Neighbours Casting Director Thea McLeod in Conversation with Tina Bursill

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  Thea McLeod

  Thea McLeod of McLeod Casting is one of Australia’s most prominent casting directors with a wide breadth of work, she spent eleven years in the UK where she was both an actress and a casting director, gaining experience on an international level in film, television, and commercials. This is her 10th year as the resident casting director of “Neighbours”, television credits: “With Intent” Network Ten, “Better Man” SBS network, “Schapelle” Channel Nine, “UnderBelly Files: The Man That Got Away” Channel Nine, “City Homicide” seven network & “What ever happened to that guy” Foxtel. Australian Feature films credits: “Pawno”, “Spin Out”, “Emo The Musical”, “Summercoda”, “Blinder”, “What if it Works”, “The Menkoff Method”. Most recently she both cast & produced “Measure For Measure”.
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  Tina Bursill

  Tina’s long and varied career reflects her range and skill across all genres and mediums. Tina's television credits include Doctor Doctor as Meryl, the Matriarch. Tina has received multiple AACTA Award Nominations for her portrayal. Other credits include Time of Our Lives), A Moody Christmas and The Moodys, Drop Dead Weird, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Rake, Crownies and Offspring. Film credits include The Flip Side, Wish You Were Here, Three Blind Mice, Jilted, for which she won an AFI/AACTA Award. Billy’s Holiday, and shorts Saturn's Return and Going Down. Tina’s theatre credits include Griffin Theatre Company’s The Feather in The Web, Sydney Theatre Company Boys Will Be Boys and Up For Grabs, for Melbourne Theatre Company/Black Swan The Swimming Club and for Ensemble Theatre Lady Macbeth. Tina is a proud member of Equity.