Tavistock Wood

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  • Located in Mayfair, W1S 2YN
  • Spotlight registered agency
  • Founded by Angharad Wood and Charles Collier in 2005
  • In 2018, Original Talent (parent company of Curtis Brown) invested in Tavistock Wood; together the new partners launched Open Book, a U.K.-based production company to create drama projects with agency clients
  • Talent and literary agency representing household names and busy clients
  • Applications ONLY by post, following instructions on the Submissions page
  • 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
Location: London, UK

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