BBC Three Witch Drama ‘Domino Day’ Sets Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Adult Material star Siena Kelly has boarded BBC Three witch drama Domino Day, as the show’s EP Laurence Bowen spotlights his indie Dancing Ledge’s work with new writers.

Domino Day, which comes from first-time writer and Dancing Ledge Writer in Residence (WIR) Lauren Sequeira, is an irreverent drama about modern dating in which the protagonist uses dating apps to hunt, rather than find love.

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Kelly, who was BAFTA nominated for her role in Channel 4’s Adult Material, will play Domino, a powerful young witch who is haunted by her need to feed on the energy of others, a hunger that only grows, despite her attempt to start her life over in Manchester. She is desperately seeking a community who can help her understand her feelings but, unbeknownst to her, she is being tracked by a coven of witches.

Kelly is joined by up-and-comers Babirye Bukilwa (We Hunt Together), Poppy Lee Friar (In My Skin), Alisha Bailey (Call the Midwife), Molly Harris (Industry), Sam Howard-Sneyd (Clarity and Chaos), Percelle Ascott (The Innocents), Christopher Jeffers (Rocketman), Jonah Rzeskiewicz (Death on the Nile) Maimuna Memon (Sherwood) and Kris Hitchen (Trigger Point) for BBC Three’s latest big scripted bet, which is filming in Manchester.

BAFTA-nominee Sequeira is a new writer with a “great love of the supernatural but who has a lot to say about identity, sex and dating in the real world,” Bowen explained to Deadline.

“Supernatural shows often live in their own worlds but this is very much set in contemporary Manchester,” he added. “We’re all trying to own our own witch, or, in other words, own our own identity.”

Sequeira was Fremantle-backed The Responder producer Dancing Ledge’s WIR several years ago and she is the first alumnus to have a show greenlit by a network.

“Poster girl”