Sydney
Short Courses, National Actors Intensives, Casting Workshops, Director Workshops and Weekend Intensives
“I learnt countless amounts of skills and traits at TAFTA that I couldn’t have done without and I’ve used them now and in the past for Tomorrow When the War Began and other projects.”
Deniz Akdeniz - (Tomorrow When the War Began, Agents of Shield, Siren, Once Upon a Time)
Casting Workshop with Thea McLeod (mcleod Casting)
MORNING & AFTERNOON SESSIONS AVAILABLE
TAFTA is thrilled to welcome back the very popular, Thea McLeod. 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 has been casting the very popular Australian classic Neighbours for 12+ years. 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.
Casting Workshop with Stevie Ray (McGregor Casting)
TAFTA is excited to welcome back Stevie Ray. Stevie is responsible for casting many high end Australian and International Projects. This extended day-long Casting Workshop is an unbelievable opportunity to get in front of the top Casting Directors in Australia. If you’re watching something and say to yourself “Who cast that?” It was probably Stevie. Learn how to make an impact with your auditions, what McGregor Casting looks for in an actor, and how to navigate the world of self tapes vs in room auditions.
Casting Workshop with Stevie Ray (McGregor Casting)
TAFTA is excited to welcome back Stevie Ray. Stevie is responsible for casting many high end Australian and International Projects. This extended day-long Casting Workshop is an unbelievable opportunity to get in front of the top Casting Directors in Australia. If you’re watching something and say to yourself “Who cast that?” It was probably Stevie. Learn how to make an impact with your auditions, what McGregor Casting looks for in an actor, and how to navigate the world of self tapes vs in room auditions.
Casting Workshop with Amy Mete from Nick Hamon Casting
This session will provide invaluable lessons and insight into the audition process and a chance for valuable feedback! Amy specialises in casting comedy so don’t miss this opportunity to find your true comedic essence and deliver a showstopping audition from Amy Mete in this workshop!
Emotions #2 Intensive with John Orcsik
If you have completed Emotions #1 with John and are ready to expand your emotional range even further reserve your spot now!
Learn to:
Make powerful choices in a scene that are connected to your emotions
Exploring different emotions in challenging, complex and demanding scenes
Using emotions as a tool to tell the story, not just to express emotion
Creating a unique, connected and powerful performance that will stand out in the audition room.
Impulse & Emotions Intensive with John Orcsik
This course is about getting out of your head.
The two factors are indistinct yet relative. How does your impulse in a single moment or multiple impulses in an entire scene impact on your emotions and how does an imposed or real emotion impact on your impulses.
In this advanced scene-work course you will be guided by John to give yourself permission to surrender to the moment and trust your instincts and impulses, and let them carry you to your truth in the scene.
No acting allowed.
Casting Workshop with Leigh Pickford (Maura Fay Casting)
Senior Casting Director of Maura Fay Casting, Leigh Pickford is one Australia’s must-see Casting Directors.
This is your chance actors to be seen by a high profile casting director who casts for some of the most ground-breaking projects such as:
Secret City, Safe Harbour, Bite Club, Pine Gap, Hotel Mumbai, Guardians of the Tomb, The Wrong Girl, Janet King, Wonderland and many more!
In this workshop Leigh will help actors improve their understanding of the industry and the audition process, providing invaluable information and insights into the casting world.
National Actors Intensive 2022
An exhausting, but incredibly rewarding week! In six days this intensive program will give you what NO other program in Australia can do. Work with 12 of Australia’s top Industry Professionals; a rare opportunity to perform for them all and receive an instant evaluation of your work.
UK Casting Workshop with Johnny Ong
DO YOU WANT TO WORK AS AN ACTOR IN THE UK?
Johnny Ong has been working in the UK casting industry for over 7 years, and has been able to work on some of the highest profile projects filming there over that period, including: The Crown, End of the F***ing World, Casino Royale, Outlander, Ascendant and more.
Now Johnny Works as a Freelance Casting Director, frequently collaborating with Faith Martin at Faith Martin Casting!This Casting Workshop will include an interactive information session on the UK industry and how to get cast in UK projects, then working on the floor on both commercial and theatrical scenes that will be allocated by Johnny!
Emotions #1 Intensive with John Orcsik
LEARN TO HARNESS AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS ON CUE!
If you are looking for a technique that can help you become emotional on cue, take after take that doesn't require you to use real events from your past - to take all the pressure off the “Key acting moments”? Then this short course is what you’re looking for.
This technique will empower you with confidence to face with emotional beats in a scene.
Using John Orcsik’s unique method, you will learn a physiological process to express your emotions on screen, without the need to use emotional recall, sense memory, or any other potentially damaging techniques. There is no need to learn line, prepare a scene or imagine a traumatic event to prepare yourself for this class, it is just you and the technique.
Self Tape & Casting Masterclass with US Casting Director Donna Morong (Morong Casting)
Donna Morong is a respected Casting Director with over 25 years in the business. She spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company ultimately becoming Senior Vice President of Motion Picture Casting in the feature film division, where she cast films such as “PRINCESS DIARIES”, “SHANGHAI KNIGHTS”, “10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU”, “DEUCE BIGOLO”, “ANNAPOLIS”, “CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN”. In 2008, she won an Artios Award for casting Ben Affleck’s “GONE BABY GONE” for Miramax which garnered an Academy Award Nomination for Amy Ryan.
This extended Casting Masterclass includes a submitted self tape prior to the session, feedback on your self tape, re-shooting the tape with direction, and a final call back session. Bring your A game!
ACTING MASTERCLASS WITH KRISTY SEXTON (On Set Acting Coach for AQUAMAN)
TAFTA is excited to offer Actors the unique opportunity to work with the acting coach for DC's Aquaman and more recently; NBC’s Young Rock, NBC’s Joe Exotic, and Amazon Prime’s The Wilds: Kristy Sexton!
Kristy is what’s known as a Ghost Acting Coach. She has worked on some of the highest profile international projects in the world, but stays in the background doing what is most important; guiding actors to get themselves to Oscar-level performances.
Kristy also frequently has studio heads and producers consult with her for her opinion on final castings for projects!
This workshop is for actors who want to work with a world-class acting coach to get their skills to their next level.
The Actor/Director Relationship with Director Grant Brown (Last King of the Cross)
Coming straight off the new Drama series filmed in Sydney “The Last King of The Cross” Grant Brown is an experienced director that will elevate your performance to a professional level.
With a focus on refining performance for the screen, this workshop will challenge you to really think outside the box of performance to help you fully understand the collaboration between the Actor and Director. This is an incredible opportunity for Sydney actors to work with a highly sought-after director to enhance your acting ability whilst building a professional relationship with Grant.
The Art of Self-Taping with Dave Newman
Work with Award winning Casting Director Dave Newman from McSweeney Newman Casting. If you want to learn how to nail that big audition and leave a lasting impression on a casting director, director or producer book into this workshop now before it sells out!
Casting Workshop with Lou MItchell (Maura Fay Casting)
Senior Casting Director of Maura Fay Casting, Lou Mitchell is one Australia’s must-see Casting Directors.
This is your chance actors to be seen by a high profile casting director who casts for some of the most ground-breaking projects such as:
Secret City, Safe Harbour, Bite Club, Pine Gap, Hotel Mumbai, Guardians of the Tomb, The Wrong Girl, Janet King, Wonderland and many more!
In this workshop Lou will help actors improve their understanding of the industry and the audition process, providing invaluable information and insights into the casting world.