Sam Jones

Ms Sam Jones (Female)

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Casting director. Jones has worked extensively in theatre and in television and film. She began her career as Casting Assistant for the Royal Shakespeare Company, then 'worked as an Assistant to various prestigious Casting Directors including Joyce Nettles, Michelle Guish and Siobhan Bracke' and in 1995 worked as Casting Director for the Almeida Theatre. 'On leaving the Almeida she worked on the ’97 Globe Theatre season with Siobhan Bracke and was then invited by Terry Hands to become Casting Director for Clwyd Theatr Cymru. She went on to cast his first two seasons for the theatre which won the 1998 TMABest Theatre Award. Concurrently she expanded her freelance career casting plays for, among others, English Touring Theatre, The Bristol Old Vic, Bath Theatre Royal, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Salisbury Playhouse, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Tricycle, The Almeida Theatre, The Opera Group and the Teatrul Dramatic Constantza, Romania. She subsequently became Head of Casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company and presided over the multi-award winning Histories Company, David Tennant’s HAMLET and Sir Ian McEllan’s KING LEAR, among others. On leaving there she was invited to become Casting Director for the newly formed National Theatre Wales' (Hamilton Hodell website).

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Betrayal (Bath - Oxford - London Tour) (2003)

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Hamilton Hodell Talent Management Website

http://www.thecdg.co.uk/members-downloads/cv/samjones.pdf

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Accessed 13 December 2018.