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3-Day National Actors Intensive 2023

  • Perth, WA Australia (map)

PRICE

$800 + GST

*Payment Plans Available

DAYS

TBC

DATE

November (Dates TBC)

TIME

9:00am - 6:00pm

Finish off 2023 WITH MASSIVE MOMENTUM IN YOUR ACTING CAREER!

Meet six of Australia's most Influential Casting Directors and Directors all in three days!

This incredible and challenging week delivers what no other course in Australia can.

As well as putting your auditioning skills to the test, learning audition technique, on set acting techniques, script analysis, self tape processes and industry knowledge from the masters, actors have the opportunity to network and connect with Australia’s top Industry Professionals.

What does this intensive offer:

  • In this intensive, you will be able to work with a number of different casting directors and directors all of who have different requirements and personal taste for performance. When we hold casting workshops we intend to allow actors to learn what that particular casting directors pet peeves are and what they want to get out of a performance. The intensive allows you to compare and contrast, in real time, different industry professional’s preferences and styles.

  • The intensive functions to really throw you in the deep-end when it comes to performance. It allows you to see where your strengths and capabilities lie as you’re made to perform several times over 3 days with a number of different assigned scenes and requirements.

  • Finally, this intensive will allow you to interact with 19 other actors from all over Australia, creating relationships and finding an opportunity to see your co-workers in action.

Our MOST RECENT Melbourne NAI 2022 Guests WERE:

Sian Davies (Director; Black Snow, The Gloaming, Bloom, Wentworth)

Scott Major (Director; Neighbours, Playing for Keeps, Riptide)

Dave Newman (Casting Director at McSweeney-Newman Casting; Tidelands, Blacklight, Love & Monsters, The Bureau of Magical Things)

Micaeley Gibson (Casting Director, Anousha Zarkesh Casting; High Ground, Firebite, Preppers, Operation Buffalo)

Grant Brown (Director; Rush, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Harrow, Love Child, House Husbands)

Amy Mete (Casting Director, Nick Hamon Casting: Why Are You Like This?)

Lou Mitchell (Casting Director, Maura Fay Casting: Doctor Blake Mysteries, City Homicide, Hotel Mumbai, Predestination)

Cinzia Coassin (Casting Director: Unsound, The Shannara Chronicles, Occupation: Rainfall)

Andy Rappos (Talent Agent: Ian White Management)

Thea McLeod (Casting Director, McLeod Casting: Riptide, Neighbours, Measure 4 Measure, Lie with Me)

Please note:

Due to our guests being currently working industry professionals, please be advised that session times and personnel may change.

PAYMENT PLANS

If you are interested in a payment plan for the course, please email enquiries@tafta.com.au. Once you have selected and registered for the payment plan please use the payment plan to register for the course.

UPCOMING MELBOURNE SHORT COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Featured
Impulse & Instinct with John Orcsik
May 4
Impulse & Instinct with John Orcsik

LEARN TO ACCESS AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS ON CUE!

Over years of working in Film & TV , John found he was required to reach deep emotional places on a busy set, with little time to prepare, and with few takes.

Do you ever find yourself constricted by pre-conditioned expectations of how a scene should run? 

Have your confidence sapped by certain techniques that prioritise what someone thinks you should do instead of what you are doing in the moment. 

Sketch Comedy with John Orcsik
May 6
Sketch Comedy with John Orcsik

Timing, actions, reactions and relations - visual and verbal combine with the basic element of surprise to create comic moments and performances (the setup/payoff principle, etc.). Comedy is not just about funny lines and funny characters. It is all that and much more.

For eight weeks, we will examine and perform the humour of Romantic Comedies, Sit-com, farce, sketch comedy and the great TV Comedy series, both Australian, English and American, and the great actors who performed in them.

EXTENDED Casting Workshop with Stevie Ray (McGregor Casting) - SOLD OUT
May 18
EXTENDED Casting Workshop with Stevie Ray (McGregor Casting) - SOLD OUT

We are very excited and honoured to have Stevie Ray, Casting Director at the powerhouse Casting Office McGregor Casting doing a one-day Casting Workshop at TAFTA!

They are responsible for casting films like:

BabyTeeth, Penguin Bloom, Judy & Punch, Top End Wedding, Danger Close, Thor Ragnarok, Mary Magdalene, Berlin Syndrome, Lion and many more!!!

They cast Ongoing TV Series such as:

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Wolf Like Me, Bump and Year Of, Last Days of the Space Age, Fisk, Colin from Accounts and more!

Casting Workshop with Thea McLeod - New sessions!
May 25
Casting Workshop with Thea McLeod - New sessions!

Founder of McLeod Casting, Thea McLeod is one of Australia’s most prominent casting directors with a wide breadth of work ranging from international films to television, Thea has a passion for discovering and nurturing the next generation of A-list actors from Australia and beyond. Thea spent eleven years in the UK where she was both an actress and a casting director, gaining much experience on an international level for film, television, and commercials.⁠

Thea will share her knowledge with you, giving you the very best tips to enhance your opportunities as an actor in the entertainment industry.

Learn audition and self tape technique from one of the busiest Casting Directors in Australia.

Casting Workshop with Micaeley Gibson (Anousha Zarkesh Casting) - Sold Out
Jun 8
Casting Workshop with Micaeley Gibson (Anousha Zarkesh Casting) - Sold Out

Micaeley Gibson is a Casting Director and Associate at Anousha Zarkesh Casting!

In her session Micaeley will share insights into the casting process, while simulating a mock audition environment. This gives actors the experience of a real audition. Micaeley will provide feedback on your performance, giving you tips and tricks that can help you nail your next audition and answer any burning questions you may have about the industry, casting and performance.

Truth To The Text for beginners with Jerome Meyer - Expressions of Interest
Jul 15
Truth To The Text for beginners with Jerome Meyer - Expressions of Interest

UTILISE AUTHENTICITY AND PERSONAL TRUTH TO ELEVATE PERFORMANCE

Timothée Chalamet, Margot Robbie, Zendaya — what do these world class performers have in common? A pure and playful dedication to authenticity on screen. Whether they are baring their soul in a gritty drug fuelled rant, putting on high-heels in a plastic dream house, or giving a rousing speech to an army of sand warriors, these actors somehow unapologetically infuse each of their characters with their own personal truth – their 'Authentic Selves'. ‘Truth to Text’ presents a tool based approach that helps actors reliably access this level of authenticity in performance.

The universe cannot resist authenticity – let's learn to bring our truth to text.

Next
February 18

Casting Workshop with UK Casting Director Jade Rambaut (Finnian Tweed Casting)