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Roxanne Henry. Tutor of Acting Performance Studio

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When it comes to the performance arts Sam has been training, performing and filmmaking since he was 8 years old. His credits include Rove Live, City Homicide, It’s a Date, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Between Trees, Bathrooms, Dead Gorgeous, The Pacific, Prank Patrol, As The Bell Rings. As well as numerous commercials. Sam also takes great pleasure educating and takes great pride in seeing his students develop their skills, talents and passion for film and the performing arts.

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Dr. Suzie J. Jarmain is a multiple-degree, award-winning creative academic who investigates acting character. Twenty-seven years of professional work has transformed Suzie into a solo actor-performer, teacher and writer, working with companies such as: National Theatre of Scotland (UK), BBC Scotland (UK), Traverse Theatre (UK), The Arches (UK), North Edinburgh Arts Centre (UK), The Performance Space (AUS), Melbourne Theatre Company (AUS), La Mama Theatre (VIC), Union House Theatre (AUS), PACT (NSW), Shopfront (NSW), Victorian College of the Arts (AUS), Melbourne University (AUS), and Monash University (AUS) amongst others. Specialising in the relationship between identity and acting, her article Acting Dangerously: confessions of a Transformational Actor was published in ArtsHub (2022) and the essay My Name Is…? on transformation in acting will be published in the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) general issue (82) in 2023. Suzie was awarded the Phillip Parson’s Prize (ADSA 2016) for performance as research (acting) and has presented nationally and internationally on acting and character work.

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Jared Kirkwood is an actor based in Melbourne Australia. He has a bachelor’s degree trained in stage and screen arts from New Zealand’s prestigious college of performing arts in Wellington. Since graduating he has worked full time professionally in film and theatre

productions all around New Zealand, featuring as an elf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, appearing in numerous TV commercials and award-winning short’s films such as “Sketch” winner of Wellington film fest where Jared was nominated for best actor.

Jared has performed in countless professional stage productions, his work at the Fortune as ‘William’ in Punk Rock, by tony award-winning Simon Stephens, awarded him with his first professional accolade. Winning ‘best male performance in a leading role’ at the NZ theatre awards.

Jared is excited to bring his diverse set of talents and fresh eyes to Australia. Working to further develop as an artist, while having the rewarding opportunity to give back, by passing on his expertise to the student’s he trains.

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Imogen is a professionally trained actor and has been acting since she was 9. Her passion for film and tv has lead her to received extensive training at Acting Performance Studio as well as participating in short courses with the NIDA and TAFTA teams. Imogen has also worked with many of Australia’s leading casting professionals.

On screen, Imogen appeared as Georgie in ABC’s two time Logie nominated show Mustangs FC for her first major role. Mustangs FC has been aired worldwide, being regularly played in Australia, England, America, Africa and Europe.

Imogen is also furthering her film and tv experience by working in the camera department for upcoming professional productions.

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Harrison Lane is a Melbourne based Director and Actor and has been teaching acting for several years.

During his time studying at VCA for his Bachelors in Directing for Film and TV he wrote and directed festival favorite shorts "The Ghoulies" and "A Mouth to Feed". He was awarded as Lead Director in the inaugural webseries Initiative  started by VCA in 2019, where he led his fellow peers from all creative faculties of  the university (from actors to screenwriters, musicians and production designers) in creating the webseries "Tech Inc. Global", which had its debut at the following year's Melbourne Webfest. 
Post University, Harrison continued broadening his ability to tell stories in unique ways. He formed a production house alongside several peers and directed episodes in the Sexual Health comedy series "Undergarment Odysseys".
That same production house would continue to produce more short films under the name Crispy Yoghurt, where Harrison and his team would create absurdist, comedic and perhaps slightly disturbing shorts that always challenged viewers' expectations.

Harrisons most recent projects include Music Videos for the Melbourne Band Unscored. He directed their debut Music Video "Cowboy", which had a long run in the the festival circuit, featuring in over 30 festivals across the world and snagging wins both nationally and internationally. 
Directing Music Videos has been Harrisons most enjoyed creative experience as he believes the most emotional storytelling is told visually.

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Thea McLeod of McLeod Casting 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. Since her return to Australia, she has been the resident casting director for “Neighbours” over the past 12 years, Other television credits include the highly acclaimed “Better Man” for the SBS network, the controversial telemovie “Schapelle” for Channel Nine, based on the fascinating story of Schapelle Corby and her trial, and “UnderBelly Files: The Man That Got Away” for Screentime, which was a part of the highly successful crime series Underbelly plus “City Homicide” for The Seven Network & “What ever happened to that guy” for Foxtel. As well as many successful Australian Feature films including “Pawno”, “Spin Out”, “Lie With Me”, “Emo The Musical”, “Summercoda”, “Blinder”, “What if it Works”, “The Menkoff Method” & “Measure 4 Measure ”.

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Victoria Mertzanidis. Tutor of Acting Performance Studio

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Elisha Moore, born in Melbourne Australia has recently directed and written the short film Unforgotten featured in 2018. Last year Elisha went to the States to do a workshop in Los Angeles at Stella Adler, where she had a life-changing experience and earned herself a scholarship. Elisha has been a part of Acting Performance Studio completing her second year at the Full Time Program. She also studied at Swinburne University completing a Theatre Arts course which led her to continue learning. Whilst living in Amsterdam, Elisha had the opportunity to work with Theadora Voutsa for the International Theatre English company for the play Antigone.

Since being at Acting Performance Studio, Elisha is inspired to continue her career as an actress, writer and director and is excited to see what the future brings.

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Jacqueline (Jacquie) is an Acting Graduate of Melbourne’s 16th Street Actors Studio (2016) and specialises in Film Acting and Meisner Technique. Over her years, Jacquie has performed in several TVC’s, Short Films, Feature Films and featured in Australian Television show ABC’s Retrograde. Since graduating, Jacquie has focussed on her Acting career as well as Writing and Directing.