"Lainey was a very pleasurable director to work with. She was honest and gave me direction where it was needed and praise where it was deserved. Lainey is always very happy and spreads that positive vibe throughout set. She is creative and a slight perfectionist but that quality creates the most outstanding work! I thoroughly enjoyed working with Lainey and would jump at the opportunity to work with her again."

  

Zoë Scott

(Work includes: The Essex Serpent - Apple TV+; Summer of Rockets - BBC; Misbehaviour)

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"Working with Lainey was such a relaxed experience, and as an actor, to have a director with that calming presence on a shoot with such a tight schedule made all the difference. She's always open to new ideas and input from the actors, which I'm sure is due to her own prior experience as an actor. Having the first hand understanding and trust of an actors process as Lainey does is invaluable and the ability to talk about motivations and scene direction openly with her was just fab. If she called me up again, I'd be hard pressed to turn her down."

 

Alex Dowding
(Work includes: The Awakening (Offie Nominated for Best Male performance),

NewsRevue (Writer/Performer)).

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“Lainey was fantastic to work with. Her experience as an actor makes her very in tune with what an actor needs on set, and direction was always very sensitive and nuanced and brought out the best in the actors’ performances. She’s also very flexible and able to listen and respond to actors’ interpretations, allowing a very collaborative interpretation of the character. A real delight to work with, and I definitely learned a lot from her!”

 

Ailis Duff

(Work includes:  Notflix: The Improvised Musical)