Elisha Moore
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.
Jacqueline Muehlke
Rhys Muldoon
Rarmian Newton
Rarmian Newton Is a professional screen and stage actor best known for the roles of Maashous Evers in the TV musical drama RISE (NBC,) Peter Saubers in the television adaption of Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes (NBC,) and Ethan Davies in Tell me a Story (CBS.)
Rarmian started his career in theatre at the age of 10, touring Australia as Young Peter Allen in Hugh Jackman’s The Boy From OZ. He won a Helpmann Award for his performance as Billy Elliot in the hit musical Billy Elliot and toured Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA as the lead role of Hiccup in the live arena spectacular of How to Train Your Dragon. He then spent the next decade in the USA building and developing a career in film and television.
Rarmian has worked with such notable actors as Hugh Jackman, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Holland, Antonio Banderas, Sir Ben Kingsley, Rosie Perez, Aaron Eckhart, Joan Allen, Holland Taylor, Josh Radnor, Auli’i Cravalho, Lea Salonga and Kate Mulgrew. He has worked roles on most major American TV Networks; NBC, ABC, CBS and AMC to name a few.
Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Zoe Nichols
Zoe is a young, exciting and vibrant teacher who is loved by our younger students.
Holding a certificate III in Theatre and Screen Performance from the National Theatre and a Certificate IV in Music Theatre from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) Zoe is also a graduate of our Full-Time program.
While training at APS Zoe played roles such as, Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Directed by Francis Greenslade) Clytemnestra/Tyndarues in Electra.Heart.Orestes, and Ophelia in Der Hamletmachine (Both directed by head of course, Briony Dunn)
Zoe has written a number of self devised cabarets, and most recently had the pleasure of performing her solo cabaret, “Zoe is a Cabaret” at Chapel Off Chapel for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, under the guidance of cabaret legends, Melissa Langton and Mark Jones.
In 2015 Zoe was selected by Matthew Lee Robinson to perform his original material in Matthew Lee Robinson Presents: New Voices in Sydney and was thrilled in 2016 when she was selected again for the Melbourne season.
Zoe loves sharing her knowledge of acting for the stage and the screen with her students and helping them become the best storytellers they can be. Zoe is as passionate about her students’ craft as she is her own.
Martha Noone
Martha originally trained as a secondary school drama and theatre studies teacher and taught in a school in London for a year, and directed multiple musicals and plays in Melbourne. She knew she had to move into special education when she facilitated drama activities with people with diverse needs on a camp. She was blown away by the depth of emotional knowledge and expression shown by people with disabilities.
Martha became a classroom teacher in a special needs school and taught for 5 years while studying a masters of special education. In her teaching practice she loves to design learning around the individual, cater environments to suit all needs and provide opportunities for individuals to be themselves, thrive, and develop a love of learning.
Martha is so excited to combine her passions of special education teaching and performance in AP studio’s new special needs screen and stage acting classes!
Mick O'Malley
After graduating from the Centre for performing arts in Adelaide Mick worked with a number of professional theatre companies before a national tour brought him home to Melbourne.
Back at home Mick formed Rooftop Productions and staged sell out theatre events around Melbourne. Mick then gained a Directors residency at the famed Mietta’s, where he directed a number of highly acclaimed shows, including the Mietta’s tribute show, featuring a who’s who of Melbourne’s best-known Actors and performers.
Over his years working in theatre Mick was twice nominated for the prestigious Green Room Awards: Best Director 1999, Best Actor 2001.
Mick has regularly appeared in lead guest and on-going roles in all of Australia’s best known TV shows, including, Blue Heelers, Neighbours, Stingers, Rush, Marshal Law, State Coroner, MDA, Dr. Blake, Offspring, more than 30 commercials and two HBO movies of the week, Noahs Arc and the Klimes.
These days Mick runs a production company producing and directing TVC’s, short films, web-series and countless training and promotional videos.