The Equity Foundation – the professional development arm of Actors Equity – was established in 2002 to oversee Equity’s publications, awards and extensive professional program. The mission of the Equity Foundation is to enhance the lives of Australian and New Zealand actors by investing in programs which help them in their professional endeavours and the communities in which they live. Our professional program, which connects with performers in Australia and New Zealand through an extensive ...
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The Actor and First Assistant Director Relationship
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A chance for Equity member Sara Cooper to talk to first assistant director, Noni Roy (Carmen, Total Control 2, Wellmania) about the actor and first assistant director (first AD) relationship. First AD’s manage the schedule and coordinate cast and crew to ensure that shoots run smoothly. Their work includes considering the project’s budget, the time…
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How Hollywood Works with Kym Jackson
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Learn how films and TV series are made and cast and what the role of each person in the process is. Armed with a clear understanding of how the industry works (and why), you will be better able to navigate it, more effectively network and find legitimate film & TV work. Kym Jackson (This Is Us, S.W.A.T., The Secrets She Keeps) is an Aussie actress …
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Producer Ian Collie and director Daniel Nettheim in conversation with Monica Sayers
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In this livestreamed in conversation Equity member Monica Sayers interviewed producer Ian Collie (The Twelve, Rake, Jack Irish) and director Daniel Nettheim (Broadchurch, Line of Duty) about what goes on behind the scenes of a screen production before actors are cast, what is involved in the producing and directing side of things on a day to day ba…
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Mastering Social Media, Press and Your Public Image with Kym Jackson
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How to curate your social media, press and public persona to ensure you grow a following and maintain an image that brands, networks and studios are eager to align with.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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TikTok, Insta and the rest: Social media with Shuang Hu and Sophia Emberson-Bain
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Award-winning actor Shuang Hu creates comedy skits online for her 4.2 million followers on TikTok, 3.6 million subscribers on Youtube and 91k followers on Instagram. With so many actors under pressure to create their own work, this is an opportunity to hear from Shuang and interviewer Sophia Emberson-Bain and get some hints and advice about how to …
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In this workshop, photographer Deanna Cooney will shared the advice and direction she shares with all the actors she works with, so you can take it with you into any shoot and know you’ll come away with killer images. This is an edited version of an Equity Foundation Livestream event.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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US Accent Workshop with Paige Walker
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This is a chance to work on your US accent with Paige Walker. Paige Walker specialises in the American dialect for the performer. This is an edited version on an Equity Foundation Livestream event.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Skills for Voiceover in 2022 with Abbe Holmes
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What skills do you need for voiceover in commercial, non-commercial, animation/character work and audiobook narration? This session with Abbe Holmes will give you information to assist you taking the next step. Abbe is one of Australia's most recognised mainstream voice actors. This is an edited version on an Equity Foundation Livestream event.…
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Actors and PR: Cinzia Lee In Conversation with Catherine Lavelle
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How do creative professionals use the media and social media to market themselves? What PR management strategies do you need to promote yourself and ultimately get more work? And what about when you DO get work…how do you manage PR and the media then? And what are the pitfalls to avoid? For the early to mid career actor. Catherine Lavelle, CLPR, is…
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In Conversation with Casting Director Matt Dwyer and Jessi Williams
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In this livestream Shortland Street Casting Director Matt Dwyer discusses the casting process and his advice for actors with Equity member Jessi Williams.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Sustaining a Creative Career with Monica Main and Libby Klysz
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To survive as a performer in the long-term you will need to know how to utilise your creative talents in many ways to earn a living and sustain your career. WA-based slashies Monica Main and Libby Klysz will discuss the practical ways you can be a successful slashie; a multidisciplinary artist working successfully in many areas of the creative indu…
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Self Test Essentials with Casting Director Danny Long
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Join casting director Danny Long and actor Helen Kim as they discuss the essentials of self testing and answer any questions you may have. This workshop will be suitable to those new to self testing who are looking for advice on how to set up their equipment, lighting, sound, editing and uploading and the major dos and don'ts. The Equity Foundation…
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The Actor, the Producer and the Pitch
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You are an actor looking to pitch your project to a producer, but where do you start? Who do you talk to and are producers interested in hearing from you? Actor Fayssal Bazzi will talk to Jungle Entertainment's Partner/Chief Operating Officer/Executive Producer, Chloe Rickard and Head of Drama's Shay Spencer about how the pitching process works at …
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An Introduction to the Voice Over Industry with Alexandra Lopez
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Alexandra is the CEO of Alexandra Lopez Studios - a creative company specialising in voice strategy work for brands and coaching beginners in the voice industry. "An Introduction to the Voice Over Industry" is her signature course. It is designed to give you a solid foundation to begin your career as a voice artist. This session will be suitable fo…
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Changing the Story: Diversity in Today's Industry
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The Australian screen industry has made huge progress in recent years in becoming a more inclusive and culturally secure place for historically underrepresented communities. Despite this progress some of the industry's most structural barriers remain intact, preventing us from achieving equal representation on screens. What is the current state of …
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Health & Wellbeing: Raising the Bar for Screen Creatives
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This is the third Screen Diversity Showcase panel discussion on health and wellbeing, moderated by actor and activist, Saroni Roy. We discuss the biggest mental health challenges facing creatives in the Australian screen industry, and how these challenges have evolved since the pandemic. Ben Steel, Bayley Turner, Pip Edwards and Chris Cheers share …
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Getting Funding for Online Content with Lee Naimo and Jane Watt
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So many actors create their own online work and in this increasingly difficult Covid world there is even more need for information and resources to assist with this. Screen Australia's Investment Manager for Online Production, Lee Naimo, will discuss all this and more with actor Jane Watt. Topics for discussion include:What are the different stream…
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Intimacy On Set with Chloe Dallimore And Michelle Lim Davidson
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The advent of the intimacy co-ordinator has changed the dynamics of intimacy on set and stage. So what should we expect with intimate scenes and what are the practical realities; what can you ask and how do you navigate a space if there isn’t an intimacy co-ordinator? Intimacy co-ordinator Chloe Dallimore (trained by and under Mentorship to Ita O’B…
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What Your Union and Guilds Can Do For You
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The Screen Diversity Showcase is bringing together the top industrial representatives from Equity, the Australian Directors' Guild and the Australian Writers' Guild to discuss how we, as artists, can best safeguard our work. This panel discussion and Q&A is about all matters industrial and legal including; contracts, rates, bargaining and intellect…
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TV editing process with Julie-Anne De Ruvo and Nick Holmes
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Editors Julie-Anne De Ruvo and Nick Holmes will join performer Nicole Nabout for a discussion about the elements of craft and the technical skills an actor must execute to avoid the cutting room floor and the decisions directors, producers and editors make based on an actor's performance. Audience members will leave with a better understanding of t…
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Covid Relief with Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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With NSW, Vic and ACT in lockdown, this is a chance get expert advice on what COVID economic relief is available to actors and creatives. What is available federally and in each state and what is the easiest and most effective way to access them? Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon will also give some advice about how to financially regroup after this period …
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Audiobook Narration for Actors with Jennifer Vuletic and Justine Sloane Leys
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Join actor/audiobook narrator Jennifer Vuletic and audiobook/podcast producer Justine Sloane Leys and Queensland Equity chairperson Asabi Goodman for a discussion about the process of audiobook narration and everything actors need to know who are interested in working in this field.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Guided Yoga Nidra Body Scan Meditation For Performers 22 mins
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability.Yoga …
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Guided Yoga Nidra Body Scan Meditation For Performers 28 mins
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability.Yoga …
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Guided Yoga Nidra Body Scan Meditation For Performers 23 mins
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga…
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Guided Yoga Nidra Meditation For Performers (Sky/Cloud visualisation)
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga…
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Guided Yoga Nidra Meditation For Performers (Forest visualisation)
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga…
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Guided Yoga Nidra Meditation For Performers (Beach visualisation)
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Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga…
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The Meisner Technique and the 21st Century Actor with Scott Williams and John Batchelor
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This chat between Scott Williams (the founder of The Impulse Company) and John Batchelor (Award winning Australian actor) will further examine the specific challenges and opportunities facing today’s actors. Scott and John will discuss how the Meisner Techniques is adaptable for work in today’s film, television and theatre environments. John Batche…
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Mindfulness with Craig Behenna
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Mindfulness with Craig Behenna: Actors don't always get the support they need on and off camera to keep themselves grounded and together. It can be easy to take on beliefs about yourself and your acting based on the structures and power dynamics of the business. In this session we'll take time to work with meditation practices that help you make in…
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Actors' Choices: Scott Williams with Christopher Sommers
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There are so many ways of approaching a role, all of them with major pluses. In this first Meisner-based session, actor Christopher Sommers and London's leading Meisner technique teacher and Artistic Director of The Impulse Company in the UK, Scott Williams, discuss some of your options as you prepare for the part, and will use examples from their …
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Audition Mastery With Kym Jackson
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Kym Jackson on how to effectively learn lines and break down a script, become a character, navigate a live audition, make a simple self tape setup, and edit your self-tape in a way that ensures it is completely professional - all on your phone. Kym is a member of The Television Academy (Emmy Nominating Committee), American MENSA, a speaker and comm…
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In Conversation With Simon Whipp From Shanahan Management
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Join QLD Equity President Asabi Goodman as she chats to Simon Whipp of Shanahan Management about navigating the actor/agent relationship. From 1994 to 2011 Simon worked for the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance in a variety of roles: Assistant Federal Secretary of the union, the National Director of the Actors Equity section and Vice-President o…
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Day in the life of an Intimacy Co-Ordinator
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Nigel Poulton and Alicia Rodis from Intimacy Coordinators and Directors (ICD) hold a discussion about the role of an intimacy co-ordinator, geared towards someone who would like to explore the opportunity to become an intimacy co-ordinator in Australia.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Southern US Accent With Katherine Beck
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A chance to work with Katherine Beck on your Southern US Accent. Katherine is leading voice and dialect coach who works regularly with actors at The Actor’s Hub, The Actor’s Pulse, Screenwise, International Screen Academy and on film and theatre productions. She is the co-founder and co-author of Hollywood Speak: The Australian Actor’s Resource Gui…
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In Conversation with Acting Coach Lisa Robertson
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Los Angeles acting coach, Lisa Robertson, currently working in Australia, will speak on the current climate of self-taping and auditioning, the US market and the influx of production to Australia and New Zealand. Through the lens of being inside the US industry since she started major TV and film coaching in 2002 and being a part of its seismic cha…
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US actor Kate Walsh In Conversation with Stuart Halusz
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WA Equity President Stuart Halusz interviews actor Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Fargo, 13 Reasons Why, The Umbrella Academy) about building her US career and her involvement with some of the US's most critically and commercially successful television productions.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Director Daina Reid In Conversation with Fayssal Bazzi
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Join actor Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless, The Commons, Measure for Measure) as he interviews director Daina Reid (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Secret River, Sunshine, The Wrong Girl) about her career and her involvement in so many critically and commercially successful productions and the actor/director relationship.…
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In Conversation with Director Jessica Hobbs
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This is from director Jessica Hobbs (The Crown Series 3 and 4, Broadchurch) in conversation with NZ Equity President Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira. Discussing Jessica's career and her involvement in so many critically and commercially successful productions.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Casting Director Thea McLeod in Conversation with Tina Bursill
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Join actor Tina Bursill as she interviews Neighbours Casting Director Thea McLeod on how to navigate the Neighbours audition and casting process.Autor: Equity Foundation Podcast
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Identity Part 2 With Dr Julie Crabtree
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This 2nd and final part, Dr Julie Crabtree will focus on how rejection can impact our sense of identity. She will look at ways of framing rejection in a more detached way to protect and preserve our creative identities. Julie will also address how important the act of storytelling is to our society. This event is part of the Equity Health & Wellnes…
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Identity Part 1 With Dr Julie Crabtree
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Dr Julie Crabtree will explore how to develop a secure creative identity and the relationship of identity to resilience. We will also cover identity as a consistent view of self and examine how our core, cultural and social beliefs shape our identities, as well as, how rejection can affect our sense of identity. This first session will help you und…
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In part three of the Anxiety and the Creative series, Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the concept of catastrophic thinking as a cause of anxiety for the creative mind. She will explore the ways in which we can turn musings of the future into what is real in the now, as well as demonstrating tools of how to reduce the severity of anxiety. This event …
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In this part two of this Anxiety and the Creative series we will explore how perfectionism can be a cause of anxiety. Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the ways in which we can turn unrelenting standards into a positive tool to help us create. This event is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, supported by the Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW.…
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Anxiety seems to be particularly prevalent for those in the performance industries. Over three sessions we will be looking at anxiety focussing on overdriven thinking, catastrophic thinking and perfectionism. In part one Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the physiological effects of anxiety with special emphasis on overdriven thinking.…
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Resilience Part 3 with Julie Crabtree
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In our 3rd session of Resilience for Creatives. Dr Julie Crabtree addresses the importance of relationships – identifying support systems and developing mentor relationships. Also additional strategies for you use to build resilience in yourself. This is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, supported by the Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW.…
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Resilience Part 2 with Julie Crabtree
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Join experienced psychologist Dr Julie Crabtree as she explores some of the key qualities we know are associated with resilience including your belief systems, the ability to be flexible and adaptable and the kinds of personal disciplines you need. Learn the vital skill of developing resilience, looking after your mental health and helping others.…
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Resilience Part 1 with Dr Julie Crabtree
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Resilience is two things: the capacity to withstand difficulties and to rebuild after adversity. Resilience is normally an essential quality but in 2020 it is more important than ever before. Join experienced psychologist Dr Julie Crabtree and look at the some of the key qualities we know are associated with resilience including your belief systems…
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In Conversation with US Casting Director Kerry Barden
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US casting director Kerry Barden talks to a group of Australian and NZ Equity members online about the casting process, his past and current projects, the challenges and highlights of his career, his advice for actors and what he has learnt along the way. Kerry's projects include Boy’s Don’t Cry, Spotlight, Sex and the City, 13 Reasons Why, Dallas …
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Working on Neighbours with cast members Sharon Johal and Alan Fletcher
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Adelaide-based actor Alicia Case interviews Neighbours stars Sharon Johal and Alan Fletcher about what it is like to work on one of Australia's fastest paced and longest running productions. This discussion covers everything from the Neighbours audition/casting process and learning lines to on-set processes, diversity on Australian TV and filming p…
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