{"id":22091,"date":"2025-01-27T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:31:39","slug":"dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Ledge Expands Drama Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing Ledge Productions has hired Lotte Beasley Mestriner as an executive producer for drama.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley Mestriner was an executive producer on the first season of Dancing Ledge\u2019s <em>Big Mood<\/em> for Channel 4. Prior to that, she executive produced four seasons of <em>The Young Offenders<\/em> for the BBC and RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to the production side of the business, Beasley Mestriner spent 11 years at the talent agency Casarotto Ramsay &amp; Associates, representing film and TV writers and directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to join Dancing Ledge Productions full time,\u201d Mestriner said. \u201cHaving had the privilege of being part of the incredible team behind <em>Big Mood<\/em>, I am inspired by Dancing Ledge\u2019s unwavering commitment to original and compelling storytelling that resonates with a global audience. The company\u2019s reputation for collaborating with some of the best talent both on screen and behind the scenes makes this an exciting opportunity, and I can\u2019t wait to help take their impressive slate of projects into production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laurence Bowen, CEO of Dancing Ledge Productions, commented, \u201cLotte brings a wealth of creativity and a fresh perspective to our team. She was brilliant to work with on <em>Big Mood<\/em>, and we are thrilled to have her on board to develop and executive produce new projects and bring her talent to our existing slate. Dancing Ledge Productions is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of storytelling, and Lotte\u2019s addition marks a significant step forward in the company\u2019s mission to create high-quality, entertaining, compelling productions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing Ledge Productions has hired Lotte Beasley Mestriner as an executive producer for drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1393,7287,10207],"class_list":["post-22091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dancing-ledge-productions","tag-laurence-bowen","tag-lotte-beasley-mestriner","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dancing Ledge Expands Drama Department - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dancing Ledge Expands Drama Department - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dancing Ledge Productions has hired Lotte Beasley Mestriner as an executive producer for drama.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-27T15:27:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-27T17:31:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/DancingLedgeProductions-LotteBeasleyMestriner-0125-onlinethumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/\",\"name\":\"Dancing Ledge Expands Drama Department - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-27T15:27:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-27T17:31:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/dancing-ledge-expands-drama-department\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dancing Ledge Expands Drama Department\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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