The Long Game: How Acting School Grads Can Build and Sustain A Performing Career (SEPT 24)

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  Jason Klarwein

  Jason Klarwein is an actor and director who has worked around Australia with companies such as Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Black Swan, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival Centre, QPAC, La Boite and Queensland Theatre. Jason has also performed and directed internationally in London (Origins Festival), LosAngeles (Skylight Theatre), Washington DC (Kennedy Centre), New York (Brooklyn Academy of Music). His television and film credits include Elvis, Summer Love, Devil’s Playground, Celeste, Seapatrol and Slide. He is the current Artistic Director of The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe and the Federal President of Actor’s Equity. Jason’s productions of Othello (a tri-lingual adaption set in the Torres Strait) and My Name Is Jimi (co-produced with Jimi Bani) both received Queensland Reconciliation Awards. Jason has recently performed as Trent Dalton in Love Stories (National and International Tours). Jason has been an Equity member since 2002.
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  Anousha Zarkesh

  AACTA and Casting Guild award winning, Anousha Zarkesh Casting, specialises in top end Australian TV and film for over 25yrs.. Based in Sydney, our casting agency has gained a reputation for a specialised service championing cultural diversity and inclusive casting. We take pride in casting for a wide range of genres including political satire, drama, comedy, telemovies, documentary series and film. Recent productions include: , Shayda (FF), Thou Shalt Not Steal (TV), Ladies in Black (TV) The New Boy (FF), Territory (TV) Class of 07 (TV, The Stranger (FF), Firebite (AMC) Total Control 1 and 2, Mystery Road Series 1, 2 and 3, (TV) Rake (TV), Redfern now (TV), Cleverman (TV), The Principal (TV), INXS , Never Tear Us Apart (TV), Catching Milat (TV), Black Comedy (TV), Jasper Jones (FF), Hounds of Love (FF), Manny Lewis (FF), Alex and Eve (FF), The Office (Amazon, BBC and Bunya) and shoot to be released The Correspondent (FF) and Kangaroo (StudioCanal). Anousha currently sits as Vice President of the Casting Guild of Australia. Website: https://www.zarkesh.com.au/
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  Callum Francis

  Callum Francis is a UK born actor best known for his portrayal as ‘Lola’ internationally in the hit Broadway musical KINKY BOOTS. He first played the role in the original London Production at the Adelphi Theatre before coming to Australia to open the national tour. For this, Callum won the best male actor in a musical at the 2017 Helpmann Awards. Callum returned to open the UK Tour and then in January 2019 he ended his run as Lola, at the Al Hirschfeld theatre on Broadway.Callum’s other credits include the role of ‘Tom Collins’ in RENT at the Sydney Opera House, Cameron Mackintosh's London revival of MISS SAIGON and other West End productions such as Disney's THE LION KING, and GHOST.Internationally Callum has toured with HAIR the musical and opened the Shanghai Culture Square with ULTIMATE BROADWAY.Preceding his professional debut, in 2010 Callum graduated from Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, UK.
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  Matthew Lutton

  Matthew Lutton is Malthouse Theatre’s Artistic Director and Co-CEO. Prior to this, he was Malthouse Theatre’s Associate Director, Associate Director at Black Swan State Theatre Company, and Artistic Director of the Perth based independent company, ThinIce.Directing credits for Malthouse Theatre include: Macbeth (An Undoing), Hour of the Wolf, Because the Night, Solaris (Lyric Hammersmith London, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), Cloudstreet, Melancholia, Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets, The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Away, Edward II, Picnic at Hanging Rock (Barbican London, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), Night on Bald Mountain, The Bloody Chamber, Dance of Death, Pompeii, L.A., On the Misconception of Oedipus, and Tartuffe. For Sydney Theatre Company he has directed The Trial, The Mysteries: Genesis, and The Duel.Other directing credits include: Love Me Tender for Belvoir Theatre and Don’t Say the Words for Griffin Theatre Company.His opera directing credits include: Make No Noise for the Bavarian State Opera, Strauss’ Elektra for Opera Australia and West Australian Opera, and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman for New Zealand Opera.

• Sophie Jermyn

  Sophie Jermyn - Agent  - Sophie Jermyn Management … personal, professional artist representation.Since its inception in 2003 Sophie Jermyn Management has established a strong and versatile client base and proudly represents a range of established and blossoming careers in theatre, television, film, voice and corporate arena’s.Sophie Jermyn Management is committed to comprehensive artist management for Actors, Voice Artists, Directors, Presenters, Writers and Corporate Facilitators. This all-inclusive management has seen the development of Sophie Jermyn Voices, providing complete access to trained and experienced actors for any voicing requirements.In an increasingly competitive international climate SJM has established strong industry connections with the US and UK, providing the best possible launch for their clients into an international market.With over 20 years of representation experience and a comprehensive understanding of industry workings in the fields of advertising, management, promotion and marketing, Sophie Jermyn and her team of industry professionals have quickly earned a reputation as a competitive, energetic and innovative agency.