I have just been re-reading my blogs of  a year ago! A long time ago in media terms but I find that my sentiments about performers attending Workshops still apply. I teach the Basics of Auditioning for the Screen – how to apply for that very important job to tell a story – whether it […]

With reference to the blog on “My Acting Career” March 31st 2015 John – I do not think there is any real question as to whether actors should attend Audition Workshops or not. Sure, everything has changed in this and other industries over the last decade, but what should remain, and be retained, constant, is […]

BECAUSE: I am a fully qualified Casting Director and Career Consultant with over 35  years’ experience in Australia. I am a proud Member of the Casting Guild of Australia. I have been teaching Audition Techniques for the Screen at all levels: Beginners to full-on  Professional actors through groups I’ve  individually picked ; Many and varied […]

I really cannot remember when I first met Richard Kent – you know how it is – there are times when one works with people and they are only a voice at the end of the phone….but that must have been about 1981 when this was the first communication with fellow workers…nothing like the texts […]

The Railway Hotel, Freeling, seemed just like any other pub set in a dusty little town north of Adelaide, just beyond Gawler.  On my arrival one afternoon, in March 2001 around drink o’clock,  I was greeted with a beer by Kerry the lady publican. I had gathered the courage to make arrangements to meet up […]

It is nearly twelve  months since I met, and began mentoring, Karoline Ellis of KEManagement  –  thanks to Lyn Kidd of  The Actors Workshop in Brisbane . Once again The Actors Workshop still  features mostly in my all too few blogs- this is because  I trust Lyn and have worked for her over many years. […]