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Scala Kids Casting, the schools agency has a reputation nation-wide for providing first class, well disciplined children for film and TV. Our children regularly appear in feature films, TV programmes and commercials, with several becoming regular members of some of the country's top TV shows. |
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Film and TV |
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Red Riding Trilogy |
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Scala have two young actresses in this dark 3 parter for Revolution Film starring Sean Bean, Martin Shaw and Mark Addy.9 year old Amber Freeman plays Claire Kemplay in "1974" for director Julian Jarrold. 8 year old Tamsin Mitchell is Hazel Atkins in "1983" directed by Anand Tucker. These are debut roles for both girls. |
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Splintered |
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13 year old Holly Messenger had a scary time acting with a red eyed monster playing the part of young "Sophie" in this new horror movie for Not a Number Productions. |
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Unforgiven—ITV Drama |
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8 year old Sophie Downham has just been seen in the demanding role of Katy Slater, alongside Suranne Jones in Red Productions riveting 3 parter from the Sally Wainwright stable. |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
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Matthew Lewis who landed the role of Neville Longbottom 9 years ago as an 11 year old Scala Kid is currently filming the last in the series for Warner Brothers. |
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Heartbeat |
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Emmerdale |
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7 year old Annelise Manojlovic is now in her 6th year as "Gaby Thomas" followed closely by 6 year old Conner Lee - who plays Terry's pride and joy TJ - who has been in the soap since birth. |
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Theatre |
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Tamsin and Eloise Mitchell will both be appearing in the Puccini opera when it tours the country this winter. |
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Commercials |
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11 year old Sam Laurie is currently on screen in a Co-op "Seeds" commercial. |
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9 year old Josh Coggill with his pet caterpillar "Norman" is appearing in a series of ads, and point of sale for Kingsmill Bread. |
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8 year old Jack Downham has just spent a few days in Berlin filming a commercial for Whiskas— “I Love my Cat” for Soup Film. Jack is the little brother of Sophie who recently appeared in “Unforgiven” |
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Opera North’s production of A Midsummer Nights Dream with Scala kids as the Faeries. |
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Sam Laurie 11 and Jack Downham 7 recently appeared as brothers in a dramatic episode of this popular ITV favourite. |
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Father and Son |
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9 year old Imani McLaren has completed filming in Dublin for the soon to be transmitted four part thriller “Father and Son” for ITV Drama. Starring Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives) and directed by Brian Kirk (The Tudors). Imani plays the daughter of Sophie Okonedo. They liked Imani’s name so much—they changed her characters name from Maya to Imani for the series. |
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Joe Switalski plays Tim, Tom Weston - Steve, and Tara Berwin — The Girl Next Door, in a series of Iceland idents for this year's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here”. |
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Girls Aloud Christmas Special |
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Tamsin was also seen in the Girls Aloud Party—she played mini Kimberley Walsh aged 8 in this Christmas special and is also to appear in the “Iceland” TV campaign. |
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8 year old Millie Archer is currently filming for her role as a new member of the King family - Carl’s daughter Anya. |
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BBC Play for Today |
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12 year old Dakota Fanning look-alike— Lauren Leak-Smith will be seen in the new BBC Play for Today series “Moving On”. She plays “Lilly” in “The Rain has Stopped”. Lauren is loved by directors as she can cry for hours on cue. |
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10 year old Luke Causebrook will be seen in cinemas across the country in a new commercial advertising the joys of Warwick Castle |
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Pipkaneli |
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11 year old Kennedy Smith recently filmed her role as “Pip” in the student film “Pipkaneli” |
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BBC Literacy |
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Several Scalakids appeared in “Hard Times” for BBC Literacy. 12 year old Jack Crabtree plays “Murray” and 14 year old Charlotte Thornton “Sarah” |
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The Forgotten Fallen |
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8 year old Jamie Spencer has just attended the screening of Hardy Pictures “The Forgotten Fallen” - Jamie plays “Sam” in the period drama about the Spanish flu epidemic. |
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BBC Drama—Five Days |
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7 year old Fabienne Clarke will soon be filming for the new drama for BBC “Five Days”. Fabienne is also appearing in the Iceland TV commercials. |
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The Damned United |
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7 year old Sydney Wade played Brian Cloughs Daughter Elizabeth age 6 in "The Damned United" for BBC film. Syd has also been seen in a TV ad for Companion stairlifts with Sir Henry Cooper |
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Curio |
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Sydney has also recently completed filming “Curio” a spine tingling thriller. She impressed the whole crew with her faultless American accent, - not bad for a Leeds kid. |
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Jack has also just completed filming the new, as yet untitled, Robin Hood Adventure, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott. Jack plays young Robin in flashback scenes and spent an exciting few days on the fabulous set. Jack also plays Charity Tate’s son Noah in ITV’s Emmerdale. |
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40 Scalakids joined the rest of the cast when the show visited the Bradford Alhambra in July. |
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Never Forget — The Take That Musical |
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Asbo |
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Ben Burman from Scala Student Workshops plays teenage hoodlum “Sam” for a public information film about knife crime and drug abuse. Ben also has a small role in a forthcoming episode of Emmerdale |
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Charlotte Thornton will soon be seen as “Marion” who appears in one forthcoming episode. |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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10 year old Scala kid Leah Champagnie –will make her West End debut when the Broadway sell-out production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” opens at the Novello Theatre in December. Starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones (Darth Vader) and Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show). Directed by Debbie Allen (Fame) the show runs until April 2010. |
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Scrooge — The Musical |
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22 Scalakids joined veteran performer Tommy Steel and the adult cast of Bill Kenright’s “Scrooge The Musical” when it played at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre. The role of Tiny Tim was shared by Jack Downham (Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, - Young Robin; Whiskers TV commercial; and Emmerdale’s Noah Tate) and Jamie Spencer (Forgotten Fallen; Spooks; and Anywhere But Here) |
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La Boheme |
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Les Miserables |
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Other Cratchitt children were played by Rebecca Ferrin (Hard Times) Daniel Feltham (My Parents Are Aliens – Dan; The Royal - Tom Ormerod; Heartbeat : Ray Lomas) Sophie Downham (Unforgiven- Katie Slater; Heartbeat; Les Miserables - Young Cosette) Tamsin Mitchell (Red Riding 1983; Girls Aloud Party; Iceland Christmas TV Commercial.) and Daisy Tucker (Opera North; Midsummer Nights Dream; Falstaff and Peter Grimes) |
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10 year old Sophie Downham is currently in rehearsals for her role as Young Cosette in the Manchester production of Les Miserables. |
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“I’m a Celebrity” Idents |
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4 year old Lilly Tiplady has filmed a series of Booths supermarket TV commercials for Strudel Film. |
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Fattest Man in Britain |
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Several Scala Kids played family members in this comedy drama by Caroline Aherne and starring Timothy Spall and Bobby Ball. |
