Olivia (Liv) Barr is a Casting Director based in the North West. She was recently appointed Casting Director (Consultant) at the Royal Exchange Theatre and regularly works with other northern-producing theatres.
She won the 2023 CDG Award for Best Casting in the Regional Theatre for her work as Casting Associate for Stuart Burt CDG on East is East (Birmingham Rep, The National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre).
She previously worked at the BBC's in-house casting department as a Casting Director on EastEnders, Doctors, and Casualty.
THEATRE includes: Abigail's Party, Escaped Alone, What If If Only (Royal Exchange Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Derby Theatre co-production), The 39 Steps (Salisbury Playhouse co-production), Brassed Off (Theatre by the Lake co-production), Little Shop of Horrors, Animal Farm, One Man, Two Guvnor, Kes (Octagon Theatre co-production) A Passionate Woman (Leeds Playhouse); Spring and Port Wine, An Adventure (Octagon Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Pop Music, Mumsy, Teechers Leavers ’22, (Hull Truck); A Little Princess (Theatre by the Lake); Run Rebel (Pilot Theatre and UK Tour); Kabul Goes Pop (Brixton House and UK tour).
