2018 Photos

December 2018

Screen Actors Workshop co-ordinator Vera Polianskaia and director Alan Nurthen guests of the Russian Consul for the premiere screening of the documentary Russian Reactor at the Ritz cinema Randwick.

Russian Reactor documentary premiere

The first day of production for our 13 x 30 min. online black comedy series, The Devil’s Diner.

Actors Lucky (as our hapless narrator) and Hamish (as the Devil’s seventh son, number 7)

Alumni Aileen Beale in character as Margaret Young in the critically acclaimed ABC TV two- part series, Friday on My Mind; voted BestAustralian Drama produced between 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2018.

The new upstairs studio space all set up and ready for Term 2 classes

An historic moment. Saturday Teens: the last class held in the old downstairs studios on 7 April.

DVD slick and video title card for the film The Brat, set in Sydney in 1931 and produced in black and white.

Wooden Acting

When an actor’s performance is described as “wooden,” what does that mean? Basically it means that the performance is forced, in other words, the feelings and emotions are “acted,” not felt. Good acting is living in the moment and truthfully experiencing what the character is feeling emotionally from moment to moment. Wooden acting can be […]

Finding the right acting tutor

The first step in commencing your budding acting career is to find the right acting school and, most importantly, the right acting teacher for you. If you want to learn stage acting then you have a wide choice of institutions. If you want to study screen acting, the choices are limited. But the most critical […]

Truthful Acting

Truthful acting means just that. It means don’t ACT for the camera but instead have an experience! Feel what the character is feeling from moment to moment and immerse yourself fully into the role. The camera is a great bullshit detector and if you’re “acting” then the camera will immediately read the performance as phony […]

Commitment

It’s one thing to apply for a full-time acting course after completing high school when you have plenty of free time and access to resources such as Hex, Austudy or Abstudy. But what if you’re a mature age student? How can you learn how to act while juggling a full-time job and family commitments? If […]

Learning Lines

Whether for stage or screen you must learn your lines. There is no excuse. As veteran British actor Bill Nighy says: “You must know your lines inside out and back to front.” If you don’t know your lines then you are not connected to either the moment or to the other actor(s). There are numerous techniques […]