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Free Acting Workshop for low vision and/or hard of hearing actors with Andy McPhee (Sons of Anarchy, Wolf Creek)

  • TAFTA 60 Dawson Street Brunswick, VIC, 3056 Australia (map)

PRICE

FREE

DAY

Saturday

DATE

22nd July

TIME

10am - 1pm

International Actor and Acting Coach Andy McPhee will be holding a free one-day workshop for low vision and/or hard of hearing actors.

For all information please email Andy McPhee at andyactingcoaching@gmail.com

By participating in this, there is a strong chance Andy will have a work opportunity for you (upon completion) to work alongside him on an upcoming project of his. Please note this course is for vision and/or hearing-impaired actors only.

WHO?

Andy has decades of experience at an actor in films such as: Wolf Creek (2005); Animal Kingdom (2010); Pizza (2005); Wilfred (2010); Dr Blake Mysteries (2015) and Gallipoli (2015). Andy has also starred internationally in major release features such as Disney’s – Saving Mr Banks (2013), See Saw’s Slow West (2015) and Criminal Minds (2011).

Andy is also an Acting Coach, training hundreds of actors the craft and discipline of acting. Andy notably coached his son Kodi Smit-McPhee throughout his career. Kodi has just won a Golden Globe for The Power of the Dog, AND was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Award. 

L-R: Andy and his son Kodi Smit-McPhee in Gallipoli (2015), Andy & Kodi, Andy with Joseph Pearlman, Charlie Hunnam and more in Sons of Anarchy (2010), Andy in The Faceless Man (2019), Andy with Kodi and Ryan Kwanten on 2067 (2020).

AGE: 17+*

*If you are under 17 years old and would like to sign up to this course please contact enquiries@tafta.com.au for details

Please note: Payment plans are available - please email enquiries@tafta.com.au if you would like to set up a payment plan

More about Andy McPhee:

Andy McPhee is an Australian Actor with an extensive career both local and international. Known for Iconic Australian films and series such as Wolf Creek (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), Pizza (2005), Wilfred (2010), Dr Blake Mysteries (2015), and Gallipoli (2015). Andy has also starred internationally in major release features such as Disney’s – Saving Mr Banks (2013), See Saw’s Slow West (2015) and Criminal Minds (2011). Andy Mcphee is best known internationally for his portayal of Irish biker Keith McGee in FX Sons of Anarchy (2010), Forbidden Planet (.

Next to be seen recurring as Turk, in critically acclaimed series WentWorth (2018) a contemporary revival of thee Australian Prison drama of the same name. Mcphee was also most recently starring in the Wolf Creek Miniseries (2016) starring Lucy Fry and John Jarratt. McPhee headlined four independent films including Living Space (2018) with director Steven Spiel, and the also the american production of What Goes Around Comes Around (2018) Directed by Tyson Jarvis and Mike Smallwood, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). 

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