Pippa Ailion

Casting Director

Previously at Chichester Casting Director for Kiss Me, Kate (and The Old Vic), Sweeney Todd (and Adelphi Theatre), The Magistrate (and Savoy Theatre) (Festival Theatre), Love Story (and Duchess Theatre), Misalliance, Suzanna Andler, and Song of Singapore (and Mayfair Theatre) (Minerva Theatre).

Pippa has cast over 125 productions internationally. She was Resident Associate Director casting three seasons of European Classics for Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic between 1987 and 1991. 

Current West End theatre includes Book of Mormon, Top Hat, Let It Be, Wicked, Billy Elliot, The Lion King, We Will Rock You.

Future Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Drury Lane), Sound of Music (Regent’s Park), From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury), American Psycho (Almeida), Oh,  What a Lovely War (Stratford East).

West End, regional and tour credits include Ragtime / A Midsummer Night's Dream (Regent's Park), The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe (Kensington Gardens), The Lion King (UK tour), Legally Blonde, Master Class, Million Dollar Quartet, We Will Rock You (UK tour), The Go Between, Decade, The Rocky Horror Show (Germany), Britannicus, Waiting for Godot, The Wiz, Lord of the Flies, Fela (National Theatre and US tour), Dick Whittington and His Cat, Departure Lounge, Into The Woods, Five Guys Named Moe, All the Fun of the Fair, Spring Awakening, Peter Pan (O2 and US tour), Quadrophenia, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Lion Witch and The Wardrobe (Kensington Gardens), The Fairy Queen (New York and Glyndebourne), Marguerite, Chess In Concert, The Drowsy Chaperone, Porgy and Bess, Riverdance, Generations, The Enchanted Pig, Blue Man Group (Europe, Asia and US), Simply Heavenly, Jerry Springer, Acorn Antiques, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Gingerbread Lady, Slamdunk,  Strangers on a Train, Follow My Leader, Tonight's The Night, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Japes, Wit, Rent, The Magistrate, Hair and Annie get Your Gun.

Associate Casting Director Jim Arnold
Associate Casting Co-ordinator Natalie Gallacher
Casting Assistant Louis Constantine