Pippa Ailion

CASTING DIRECTOR

Pippa has cast over 80 productions for the West End, UK National tours, New York, Australia, Dublin , Germany, Sweden, Japan, Houston Grand Opera, Paris, Chichester Festival Theatre, Ludlow Festival, Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Stratford East and London Fringe. Three seasons of 15 European Classics for Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic between 1987 and 1991 where she also held the position of Resident Associate Director.

Current West End:
Porgy and Bess,Wicked, Blue Man Group, Billy Elliot, We Will Rock You, The Lion King, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. The Drowsy Chaperone (Spring 2007).

Recent/current Tours:
Jerry Springer The Opera, Tonight's the Night, Acorn Antiques( Christmas 2006) My Fair Lady - (Denmark).

West End/London credits include:
Acorn Antiques, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Simply Heavenly Young Vic and Trafalgar Studios Follow My Leader( Hampstead) Tonight's the Night , Disney's Beauty and the Beast, All You Need is Love, Song of Singapore, Japes, Wit, Rent (also Dublin), Prisoner of Second Avenue, Jackie, The Magistrate, Hair, Into the Woods, Forever Plaid, Annie Get Your Gun, The Blues Brothers. June Moon, Hay Fever.

National tours/Regional:
The Postman Always Rings Twice( West Yorkshire Playhouse) The Gingerbread Lady, Poe, Slamdunk, Golden Boy, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Leader of the Pack, Sadly Solo Joe, West Side Story (Sweden), Five Guys Named Moe, All You Need is Love, Passports to the Promised Land, Strangers on a Train, Riverdance, Dick Barton Special Agent.

Germany:
We Will Rock You Munich, The Lion King Hamburg , Jesus Christ Superstar- Frankfurt, Hunchback of Notre Dam -Berlin, Cats Hamburg and Stuttgart, Miss Saigon West Side Story - Sweden The Lion King Paris EuroDisney, Apire - Qatar Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella - Japan.

Television:
Inquisition, Little White Lies, Breaking The Code (multi-award winning), Witness Against Hitler, The Bill, Mud, Space Vets, Grange Hill, Hanger 17.