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Written and performed by Sophie Fisher, this solo show charts the lived experience of pursuing an acting career through audition rooms, relationships, family dynamics, and inherited expectations. Directed by Linda Ludwig, the production uses a live feed camera system to place audiences inside the audition room, capturing every gesture, silence, and reaction in real time. The show explores how external judgement becomes internal belief, excavating questions of identity, worth, and belonging, with voices from Charlotte Anne Tilley, Maddy Banks, AJ Bentley, Arthur Boan, and others woven into the world. Following a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and at Seven Dials Playhouse in London, the show returns to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with Assembly in a further developed form.
Cast and Creative Team for An Ode to the Casting Director at Assembly George Square Studios
Cast
Sophie Fisher
Ensemble
Charlotte Anne Tilley
Ensemble
Maddy Banks
Ensemble
AJ Bentley
Ensemble
Arthur Boan
Ensemble
David Boan
Ensemble
Zoë Carey Williams
Ensemble
Marcus Houden
Ensemble
Vincent Rosec
Ensemble
Yuna Shin
Ensemble
Diana Toft
Ensemble
Shekhar Varma
Ensemble
Creative Team
Linda Ludwig
Director
News About An Ode to the Casting Director at Assembly George Square Studios
AN ODE TO THE CASTING DIRECTING Will Come to Edinburgh Fringe
July 07, 2026 Following a critically acclaimed, award nominated, sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, An Ode to the Casting Director will return as a breakout solo show, heading back to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with Assembly.About the Theatre
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