Acting Agencies In London - M

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This article gives a summary of the acting agencies in London whose agency name begins with M.


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There's a lot of research you must do before applying to an agency. It will help you avoid scams, and make a better impression on the good agents. Have you read our article Acting Agencies: Which One Is Right For You?

Remember:  Can you see evidence that performers get regular paid work through the agency?

Mac & Jeal

  • Located in Old Street, EC1V 2NX
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Actors, creatives and child actors
  • Run by Directors Sandy Mac and Karen Jeal
  • Busy Twitter feed @macandjeal
  • You cannot apply for representation, it is invitation only
  • But you can reach out on Twitter about an upcoming show

MacFarlane Chard Associates Ltd

  • Located in Holborn, WC2B 6PP
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Launched in 1994, followed by MacFarlane Chard Ireland in 2006 and MacFarlane Chard Commercials in 2012
  • Literary & Talent Agents
  • Busy news page and Twitter page @MacFarlaneChard
  • Applications ONLY via the Contact form or enquiries email
  • Include relevant material -  your CV, headshot etc

Macfarlane Doyle Associates

  • Office in Covent Garden (WC2E 9RZ) but chief administrative office in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Spotlight registered
  • Established 2009 by Ross MacFarlane and Perry Doyle
  • Twitter feed @mac_agent ended November 2018
  • Applications only accepted from the email address specified on the contact page
  • Add spotlight link
  • An agency that will consider you at the beginning of your career - but you’ll need something special to make you stand out from the huge pile of applications

Macnaughton Lord Representation

  • Located in Bermondsey, SE1 3GE
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • Established 1967
  • Literary & Creative Agency - Arrangers, Choreographers, Composers, Designers, Directors, Lighting Designers, Musical Directors, Orchestrators, Sound Designers, Video Designers, Writers
  • Theatre, Opera, Dance & Screen
  • Busy Twitter feed @MLRep
  • Not a talent agency for actors

Maddie's Talent Management (MTM)

  • Located in Epping, CM16 7AA
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Established May 2017
  • Actors and actresses and young performers aged 8-25
  • Represent supporting actors 26 plus
  • Twitter feed @maddie4music and @TalentMaddie
  • To get to the ‘Apply’ page, either click the button on the home page or go to the ‘more’ tab
  • On the Apply page, complete the contact form, uploading the material as specified

Maitland Management

  • Listed in Spotlight Contacts with postcode in Esher, KT10 9XS
  • June 2019 - no website, online company accounts or social media presence found

Mandy Ward Artist Management

  • Located in Soho, W1F 8TE
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Company incorporated 2012
  • Represents both established and emerging talent
  • Busy news page
  • Apply via email and and include links to your showreel, CV and examples of written work if applicable

Markham, Froggatt & Irwin

  • Located in Fitzrovia, W1T 2HZ
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Household names and busy actors
  • Busy Twitter feed @MFandI_Talent
  • Applications ONLY via the email address specified in the FAQ page
  • Include your CV with headshot and link to showreel
  • An elite agency, so your application is most likely to succeed when you’ve won industry awards or are stopped in the street by fans

Mark Summers Management

  • Was W14 9LP, moved to Goldhawk Rd, W12 8HH
  • Located in Spotlight registered
  • One of the UK’s top casting directors
  • Runs a management division representing choreographers,dancers, actors, models
  • Commercials, TV, film, fashion, street casting, dance, fashion, voice-over, music videos, documentary, branded content
  • Very popular Facebook page and Twitter feed @marksummerscast
  • Applications ONLY via the email address on the Contact page
  • Include headshot and CV
  • Auditions are popular and busy

Marlowes Agency: TV, Theatre & Dance

  • Located in City Road, EC1V 2NX
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Established 2008
  • Two client books
  • Mitch Rumin acts on behalf of West End, theatre, film, TV, commercials, alongside dance and cruise performers
  •  Miles Anthony (through MAA?) looks after clients for feature films and TV
  • Musical Theatre, Dance, Commercials, Film & Television
  • Applications only via the email address specified on the contact page
  • Include CV, headshot, full body shot, and a brief outline of the direction you are hoping to take
  • Auditions

M&C Saatchi Merlin

  • Located in Golden Square, W1F 9JG
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • Founded in 2002 by Richard Thompson
  • Divisions in Broadcast & Commercial, Corporate & Live Events, and Social Talent
  • Talent management rather than a traditional casting agency

McLean-Williams Ltd

  • Located in Oval, SW9 6DE
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Established in 2002 by experienced and successful Public Relations Consultant Alexandra McLean-Williams
  • Represent performers for film, television, theatre, musical theatre, commercials and radio work
  • No extras/support artist work
  • Mostly adults, but a select number of children and young performers are on the roster
  • Busy Facebook page, Instagram account and Twitter feed @mcleanwilliams
  • The agency’s global alliances are shown on a dedicated page
  • The contact page has clear and detailed instructions about submissions for representation
  • ONLY apply via the email address on the contact page
  • Good agency to target if you a talented emerging actor looking for quality guest lead and supporting roles for example - but you’ll have a lot of competition to get noticed and accepted by the agency

McMahon Management

  • Located in Acton, W3 0DB
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Formed in 2009
  • Active Twitter feed @McMahonMgmt
  • ALL actors must be on Spotlight and have trained at an accredited NCDT drama school or good professional
  • Apply by post including CV, photo and SAE
  • Or apply via email including Spotlight link
  • Also add a covering letter and performance invite

Messy Dress Management

  • Located in Camden, NW1 9AB
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • UK actors' agency and theatre company focused on developing and touring new writing
  • Founded as a theatre production company in 2009, and developed a casting agency division
  • Active Twitter feed @messydressmedia

MGA Management & Casting

  • Located in Covent Garden (WC2E 9DP) and Edinburgh
  • Spotlight registered agency and members of the PMA
  • Established 2005
  • Representing professional Actors, Musical Theatre Artists, Dancers, Creatives, and Chil Performers
  • Busy Twitter feed @MGAManagement
  • Application instructions on Home page
  • Send your CV, headshot and links to performance footage/showreels for consideration
  • Follow social media to see audition dates announced

Mia Thomson Associates

  • Located in Regent Street, W1B 3HH
  • Spotlight registered
  • Established in 2008 by experienced agent Mia Thomson
  • Active Twitter feed @MiaThomsonAssoc
  • Representing both exciting young graduates carving their career and established actors
  • TV, Film and Theatre
  • See the Contact page for application instructions
  • Apply ONLY via the specified email address, with showreel as a link, not attachment
  • include contact details, including a telephone number

Michelle Braidman Associates Ltd

  • Located in Grange Road, SE1 3BN
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Established 1983
  • Actors, Directors and Creative Talent
  • Busy Twitter feed @TeamBraidman
  • Applications ONLY via email address in the Contact Us page
  • include a covering letter and up-to-date Spotlight link / CV (preferably with a link to your showreel)
  • No attachments over 150kb in size
  • You’ll normally need an impressive CV to get considered by this agency

Middleweek Newton Talent Management

  • Located in WC2E 9HA
  • Spotlight registered agency and members of the PMA
  • older more experienced actors, young performers, drama school trained and raw talent
  • film, television and theatre
  • run by Lucy Middleweek (who previously worked in acting and casting, set up Hoxton Street Management) and Tom Newton (who worked in casting and later set up Cassius Management)
  • Busy Twitter feed @mntalent
  • MN Academy of film & acting (London and Windsor) is run in association with acting agency Middleweek Newton Talent Management
  • Applications preferred by email, via the link on the ‘representation’ page
  • CV and photo with links to any supporting material (online showreels, theatre invites
  • If you don’t have genuine industry credits, don’t apply to the agency but approach the MN Academy 
  • Good agency to target if you a talented emerging actor looking for quality guest lead and supporting roles for example - but you’ll have a lot of competition to get noticed and accepted by the agency

Milburn Browning Associates - see MMB Creative below

Miles Anthony Associates (MAA)

  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts at City Road, EC1V 2NX
  • See above - Marlowes Agency: TV, Theatre & Dance 

The Miskin Theatre Agency

  • Located in Dartford, DA1 2JT
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • The Miskin Theatre website shows a good range of high level training, but no information about an agency

Mitchell Maas McLennan

  • Listed in Spotlight Contacts at an address in Woolwich, SE18 6HU
  • Company incorporated 2005, dissolved August 2018

MJM

  • Located in Regent Street, W1B 3HH
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • Occasional updated to Twitter feed @MJMmgmt, but the social media buttons on the website aren’t active
  • Range of creatives - presenters, Youtubers, chefs and writers - rather than conventional theatrical agency

MLA Talent (Mike Leigh Associates)

  • Located in Holborn Viaduct, EC1A 2BN
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • representing actors, writers, radio and TV presenters and stand-up comedians
  • Founded 2007
  • Twitter feed @mikeleighassoc

MMB Creative

  • Located in Brick Lane, E1 6QL
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • MMBcreative was founded in 2016, bringing together Milburn Browning Associates and literacy agency Mulcahy Associates
  • Active Twitter feed @MilburnBrowning
  • @mmbcreativeuk hasn’t tweeted (as at June 2019)
  • In June 2019 the website would not open during our research, but seemed to be a connection problem rather than the website not existing

Mondi Associates Ltd

  • Located in Chelsea Harbour, SW10 0UQ
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Represents adults and also a small number of young performers
  • On our list of 20 Reputable UK Agencies For Child Actors
  • See our separate page about Mondi Associates
  • Good agency to target if you a talented emerging actor looking for quality guest lead and supporting roles for example - but you’ll have a lot of competition to get noticed and accepted by the agency

Montagu Associates Ltd

  • Located in Hanley Road, N4 3DU
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • Established April 2010, company still active in June 2019
  • Website is one page with contact information
  • No social media presence found in June 2019

Morwenna Preston Management

  • Located in SW16 2UX
  • Spotlight registered
  • Actors, singers and dancers
  • Established in 2003 as Take Flight Management
  • Busy Twitter feed @MorwennaPreston
  • In June 2019 the website appeared in google search but wouldn’t open
  • Good agency to target if you a talented emerging actor looking for quality guest lead and supporting roles for example - but you’ll have a lot of competition to get noticed and accepted by the agency

MPC Entertainment

  • Located in North Maida Vale, NW6 5UZ
  • Listed on Spotlight Contacts
  • Represents the finest entertainment and sports stars in the UK
  • Not a traditional talent agency for actors
  • Busy Twitter feed @MPCEnt

M R Management

  • Located in Fitzrovia, W1W 7PT
  • Spotlight registered agency and Members of the PMA
  • Established in 2000
  • Active Twitter feed @MRManagementLDN

Mrs Jordan Associates

  • Located in Old Park Lane, W1K 1QW
  • Spotlight registered agency and members of the PMA
  • Company incorporated 2010, directors Sean Lynch and Guy Kean
  • Represents a wide range of actors, leading television roles to recent graduates, based around the country
  • As at June 2019, Twitter feed @MrsJordanAssoc last updated April 2019
  • ‘New Applicants’ contains detailed information which you must read and think about before applying
  • Applicants won’t be accepted if they clash with someone already on the books, because it would cause internal competition
  • You must be over the age of 16
  • You need to be seen in a show AFTER an informal meeting - so give plenty of notice
  • If you aren’t in a London based show, you need showreel
  • Once you are ready to apply, do so ONLY via the email in the ‘new applicants’ page
  • Only send 1 email, to the correct address, spell Jordan correctly, and check your spam box
  • Send only your spotlight link (your showreel should be on your profile) and a quick covering message including your telephone number. That’s it, nothing else to clog up the email box
  • Good agency to target if you a talented emerging actor looking for quality guest lead and supporting roles for example - but you’ll have a lot of competition to get noticed and accepted by the agency

MSFT Management (Management in Stage, Film & Television)

  • Located at Tottenham Green Enterprise Centre, N15 4RX
  • Spotlight registered agency and members of the PMA
  • The commercial division also has a supporting artistes area
  • To apply, post your Spotlight link to their Facebook wall 
  • You must have showreel and professional headshots on your Spotlight link
  • As at June 2019, the last update to the Twitter feed @msft_production was April 2019
Location: London, UK

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