)
5) Best Casting in a TV Drama Series sponsored by United Agents
Winner: Boiling Point – Shaheen Baig and Jonny Boutwood, Carolyn McLeod (Original Film Casting)
Other nominations:
Andor – Nina Gold and Martin Ware
Slow Horses (Season 2) – Nina Gold, Melissa Gethin Clarke (Associate)
Slow Horses (Season 3) – Nina Gold, Melissa Gethin Clarke (Associate)
The Crown (Season 5) – Robert Sterne, Kate Bone (Associate)
6) Best Casting in Theatre (Inside M25) sponsored by The Partnership Group
Winner: Dear England, Olivier Theatre, National Theatre and The Prince Edward Theatre – Bryony Jarvis Taylor
Other nominations:
A Little Life, Richmond Theatre and, Harold Pinter Theatre – Julia Horan, Lilly
Mackie (Assistant)
A Streetcar Named Desire, Almeida Theatre and The Phoenix Theatre – Julia
Horan, Lilly Mackie (Assistant)
My Neighbor Totoro, Barbican Theatre – Hannah Miller, Martin Poile (Associate)
The Motive and the Cue, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre and the Noel
Coward Theatre – Alastair Coomer
7) Best Casting in Musical Theatre (Inside M25) sponsored by Jonathan Arun Group
Winner: Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre – Charlotte Sutton
Other nominations:
Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre- Stuart Burt
Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre – Natalie Gallacher and Pippa Ailion, Richard Johnston (Associate)
The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse – Anna Cooper
The Witches, Olivier Theatre, National Theatre – Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
8) Best Casting in Regional Theatre sponsored by Conway Van Gelder Grant
Winner: Standing at the Sky’s Edge, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – Stuart Burt
Other nominations:
A Christmas Carol, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC – Matthew Dewsbury
A View From the Bridge, Bolton Octagon and Chichester Festival Theatre – Becky Paris
Choir Boy, Bristol Old Vic – Julia Horan
Cowbois, The Swan Theatre, RSC – Martin Poile
9) Best Child Casting (All Media)
Winner: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (Film) – Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, Katie Brydon (Associate), Amy Beadel (Ensemble Casting Associate), Melody Gerard (Assistant)
Other nominations:
Children With Cancer “Milestone Campaign” (Commercial) – Nicholas Hockaday
Mrs Doubtfire, Shaftesbury Theatre (London Casting, Musical Theatre) – Verity Naughton (Children’s Casting Director)
The Sound of Music, Chichester Festival Theatre (Regional Theatre) – Verity Naughton (Children’s Casting), Nicholas Hockaday (Children’s Casting Assistant)
The Witches, Olivier Theatre, National Theatre (Theatre) – Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
10) Best Casting in a Commercial
Winner: Alzheimer’s Society “Nobody Asks” – Aisha Bywaters
Other nominations:
Age UK “Know What to Do” – Leanne Flinn
Stonewall “Ban Conversion Therapy,” Sue Odell
Children With Cancer “Milestone Campaign” – Nicholas Hockaday
Vanish “Me, My Autism & I” – Kharmel Cochrane
