QuietOnSet Newsletter - 14 January 2011

QOS Newsletter-01 - 14th January 2011

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Hi Guys Business has leapt into 2011 and I see that they  are making a movie of the book The Slap. Read it - interesting story and I love the casting. Acting is all about telling the story and I love the  casting process. You have a character in mind  and you can audition 300 brunettes in the age of  20-25yrs and only a handful will jump out at  you - for whatever reason - often  unexplainable. Can you imagine Julia Roberts  not playing Erin Brockavitch, Meg Ryan not  being Sally in When Harry Met Sally etc. There  are plenty of great actors but one just is the  character. I was doing some filming for a friend this week  and it was an infomercial type thing he wanted  to put on YouTube. It was his gig but he sure  could have used a presenter. You see the  commercials where the owner of the business  does his own ads? Really bad. Do not under  estimate the importance of the casting process  and make sure you have your character choices  ready when you get the opportunity to audition. Have a great week. Lee EMAIL ME QOS Website - click here  Latest Quiet On Set News ABC TV has confirmed that Alex Dimitriades, Sophie Lowe and Anthony Hayes have joined the cast of the Matchbox Pictures screen adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap. Production of the eight one-hour episodes will  begin on January 19 in Melbourne. Dimitriades will play Harry, Lowe will be Connie  and Hayes will bring Gary to life. Other cast  announcements include Lex Marinos as manolis,  Blake Davis as Richie, Oliver Ackland as Rhys,  Diana Glenn as Sandi, Toula Tianni as Koula and  Eugenia Fragos as Elisavet. These actors join  the previously announced cast members Melissa  George, Sophie Okonedo, Essie Davis and  Jonathan LaPaglia, who will also star. The Slap is produced by Tony Ayres, Helen  Bowden and Michael McMahon, and the team of  directors includes Jessica Hobbs, Matthew  Saville, Tony Ayres and Robert Connolly. TOP Casting Board QOS Website - click here How To Apply For A Listed Audition - 14 January 2011 ,0 All the contact details are in the members area. If you are not a member, you need to SUBSCRIBE. Just click on the SUBSCRIBE tab at the home page and follow the prompts as you scroll down. Music 'Blogging' TV Show - This SATURDAY - 14 January 2011 Sydney,0 It is a music show with two energetic hosts (one male, one female) chatting, short video pieces, interviews, music clips etc etc. It will have a free flowing spontaneous style. You must be able to connect with the target demographic, and be a total music head. PAID WORK - Theatre in Education - 10 January 2011 Melbourne,VIC We are currently seeking 1 male actor aged 20-30 for paid theatre in education tour. Must have own car. Season runs Feb 14 - May 13. BDA - Performance - 10 January 2011 Sydney,NSW Wesley Institute is holding 'Late Round' auditions for the BDA - Performance & Theatre Practice streams on January 29th. Aspiring theatre makers and performers are encouraged to apply for the late round before January 20th. Student Body, theatre production - 8 January 2011 Melbourne,VIC actors required for roles as international students from China (male) Thailand(female)India (male) Malaysia (female) actors ages 18-25, performance in March in melbourne. PAID WORK -CHICAGO THE MUSICAL AUDITIONS - 5 January 2011 Syd, Brisb, Melb,0 Auditions in : Brisbane - Melbourne - Sydney January 12-21, 2011 SINGERS & DANCERS ... Looking for 2 x Presenters - National TV - 5 January 2011 Sydney,0 Casting for a music show where the two energetic hosts (one male, one female) run a kind of an internet blogging show on national television: chatting, short video pieces, interviews, music clips etc etc. It will have a free flowing spontaneous style. To make this work, we need two great (I repeat, great) kids late teens, early 20s. must be music heads, music nerds, music tragics, music fans, who eat, drink, sleep music. Call for Actors - Critically Acclaimed Director - 2 January 2011 Sydney,NSW Subtlenuance is a Sydney based independent theatre company. We're looking for:  · 2 female actors [stage age 20 - 35] · A female actor [stage age 50 - 70]  · A male actor [stage age 25 - 35] Our first production of 2011 is the latest play by critically acclaimed writer/director Paul Gilchrist. TOP Film Competitions TOP State By State New South Wales Courses | What's On? Cours es Acting For Kids This action packed course is aimed at the young  actor or performer seeking to gain or develop  their on screen performance experience. This course is a great way to have fun, develop  acting skills and technique, and build self  esteem and confidence. Taught by experienced  actors in real studios with real equipment this  course will teach young people the confidence  and skills required to work effectively for  camera! Wed 19 Jan - Fri 21 Jan 2011 9am - 5pm (first session) 3 sessions, 24.0 hours total AFTRS Sydney Clarissa House $395.00 / $355.00 ENROL NOW Performances will be taped and critiqued. AFTRS -The Principles of Comedy Workshop The Principles of Comedy Workshop is a course  designed for putting into practice the craft of  comic storytelling and performance. The course  aimed at both writers and directors, dealing with  understanding and putting into practice the  following: DAY ON The comic premise: The gap between comic  reality and prosaic reality causes the central  conflict of a comedy. The comic theme: The central question of the  film or episode. Creating comic characters using comic  perspective, flaws, humanity and exaggeration. Comic conflict: How to use Social, personal and  inner conflict. DAY TWO The Comic throughline: Principles of narrative  structure for the comedy. Types of comic stories - the story forms and  sub-genres of comedy. An overview of comic archetypes of Commedia  dell'Arte. Comic Scene workshop with class working in  groups on each other's scenes, developing  material through performance. Clips from films as well as quick written  exercises dispersed throughout both days will be  used to teach this material. Students may  develop new ideas within the course exercises  or use the ideas of existing projects. In the  week break between classes, the students will  write a scene, or develop existing work, using  the principles discussed and practised on day  one, for which they will get feedback on Day 2  and further develop their pieces in a workshop  exploring the tone of performance as presented  in the writing. Sat 5 Mar - Sat 12 Mar 2011 9:30am - 5pm (first session) 2 sessions, 15.0 hours total AFTRS Sydney Marty Murphy $420.00 / $378.00 / $378.00 / $378.00 Mark Piper's Byron Bay Film & Television School Open Day & Third Semester Programme 2011 Mark Piper's Byron Bay Film & Television  School, which opened in July 2010, commences  its third semester courses on Monday 31st  January 2011. Part time open programme and  short courses will be available to kids, aspiring  and advanced actors, directors and filmmakers. Part Time acting and filmmaking courses are  delivered over 9 weeks and provide an in-depth  opportunity to hone skills in a hands-on  environment and state of the art equipment. For  more details on this rare opportunity to gain  relevant skills we invite you to visit the website  www.markpiper.com to see what is covered and  the schedule for each course. Open day Please come to our Open Day on Saturday 22nd  January 2011 between 12 noon and 6 pm.  There will be guest speakers, music, food and  fun at rear of Still@The Centre - The Blue  Building, Arts and Industrial Estate, 3 Centennial  Circuit (entry Brigantine) Byron Bay. About the courses World renowned film and television industry  guest tutors that have previously joined Mark  Piper (Director / Producer) to pass on their real  life experience and skills to students, include  Charlie De Salis (Writer / Producer), Scott  McGregor (Actor / Presenter), Anthony Wong  (Ivana Chubbuck Method), Andrea Moor  (Practical Ascetics), Rowena Balos (American  Accent), Dean Francis (Award Winning AFTRS  Graduate) and Martin Sacks (Actor / Director). This term we welcome Mandy Nolan to tutor in  comedy. Idyllic Byron Bay is the perfect location for  undertaking film and television studies, close  enough to Brisbane and Sydney to make it easy  to reach, but far away enough that students can  combine a getaway with undertaking their  studies with some of the best film and television  tutors available in Australia. Accommodation assistance for students while  studying in Byron Bay can also be arranged by  Byron Bay Film & Television School. Classes resume Monday 31st January 2011 Kids Classes- [8 weeks] Monday 4.00pm - 5.30  pm  Aspiring and Intermediate Actor- Mondays,  5.30pm - 8.30pm or Tuesdays, 4.30pm -  7.30pm  Advanced Actor / Musical- Wednesdays, 6.30pm  - 9.30pm  Director Mentoring with Mark Piper - Mondays &  Tuesdays, 4.30pm - 7.30pm & Wednesdays,  6.30pm - 9.30pm  There is also a comprehensive School Holiday  and Short Course schedule, including American  Accent Course, Stunt training for Actors, Makeup  & Hair for Film & Television, 3 Day Filmmakers  Course, and a 2 Day Actor's Preparation Course.  Additional courses are in development. For more information on course curriculums and  schedules, Mark Piper and Guest Tutors as well  as enrolment forms, please visit  http://www.markpiper.com or contact Mark  Piper directly on 0414 888 884 or by email at  markpiper@ozemail.com.au. Places in the courses are strictly limited, so  contact Mark today to secure the next step in  your Film & Television career! About Mark Piper Spanning over three decades in the international  Theatre, Film and Television industries, Mark  Piper's award-winning career has seen him on  the initial teams Producing and Directing many  international drama programs. Water Rats - Director Pilot Episodes (Australia), Mercy Peak  (NZ), Beastmaster (USA), Ponderosa (USA),  Neighbours, Home and Away, All Saints - Co  Director Pilot, Blue Heelers, Always Greener,  Halifax F.P (Australia), and Gute Zeiten  Schlechte Zeiten - Adviser and Pilot Director  (Germany), are just some of the popular series  that Mark has worked on. Beginning his career as an Actor in New  Zealand, Mark went on to running Director  Roger Donaldson's,("The World's Fastest  Indian"), company Aardvark films, and then  worked on such films such as "The Blue Lagoon"  with Brooke Shields, "Tim" and "Attack Force Z"  with Mel Gibson, and "My Brilliant Career" with  Sam Neil and Judy Davis. More recently he has been working with Chris  Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Kylie Minogue, Julian  McMahon, Simon Baker, Sharni Vinson. Testimonials It has also been a pleasure to learn and work  with you Mark, I have really loved the practical  side and the challenge of new scenes each  week.Unfortunely I will be away for Jan and will  miss your open night and I will be away in  March for a month so I will miss next term.  What a shame as I love your class! Many thanks Louise Hey Mark I just wanted to thank you personally for the  amazing weeks we had with you. It was such a great learning experience and it  has really motivated me to get involved in this  industry. Oh and next time your in Brisbane we should  definately go out for shots! Thank you again, Colette. Places in the courses are strictly limited,  maximum 10 per class so contact Mark today to  secure the next step in your Film & Television  career! Upcoming Courses Some of the open program courses coming up.  Book now to avoid missing out. Visit www.markpiper.com for more details. The Actor - Aspiring and Intermediate 9 Week Workshop Mark Piper presents a unique intensive 9 week  workshop, which is a rare opportunity to learn  from award winning Producer and Director, Mark  Piper, and industry guests More information and application The Actor - Advanced 9 Week Workshop Discover you unique screen presence. Develop  acting skills and gain techniques for acting to  camera. Prepare, rehearse and perform scenes  from film and television, covering both comedy  and drama. More information and application Film and Television Director's Course 9 Week Workshop How directors interact with their actors is crucial  to the success of any production. This course  develops the skills needed for leading a creative  team, motivating actors, and inspiring  audiences. It also provides valuable guidance on  how to cast and rehearse actors and how to  facilitate great performances. The program  covers the director's roles and responsibilities,  principles of effective storytelling,  characterisation, planning, production skills and  working with other creative roles such as  designers, writers, choreographers and  composers. During the course you will work with actors in  both the intermediate and advanced classes .  The courses will run each Monday, Tuesday and  Wednesday with preparation work during the  week. What's On Darlinghurst Theatre Company Hello friends, Happy New Year! We're back in full swing at the  theatre and delighted to have Open For  Inspection back on our stage throughout  January and February. We can't help but sing  along to their catchy songs as we hear them  rehearsing throughout the day... We'll have to  fight the urge to become part of the chorus  when we're treated to the full show, which  previews from this Thursday. Get in quick and  book tickets - we guarantee you'll be humming  along too. Coming up at the end of February is a hilarious  double bill by Steven Dawson, Jane Austen's  Guide to Pornography + Gorgeous Bastard! As  part of the Mardi Gras Festival, this dirty double  act is receiving plenty of attention, promising  sex without sensibility and perversion without  prejudice! Join the debauchery and book tickets  early. Be sure to check out the rest of our 2011  Season. We have a whole year of diverse and  scintillating theatre experiences ahead. We look forward to seeing you at the theatre  very soon! Cheers, Edwina --------------------------------------------- OPEN FOR INSPECTION THE REAL ESTATE  MUSICAL! Music and Lyrics by Lucy Egger | Script by Tim  Bosanquet 13 January - 13 February Tickets $27-$37 Enter a world of black SUV's, dummy bidders  and blue-haired harridans as two ruthless, rival  agencies battle for buyers during a property  slump. Set in the cutthroat world of Sydney real estate,  Open for Inspection is a wickedly black, new  musical comedy. After a short sell-out season at  Darlinghurst Theatre Company in 2010, the  musical about a real estate agent who becomes  a serial killer returns to the stage with 10%  more hair gel.  With wonderfully catchy songs by Lucy Egger  and an all singing, all dancing cast, this hilarious  musical is sure to bring the house down this  summer. If you only see one musical about real  estate this year - make sure this is it. DIRECTOR: Sandra Stockley MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Douglas Hansell CHOREOGRAPHY: Amy Campbell SET DESIGN: Barry French WITH: Sara Browne, Andrew Cutcliffe, Drew  Fairley, Amanda Stephens Lee, Jenny Lynn,  Catherine McGraffin, James Pope, Chad Richards  and Sophie Webb Western Australia Courses Courses AFTRS - Acting For Kids This action packed course is aimed at the young  actor or performer seeking to gain or develop  their on screen performance experience. This course is a great way to have fun, develop  acting skills and technique, and build self  esteem and confidence. Taught by experienced  actors in real studios with real equipment this  course will teach young people the confidence  and skills required to work effectively for  camera! Mon 17 Jan - Fri 21 Jan 2011 9am - 1pm (first session) 5 sessions, 20.0 hours total AFTRS Perth Annie Murtagh-Monks $300.00 / $270.00 / $270.00 Kids will work with two hander scenes (two  people in a scene) working on and developing  their own unique performance style, blocking  and camera coverage, script and character  interpretation and the special skills required for  camera - they are different!. Performances will be taped and critiqued. Victoria What's On? What's On AUSTRALIAN ACTOR MARCUS GRAHAM & SBS WORLD NEWS PRESENTER ANTON ENUS BOTH TO HOST '4PLAY - THE CHAPEL MIDSUMMA READINGS Popular Aussie actor MARCUS GRAHAM &  ANTON ENUS from SBS World News will host  Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre & Chapel Off Chapel's  Midsumma event  4PLAY - THE CHAPEL MIDSUMMA READINGS  Saturday, 22 January @ 2.00pm THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE by  Phillip Ridley, directed by Robert Chuter, hosted  by Marcus Graham Featuring Aaron J. March, Ian Rooney, Tom  Pitts, Marissa Bennett & Frances Hutson In a strange room in East London the party  preparations are under way. Everything has  been planned to the last detail. Surely nothing  can go wrong? After all, there's the specially  made birthday cake, the specially written cards,  the specially chosen young and attractive guest  of honour not to mention a very, very sharp  knife. Ridley's edgy and provocative gay drama  caused a sensation when it premiered in London  and is now regarded as a contemporary classic.  Licensed by arrangement with The Rod Hall  Agency, London MARCUS GRAHAM Marcus is one of Australia's most talented and  respected actors. His versatility has seen him  enjoy a successful acting career in Theatre, Film  and Television both nationally and  internationally for over 20 years.Having gained  an infinite amount of knowledge and experience  within the entertainment industry, Marcus has  been fortunate to have developed an instinctive  approach to teaching. Combined with his ability  to explore unique characteristics of each  individual, he helps students define their natural  human qualities, allowing them to bring life to  their work. Some of Marcus' film and television  credits include: 'Clearing The Air', 'Mulholland  Drive', 'Three Blind Mice', 'Blue Heelers' (in  which he received an AFI award for), the U.S TV  series 'Charmed' (playing the role of Dragon  Warlock) and the award winning drama  'Underbelly' playing convicted murderer 'Lewis  Caine.' Marcus' stage credits include 'The Rocky  Horror Picture Show', 'The Blue Room'(opposite  Sigrid Thornton), 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' for  the Melbourne Theatre Company and Bell  Shakespeare's production of 'Pericles'. Saturday, 29 January @ 2.00pm SOUTHWARK FAIR by Samuel Adamson,  directed by Celeste Cody, hosted by Anton Enus Featuring Nicholas Bendall, Frances Hutson,  Jonathan Dyer, Shash Lall, Tom Pitts & Benjamin  Byrne Past misdemeanours bear down on the present  when Patrick calls up one ex-boyfriend with  another in mind. When his wife discovers what's  he's up to, she purses his discarded date  through the maelstrom of the south Bank, where  a Bird Whistler flogs his wares, a good-looking  barista primes himself for his wedding, and an  elderly actress stakes the deputy Mayor of  London. Unexpectedly connected by time and  place, a tangle of lost souls fight, fall in love and  lay their private fears bare in this extraordinary,  evocative metropolitan comedy. Licensed by  arrangement with The Agency, London ANTON ENUS Anton Enus, is a South African-born Australian  news presenter for SBS. Until December 2007,  Enus anchored the late edition of SBS World  News Australia, which aired on weeknights at  9.30pm. Enus became the lead  anchor of the programme on 17 December  2007. He has been a newscaster and journalist  for 20 years. He has been with SBS World News  Tonight for the past five years, after a 15-year  career in radio and television with  South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC  Anton's achievements include the CNN World  Report award for best international report and  the Bokmakierie Award for current affairs.  Before leaving South Africa, Anton  presented the country's major evening national  news bulletin for the SABC. He was a founding  member of South Africa's gay and lesbian sports  movement in the early 1980s and was on the  organising team that guided the  country into the Gay Games for the first time in  1994. He has also served on committees aimed  at reconciling Johannesburg's multi-cultural gay  and lesbian communities . He is a keen long- distance runner, having completed more than 4 standard or ultra- marathons. He has completed South Africa's  premier ultra-marathon, the comrades (90 km),  two times. In 1999, he migrated to Sydney with  Roger Henning, his partner of 16 years, and they both became Australian citizens  in July 2002. Tickets can be purchased at the box office prior  to the reading:  Full $16.00 & Concession $12.00 [+ transaction  fee] CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL, 12 Little Chapel Street,  Prahran, 3181 Box Office: 10.00am-5.00pm, seven days a  week Bookings: 03 8290 7000 Email: chapel@stonnington.vic.gov.au Website: www.chapeloffchapel.com.au FLY-ON-THE-WALL THEATRE Enormously popular US/Australian actress and  singer, JANE BADLER has joined MARCUS  GRAHAM and ANTON ENUS as one of the 4PLAY:  THE CHAPEL MIDSUMMA READINGS hosts. Jane  has just arrived back home from Canada after  spending some months reprising her role as  'Diana' in the sci-fi series 'V'. She will host the first reading this Saturday, 15  January of young playwright's SAM SHORE'S  acclaimed NZ play 'THE IDEA OF AMERICA'.  Directed by LUCIEN SAVRON Jude, a failed actress battling dementia, seems  to think she's a lot more famous than she  actually is. Between playing mother and battling  with her illness, she escapes into a world of  sequins, air-kisses and grand sweeping  entrances. Amongst all this her conservative  and bigoted daughter, Holly, returns to the fold.  Youngest Maureen, and secretive older brother  Sean, greet her warily. As things turn from bad  to worse the comically dysfunctional siblings  must unite in a common cause. Lies are  exposed, old wounds reopened and each must  struggle with their own off beat neuroses. The  universal story of how a modern family copes  with the loss of a parent, interweaves with the  fantastical world of a stage diva gone mad.  Tickets can be purchased at the box office prior  to the reading. Full $16.00 Concession $12.00 [+ transaction  fee] CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL, 12 Little Chapel Street,  Prahran, 3181 Box Office: 10.00am-5.00pm, seven days a  week Bookings: 03 8290 7000  Email: chapel@stonnington.vic.gov.au www.chapeloffchapel.com.au Warm regards  FLY-ON-THE-WALL THEATRE [ABN: 68 556 618 355] Postal: P.O. Box 1620, St. Kilda South, Victoria,  Australia, 3182 Phone: +61 (0)3 9531 9395 Mobile: +61 (0) 414916923 Email: flyonthewalltheatre@gmail.com Website: http://Fly-On-The- WallTheatre.yolasite.com/ TOP

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