UPstageWA First Panel Guest List
Sun, 8 Oct 2006, 10:40 pmUPstageWA2 posts in thread
UPstageWA First Panel Guest List
Sun, 8 Oct 2006, 10:40 pmHello Everyone
Well the first panel discussion is only a few weeks away and I am delighted to announce the panel members for that discussion.
Ms Marcelle Schmitz ( professional actor /director/teacher/lecturer. Winner of Equity awards for Direction and Acting)
Mr Benj D'Addario ( Professional Actor, WAAPA graduate and founder of Red Ryder Productions)
Mr. Stephen Lee ( Professional Actor/Director. Winner of Best Actor ITA Finley Awards)
Mr Stuart Haluszkiewicz ( Professional Actor/ Teacher /Trained with the RSC and recent Adjudicator for DramaFest)
Mr Craig Williams ( Professional Actor/Lecturer)
This outstanding panel will be telling us their thoughts and impressions on community theatre acting and acting in general. We learn by watching others perform, by performing ourselves and by hearing what people outside the square think of our work.
This is an amazing opportunity for all of us to listen to these people and find out what we can all do to work towards "raising the bar". When professional actors are constantly taking classes and learning more and more from others, it would seem to be logical that community theatre practitioners would be doing the same thing.
There will be ample time for questions and discussion after the panel and there will also be time set aside for networking, another excellent opportunity to arise from this idea.
One week after the panel, one of the members of the panel will be taking a master class based on the panel discussion. Further details about this will be announced on the night of the discussion.
I urge everyone in community theatre to come along and hear what these people have to say. We may not like all of it but we will learn and we will be challenged and we will hopefully be inspired to continue what it is we do.
7.30pm 17th October
Lotteries House
Kerri
Hello Everyone
Well the first panel discussion is only a few weeks away and I am delighted to announce the panel members for that discussion.
Ms Marcelle Schmitz ( professional actor /director/teacher/lecturer. Winner of Equity awards for Direction and Acting)
Mr Benj D'Addario ( Professional Actor, WAAPA graduate and founder of Red Ryder Productions)
Mr. Stephen Lee ( Professional Actor/Director. Winner of Best Actor ITA Finley Awards)
Mr Stuart Haluszkiewicz ( Professional Actor/ Teacher /Trained with the RSC and recent Adjudicator for DramaFest)
Mr Craig Williams ( Professional Actor/Lecturer)
This outstanding panel will be telling us their thoughts and impressions on community theatre acting and acting in general. We learn by watching others perform, by performing ourselves and by hearing what people outside the square think of our work.
This is an amazing opportunity for all of us to listen to these people and find out what we can all do to work towards "raising the bar". When professional actors are constantly taking classes and learning more and more from others, it would seem to be logical that community theatre practitioners would be doing the same thing.
There will be ample time for questions and discussion after the panel and there will also be time set aside for networking, another excellent opportunity to arise from this idea.
One week after the panel, one of the members of the panel will be taking a master class based on the panel discussion. Further details about this will be announced on the night of the discussion.
I urge everyone in community theatre to come along and hear what these people have to say. We may not like all of it but we will learn and we will be challenged and we will hopefully be inspired to continue what it is we do.
7.30pm 17th October
Lotteries House
Kerri
Question by Post
It has come to my attention that a number of people who would like to attend the discussion are unable to due to rehearsals or actual show nights, being overseas, exams, etc.
Therefore for those who will not be able to make it, you can suggest a question to be asked in your absence. You can post a question to this forum topic and we can then follow up the post with a reply. If however you want to post a private question, then send an e-mail to upstagewa@yahoo.com.au with the title "Question for the Panel" and we will post a private reply back to you.
Don't forget that a Master Class will follow the discussion with all the details and registration being made available on the night. Those who would like to attent the MasterClass, please send an e-mail to the above address with the title "Master Class Enquiry" and we accomodate you as we can. Consider this an expression of interest and not an actual registration as we will not be confirming any bookings until the end of the discussion evening itself.
To those who can attend, do so dressed in your finest actor's suits and prepare for an interesting evening.
Absit invidia
Jeff Watkins
Perth based Actor/Performer
who can also sing ... and occasionaly dance
Fight/Sword Choreographer
Virgin Director
UPstageWA Rep