About Sue

Casting & Career Consultant

Sue Manger, as a child, with grandmother Bibby





My grandmother, Bibby, took me to the Theatre Royal, Brighton, Sussex, when I was five - and it must have been an Agatha Christie play as I stood up in my seat to enquire, "What is a body, Bibby?"

In hindsight, it was the beginning of my career - wanting to know what and how people perform and what happens backstage. Just over a decade later I was an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal! The update? Casting ... for the screen.










Casting Highlights

Casting Associate

McLeod's Daughters (South Australia) for Millennium Television / Channel Nine

2001 - 2008: Series 8

Freelance from April 2008.


Media Highlights

The Soap Show – Radio Interview London UK 2006
Ben TV Breakfast Show London UK 2005
Splash FM Radio (Worthing) UK with Dave Hunt 2005


Freelance Casting Consultant (Queensland)

1991 - 2001: Short films, television features, commercials.


Casting Director, Grundy Television (Sydney)

1981 - 1990: The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Bellamy, Secret Valley, Prof. Poopsnagle, Taurus Rising, Possession, Runaway Island, Waterloo Station, Starting Out, Prisoner (Syd), Neighbours (Syd), Australia's Most Wanted (Syd & Bris), Richmond Hill, Tanamera (mini-series), Pretty Petrol (comedy pilot), Sons & Daughters ... not to mention being chaperone for Perfect Match at the same time!


Career Highlights

The Casting Showcase (Brisbane)

1997 - 2001: Developed "The Casting Showcase Assoc.Inc." to assist performers to be in The Right Place at the Right Time which included producing a pilot television programme on auditioning.

1991 - 1995: Received training and assisted Agent Elaine Holland (Brisbane).


Teaching

Sue holds a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. The units are Plan Assessment, Conduct Assessment, Review Assessment, Training Small Groups, Planning and Promoting Training Programs, Planning a Series of Training Sessions, Delivering Training Sessions and Reviewing Training.

Courses

1991 - 2001: I designed courses specifically for: CL Agencies, The Entertainment Academy, V Management, Tamblyns, Spotz Management, Queensland School of Performing Arts, The Australian Acting Academy, The Actors Workshop, The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts.

Talks / Seminars

1991 - 1999: QTC Schools Programme, TAFE Film & TV Production, WIFT, AFTRS (Brisbane), QUT Drama (Kelvin Grove), QUT (Morningside)


Other Right Places ...

Australia

START...ing off with Day Acting Classes at The Independent Theatre School to being a Production Assistant for TV light entertainment shows such as the Mike Walsh Show, the Today Show and the Don Lane Show, with a brief sojourn as a drama agent mixed with some play reading directing .... all leading to being a Casting & Career Consultant!


Canada / USA

More places at The Right Time! Especially stage management for Expo 67 in Montreal and "Carmina Burana" USA Tour with Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens.


UK

The Right Time to be private secretary to Sean Connery and Diane Cilento, letter sorter for The Beatles fan club, in stage management in London's West End and even performing as a fluffy animal or two in "Toad of Toad Hall" for five Christmases also in the West End!

Sue

And where did I start? Sweeping the stage and making cups of tea at Worthing Connaught Theatre (weekly repertory!) Sussex, UK.




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