The Fishpond Team is holding an exclusive sign up day for clients and students of the Karen Gorman Academy of Speech and Drama and Casting Agency on the 16th of February in Letterkenny. 
The Karen Gorman Academy of Speech and Drama is unique in the fact that’s it’s the only Agency of it’s type in the North West.
Karen works with all the major casting directors in Dublin and beyond.
It is well renowned for providing excellence and quality to aspiring young actors and is run by Karen and Garry Gorman.
They have been running Speech and Drama classes for the last 9 years in Letterkenny and Stranorlar. 
Indeed Karen was appointed as a National Examiner and Adjudicator with The Irish Board of Speech and Drama several years ago.
In 2011 the Academy was appointed as a Private International Centre with LAMDA, The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
This fantastic opportunity to join Karen Gorman Casting Agency will only remain open for two weeks so if you’re interested, book now by e mail on karengormancasting@gmail.com
Anyone is welcome to apply, including those who already attend other Speech and Drama classes, performing arts classes.
It has also been confirmed that TV3′s Xpose presenter Lisa Cannon will be delivering two acting for camera courses in Letterkenny on the 15th and 16th of March. 
Her first course on the 15th of March is aimed at children from 10-17.
While on Saturday the course will be targeted towards those in the 18-30 age bracket.
Ali Coffey founder of Fishpond is one of the country’s busiest casting directors.
Fishpond is Ireland’s premier casting database, and was launched back in 2008 by Ali Coffey.
With 5 years under our belt bringing opportunities to adult Irish actors, we were keen to include tiny and teen thespians, so last Summer, Pondlings aka Young Fishpond, went live!
There are over 600 different companies and individuals who cast projects including Film, TV, Commercials, Corporate Videos etc. through the site.
So if you or your child love to act, now is the time to jump into the pond!
At Fishpond, we like to offer a personal touch so Katy and Kathryn are always on hand to help you by phone or email with any issues at all.
We understand that a faceless website just won’t cut it when you’re dealing with your career or your kids.
Our Techies ensure new features are being added all the time and glitches are ironed out daily.
Our State of the art custom built platform has security at its core.
And our Promoters are constantly launching new campaigns and initiatives to ensure Fishpond is on the desktop of everyone casting.
Here’s what the actors say about the pond http://www.fishpond.ie/ponderings.
Now on to the day itself: This day is only open to clients who are on the books of Karen Gorman Casting Agency, to sign up e mail karengormancasting@gmail.com.
We’ll start with a general Q&A about coming in for auditions and how to get the best out of each and every opportunity that comes your way so have your questions ready.
We’ll also talk about Fishpond and how it works, before offering an exclusive discounted rate for students and clients of the Karen Gorman Academy of Speech and Drama and Casting Agency and we’ll sign you up there and then.
And with Karen representing you as your agent, you will have a support network in the North West.
We love casting and are proud to proclaim a combined 20 years of experience so you know you’re in safe hands.
Looking forward to seeing you there.