The Actors’ Program
New Zealand’s aspiring actors are being offered a foot in the door of their chosen profession by some of the nation’s leading performers and teachers. 2012 at TAPAC the curtain went up on a new, independent and privately run acting course. Respected professionals Sara Wiseman, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Michele Hine, Cameron Rhodes, John Callen and Charlie McDermott will lead a rigorous, practise-based, year long course aimed at developing and deepening skills specifically for stage and screen.
The Actors’ Program concentrates on providing actors with the tools they need to be effective practitioners in the challenging and exciting world of stage and screen. The course is unique in its approach to actor training in New Zealand:
- The year-long course operates four days per week. Students will be both emerging and established actors wishing to further develop and deepen their craft. Only a small number of talented and committed students will be selected.
- The program is free from academic outcome or written theoretical constraints.
- Everything our students do will work towards performance on stage or on screen.
- Tutors will be working professionals teaching realistic and practical skills.
- Students learn from the inside out how the industry works and what is expected of actors.
TUTORS: leading theatre and screen professionals currently working in the industry. These include:
Shane Bosher – Michael Hurst – Alison Quigan – John Callen – Andrew Kelland – Sylvia Rands – Jacque Drew – Charles Koroneho – Cameron Rhodes – Peter Elliott – Rachel Lang – Fiona Samuel – Craig Hall – Annabel Lomas – Jeff Szuserterman – Miranda Harcourt – Colin McColl – Joel Toebeck – Michele Hine – Shona McCullagh – Jennifer Ward-Lealand – Rachel House – Kathy McRae – Sara Wiseman.
PATRONS: Sam Neill, Ian Mune
For more information please visit www.theactorsprogram.co.nz or email info@theactorsprogram.co.nz
