Lucy Casson is a Casting Director from Yorkshire. She was a professional dancer for many years before her move into casting.

Casting for theatre includes: Small Island (Leeds Playhouse/Nottingham Playhouse/Birmingham Rep), Death of A Salesman (Liverpool Everyman), One Tiny Penguin (Birmingham Hippodrome), Brassed Off, Planet Omar, A Christmas Carol, Through It All Together, Lord of The Flies, Nine Night, Macbeth, I Wanna Be Yours, Say Yes to Tess, Dr Korczak’s Example (all for Leeds Playhouse), Crime and Punishment, As You Like It (Northern Broadsides), Animal Farm (Leeds Playhouse/ Nottingham Playhouse/ Theatre Royal Stratford East) – Nominated for CDG Award 2026 for Best Casting of Regional Theatre), The Wanderers (Marylebone Theatre), Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse – Additional Casting), Operation Epsilon, Straight White Men (Southwark Playhouse), Faustus (Storyhouse, Chester), Clybourne Park and Gently Down The Stream (Park Theatre), Gabriel (UK Tour), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Bristol Tobacco Factory), Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre), Reasons To Stay Alive (Sheffield Theatres/ETT).

Casting for screen includes: LEGO Friends: Heartlake the Musical (The LEGO Group/ Final Pixel)

Casting for Musical Theatre includes: Hamilton (UK & Ireland Tour), 101 Dalmatians (Eventim Apollo & UK & Ireland Tour), A Knight’s Tale (Manchester Opera House), Club Nvrland (Edinburgh Fringe), Newsies (Original UK Cast, Wembley Park Theatre), An American in Paris (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Carousel (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre as co-Casting Director).

As Casting Associate or Assistant: Upgraded (Amazon Films – Leeds Casting), The Bay S1 (ITV), Murdered by my Father (BBC), On The Town (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre, Japan), Equus (Theatre Royal Stratford East/ETT), On The Town (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Addams Family (UK Tour), An American in Paris (West End), Henry V and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Michael Grandage Company, West End), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company).