Emily & LJ
Founders
Emily & LJ Keston founded Stagebox with a mission to bring access, exceptional training and opportunity to the professional sector for children nationwide regardless of background, location and experience. As proud founders they continue to mentor, inspire and lead on production based projects throughout the year.
They are experts in the children’s sector and work as leading children’s casting directors and children’s general managers in the professional sector of the industry.
Keston and Keston’s are Children’s Casting Directors & Children’s General Managers. Their credits include: Oliver! (Leeds Playhouse), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Leeds Playhouse), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), Peter Pan (The London Palladium), Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation (London UK Premiere & UK Tour), Bonnie and Clyde (West End), The Grinch (NBC Live/Universal), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (UK Premiere and UK Tour), 300+ children for Nativity! The Musical (UK Tour and Birmingham Rep 2019-2023), Jack and the Beanstalk (London Palladium), A Christmas Carol (West End), Mame (Hope Mill/UK Tour); Rags (Hope Mill, Park Theatre & London Cast Recording) & A Little Princess (UK Premiere).Â
Additional children’s casting for Secret Invasion (Marvel), EPK for Room (Broadway), Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (Netflix), Amazon, Nickelodeon and major brand campaigns.Â