New Zealand Actors’ Guild presents:

What’s My Brand?

Acting to your Strengths

With Peter Feeney, Miranda Harcourt & Liz Mullane

Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th October 2011

Saturday: 9.15 am registration, 9.30 am start – 5.30 pmSunday: 9.15 am arrival, 9.30 am start – 5.30 pm

Toi Poneke Community Room, 61-65 Abel Smith StCOST:

$300 +GST for non-members / $225 +GST for members

What’s My Brand?

is a professional acting workshop to learn what typingand branding can do for you and to get some perspective from leadingindustry professionals -

Peter Feeney

(actor / teacher),

Miranda Harcourt

(actor / acting coach) and

Liz Mullane

(casting director/ actor). The workshopwill give you a better understanding of your strengths as an actor and howbest to serve your talent.

What’s My Brand

participants will work to discover:

•

What kind of actor they are

•

How they are perceived by others

•

A better idea of their actor typeThe core of the work will be intensive on camera each day. On Sundayparticipants will work on a pre-cast scene; Saturday on a scene of their choice.

Miranda Harcourt

will talk about the importance of ‘Connection inPerformance’

Liz Mullane

will conduct a Q&A session about casting, headshots, presentingyourself at auditions.

Peter Feeney

will work with actors on their monologue and scene, andfacilitate workshop exercises on Branding, First Impressions and What’s MyType?

SELECTION

To book your place contact Anita at NZAGanita@nzactorsguild.org.nz,

include headshot and CV

Invoice on acceptance

A 20% non-refundable deposit secures your place, balance payable by1 October

Workshop packs will be sent out upon receipt of deposit

Numbers are strictly limited to just 20 actors

Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Harcourt's long-running career as bothactor and acting teacher has seen many notableexcursions into screen work - from televisionsoaps like

Gloss

and tele-movie

Clare

to thedramatic feature

For Good

, which she helpedbring to the screen.See full biography

http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/miranda-harcourt/biography

Liz Mullane

Liz Mullane trained as an actor in theatre andimprovisation. Liz is a comedy specialist andappeared as core cast in - TV sketch comedy -

Issues,

and

That Comedy Show

.Her film roles include

Heavenly Creatures

and

Brain Dead

. Liz is also an experienced castingdirector with recent films such as

1&2

District 9

Avatar

, and of course

The Lord of the Rings

trilogy to her name.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611943/

Peter Feeney

Peter Feeney has worked in TV, film and theatrein New Zealand and Australia, including at Circa,Court, Fortune and the Queensland TheatreCompany. He has had lead or ongoing roles innumerous TV shows and telemovies, includingfor UK, US, Australian and NZ networks.Peter has taught actors since 2000 in Sydney,Brisbane, Auckland and at Toi Whakaari NZDrama School in Wellington. He has participatedin workshops, theatre and Film productions withCicely Berry (Royal Shakespeare Company,London), Robert Benedetti (Award-winning USFilm producer and Broadway theatre Director), Rob Marchant (Sydney FilmDirector and proponent of the Mike Leigh method) and Dean Carey (Director,Actors Centre Australia).See Peter’s full film and TV creditshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270356/ and find his full bio

http://www.feeneymcsweeney.com

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