Joyce Nettles
Casting Director
Joyce Nettles was head of casting at the RSC for ten
years under the artistic directorship of Trevor Nunn.
She worked on a regular basis with Jonathan Kent when he
was artistic director of the Almeida and cast the
Almeida’s recent acclaimed production of
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,
directed by Rupert Goold.
Theatre includes: casting three productions with the
great German director Peter Stein –
The Seagull, Blackbird
and
Troilus and Cressida,
all for the Edinburgh International Festival, and she
has also worked with Peter Hall and Peter Brook. Other
recent theatre includes: Jonathan Miller’s 2007
production of
The Cherry Orchard
(Sheffield Crucible),
Death of a Salesman, And Then There Were None, As You
Desire Me, The Country Wife, Glengarry Glen Ross
and
The Sea
(all West End).
Television includes: several series of
Midsomer Murders
and
Foyle’s War,
episodes of
Kavanagh QC
and
Inspector Morse,
the award winning
Goodnight Mister Tom
and several films for HBO, including
RKO 281
for which she won an Emmy.
Film includes: Zeffirelli’s
Hamlet
and several films with Lars von Trier, including
Breaking the Waves.
