As The Garden Cinema members community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a large range of film creatives, we like to help connect our members working across all departments of the industry.

For our regular industry panels, we invite knowledgeable speakers to discuss their specific branch of the industry, leaving plenty of time for asking questions. After the discussion, we all head into the Garden Bar, to network with fellow members.

On Wednesday 2 October we will be joined by casting directors Rebecca Wright (Chuck Chuck Baby, Call the Midwife) and Lucy Jordan (The Lesson, Poor Things). They will discuss their respective careers and approaches to casting, and explain a bit more about what happens behind the scenes.

Tickets are restricted to 1 per member, and available for just £5, which includes a token for a complimentary house wine, beer or soft/hot drink.

About the speakers:

Rebecca Wright CDG CSA

Rebecca has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. Starting out as an Assistant Director in TV and Film, she moved into the wonderful world of casting in 1998. After gaining invaluable experience working alongside some of the most esteemed Casting Directors in the UK, she set up her own company, Rebecca Wright Casting, in 2011. She casts for TV and Film, and has cast many TV dramas including Call The Midwife, Sanditon, Britannia, Rillington Place and Thirteen. More recently she has cast independent feature films Chuck Chuck Baby and Madfabulous.

https://www.rebeccawrightcasting.com / @beccawrightcdg

Lucy Jordan

Lucy is a casting director with over a decade in the industry. She has frequently collaborated with director Yorgos Lanthimos, including on the Academy Award-winning The Favourite and critically acclaimed Poor Things, as well as on Lanthimos' newest feature Kinds of Kindness. Lucy was casting director for Alice Troughton’s The Lesson, and most recently on Meta’s first ever scripted VR series The Villa, for Eli Roth’s Crypt TV. In 2023 Lucy partnered up with fellow casting director Shenae Rae to form Jordan & Rae Casting, working in TV and film with some of the UK’s top production companies.

Check out our Youtube channel for videos of our previous industry panels, which have included:

Animation, with Michaël Dudok de Wit (The Red Turtle) and Alexandra Sasha Balan (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse)

Cinematography, with Evelin van Rei (Passenger), Bebe Dierken (Midas Man) and Nanu Segal (Hoard)

Costume, with Joanna Johnston (Lincoln) and Charlotte Finlay (Barbie)

Documentary, with Edward Lovelace (Name Me Lawand) and Tom Howson (Dogwoof)

Film festivals, with Christina Papasotiriou (Raindance Film Festival) and Philip Ilson (London Short Film Festival)

Film journalism, with Jacob Stolworthy (The Independent) and Jack Shepherd (Total Film)

Production, with Georgia Goggin (Pretty Red Dress) and Susan Simnett (Fadia's Tree)