Helena Palmer

Helena Palmer CDG is a freelance casting director with over 20 years’ experience. She began her casting career at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, before moving on to the National Theatre. From 2008 to 2021, she served as Casting Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Her recent and current projects include: The Woman in Black (PW Productions, 2025/26 UK tour), In Praise of Love (Orange Tree Theatre), The Government Inspector and Anna Karenina (Chichester Festival Theatre), A Thousand Splendid Suns (Birmingham Rep / Leeds Playhouse / Nottingham Playhouse), Red or Dead (Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre), Gigi & Dar (Arcola Theatre), An Inspector Calls (PW Productions, 2024/25 UK tour), and The Glass Menagerie (Rose Theatre Kingston and UK tour).

Additional credits include: Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play (Manchester Royal Exchange / Young Vic), No Pay? No Way!, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Beginning (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Tempest and Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company), Linck & Mülhahn, Mary, and The Fever Syndrome (Hampstead Theatre), Dream of a Ridiculous Man, The White Factory, and Dmitry (Marylebone Theatre), The Wind in the Willows and The Child in the Snow (Wilton’s Music Hall), Blackmail and Antigone (Mercury Theatre), and The Mirror and the Light (Playful Productions / Gielgud Theatre).

Helena is a member of the Casting Directors’ Guild.