Articulate Drama School & Casting Agency

Blake Robinson in The Dumping Ground

Blake Robinson (10) has landed his first cast role – he’s a new series regular on CBBC’s The Dumping Ground! CBBC’s iconic series The Dumping Ground features a long list of young talent, including Articulate kids Freddy Smith (Kyle), Owen Phillips (Wes), Zanele Nyoni (Izzy), Josh Sangha (Sid) and now Blake as Frankie!  Blake has […]

Matilda Kent lands role in All Creatures Great and Small Series 4

The third Articulate member to join the All Creatures Great and Small cast – Matilda Kent (10) has landed a role in Series 4 of the iconic Channel 5 series. This is the second role Matilda has landed in the space of only a few weeks; Matilda has just been in Germany filming for a […]

Jack O’Connor and Matilda Kent filming for major theme park commercial

Articulate’s Jack O’Connor (10) and Matilda Kent (10) landed cast roles in a commercial for a major theme park earlier this month. They recently flew out to Germany to film. Jack was spotted by Casting Director Lee Mountjoy at one of our workshops last month. Lee was really impressed with how Jack performed and took […]

Amara and Aurora join the Hullraisers cast for Series 2

Aurora Harris (7) and Amara Atwal (8) have both landed cast roles in the upcoming series of Channel 4’s Hullraisers!  This is Aurora’s first cast role – she really impressed the casting director with her characterisation and energy. She has quite a bit of experience on TV sets, having previously appeared as a supporting artist […]

CBBC’s The Dumping Ground wins Best Children’s Series

At the 2023 Royal Television Society Awards for the North East and Borders, CBBC’s iconic, long-running drama The Dumping Ground won the ‘Best Children’s’ award! This programme is so special to us because we’ve had so many kids land great roles: Yousef Naseer played Joseph from Series 4 to Series 6. Freddy Smith plays Kyle, […]

Jaylan and Matilda back for Hullraisers Series 2

Jaylan Batten (10) and Matilda Firth (8) are learning their lines and getting ready for the next series of Channel 4’s chaotic comedy Hullraisers! The popular sitcom is set and filmed in Hull, and Series 1 came out April 2022. A second series was confirmed in August after an amazing reception. Hullraisers follows the lives […]

Billy Hickey cast in All Creatures Series 4 as Guest Lead

Billy Hickey has made us very proud, landing his fourth cast role in the beloved Yorkshire-set All Creatures Great and Small. He will be playing the guest lead in an episode of the next series. Billy (13) has been on a roll, appearing in CBBC’s Princess Mirror-Belle Series 2 as the bully Stephen, Sky’s A […]

Matilda lands Cast Role and films in Bulgaria for major Hollywood movie

Matilda Firth has just got back from Bulgaria, where she was busy filming in a cast role for a Hollywood feature film alongside an A-lister – what a way to start the year! After landing the role back in October, Matilda (8) spent a few weeks of January and February in Bulgaria. She had lots […]

Alan Carr’s Changing Ends to feature Articulate’s Dotty Davies

ITV’s Changing Ends, a six part comedy on Alan Carr’s life, will feature Dotty Davies (14) in her first cast role. Dotty has had plenty of experience filming for TV (she’s had appearances on CBBC’s Lagging, BBC’s Gentleman Jack and Traces, and Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn), but this will be her first cast role. The […]

Austin Haynes and Joel Wealthall filming for new BBC comedy

Articulate boys Austin Haynes (14) and Joel Wealthall (18) have landed cast roles in an upcoming BBC comedy series. This is Austin’s first role of the year, after starring in The Railway Children Returns, Channel 4’s short film Youthless, and featuring in Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy last year. He started filming earlier this month, after […]