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CASTING CALL:
Seeking: 6 actors for a paid immersive performance engagement in downtown Toronto during TIFF.
Project: A fully immersive branded experience inside a working pub in the Entertainment District (to promote a show on a streaming service). Actors are integrated into the environment as “in-world characters”, not performers on a stage, but inhabitants of a world. The experience runs across 10 days with rotating shifts throughout.

Engagement Details
Dates: September 10 through September 20, 2026
All shifts will be 8 hours and at one location (10:00-6:00; 12:00-8:00; 1:00-9:00)
Lunch will be provided daily
Flat Day Rate of $500 for each shift worked
You may work anywhere from 3 to 8 days out of the 10 day stint
Location: Entertainment District, downtown Toronto (King and Simcoe)
Format: Rotating shifts across the 10-day run
Compensation: Paid. $500/day flat rate. Lunch provided on all working days.
Wardrobe: Provided by Agency

Headshot and Resume
Note on accent background or training and relevant immersive or character performance experience (if any)
Short video clip. Please slate and then improvise in character in the required accent (30 to 60 seconds max.): Here is the scenario for your audition clip:
You are meeting with all the key players in the mob Family and you are suspicious that one member in the room is being disloyal. (30 to 60 seconds of improv)

Accepting tapes till EOD Thursday Aug 28th

Dates

Dates: September 10 through September 20, 2026
All shifts will be 8 hours and at one location (10:00-6:00; 12:00-8:00; 1:00-9:00)
Lunch will be provided daily

Roles

Roles Details

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Pub regulars

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The Roles (all characters are part of a Mafia Family or Network). Ideally play 35+
Irish Characters (2 to 3 actors)
Pub regulars who have been coming here for years. Comfortable with quiet menace, casual conversation, and commanding a room without effort. Authentic Irish accent required, Munster, Connacht, Leinster, or Ulster all appropriate depending on character. No stage Irish. Ideally read 35+
North London Characters (2 to 3 actors)
Working class, sharp, watchful. The kind of person who notices everything and says nothing until it counts. Authentic or highly convincing North London accent required.
Performance Requirements
Characters circulate through the pub chatting with guests, sitting at the bar, playing cards while a traditional band plays in the corner. When select guests receive a drink, a character stands, leads the room in a toast, Sláinte. Then sits back down like nothing happened. Sustained naturalistic or filmic character work throughout each shift. Unscripted, unpredictable public environment. No fourth wall.
Ideal Candidate
Actors with experience in immersive theatre, character performance, or improv who can sustain a role naturally over an 8-hour shift in a live pub environment. Comfort with the public is essential. Formal performance training preferred. Professional, reliable, able to stay in character..
This is a Non-ACTRA, Non-Equity gig.

Salary

$500/Day

Age

35 - 60