In Conversation Agent with Catherine Poulton and Loretta Kung

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• Catherine Poulton

  Catherine Poulton has worked in representation since the mid 1990s. She cut her teeth as an Agent’s Assistant at Performers’ Management, a Melbourne agency representing performers across Theatre, Musical Theatre, Comedy, Film and Television. She had a foray into casting while working with Chameleon Casting, before relocating to the UK where she worked with the Jackie Palmer Agency and Stage School. It was at Jackie Palmer that she developed some of the UK’s now most recognisable actors, placing them in early career opportunities, including at the Royal National Theatre, the RSC and the Harry Potter film franchise.Upon her return to Australia, Catherine established Catherine Poulton Management (CPM) in 2002, which has since grown to be one of Australia’s most established talent agencies. Catherine has shepherded careers from their first professional booking through to Internationally acclaimed opportunities, with clients working across Film, TV, and Theatre, as well as in the Digital content space, literary work, and voice over. In 2023, Catherine also welcomed Cameron Hooper and Tania Patti on board as shareholders of the agency, and rebranded as CP Artist Management.Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. Early career work includes positions at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She is President of the Australian Drama Agents’ Association, is a Mental Health First Aider with the Arts Wellbeing Collective, and has been a member of Wage Inspectorate Victoria’s Child Employment Industry Working Party for more than two decades.
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  Loretta Kung

  Loretta Kung is a bilingual Chinese Australian actress born in Hong Kong known for TV roles in the recently released Netflix show “Irreverent”. Her performance in the three seasons of SBS TV series “The Family Law” lead her to receiving multiple awards for MEAA Equity “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series”. Her theatre credits include Porpoise Pool (Bite Productions - Belvior 25A), Bright Half Life (Travel Theatre), Julius Caesar (4MBS production) and Six Characters in Search of an Author” (Heartbeat Theatre). Her love for weapons, martial arts and performing her own stunts lead to her becoming a graded Stunt Performer in 2021.