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WHO'S DOING WHAT?

See Lisa Peers on All Saints.

Lisa plays the mother and sole carer of a young disabled man who has become a bit of a handful . She takes him into hospital where they reach crisis point! October 21st , 9.30pm on Channel 7.

Assertive Comminication.

Elaine Paton, Director of Talking Brief, has just been guest speaker at the 2nd International Advocacy Trainers Conference in Italy, and is about to speak at the CLEAAConference in Australia. In 2009 she will be teaching at Legal Aid and The Judicial Commission od NSW.

Brandon Burke at the STC.

Brandon is a company menber with the Sydney Theatre Company. Soon to be seen in The War Of The Roses with Cate Blanchett and Robert Menzies.

Yvette Alcott gets Psyched!
Yvette has been facilitating Leadership Skills Workshops in Brisbane, has just completed her Graduate Diploma in Psychology and is working towards her honours degree. She is currently devising our new Performance Skills seminars.

Brian Langsworth’s appointment:
Brian is working as an associate consultant for Aspect Organisational Psychologists. He is completing his psychology honours dissertation on employee mentor experiences in a Community Mentoring Program. Brian recently collaborated with Unilever to write the actors briefing notes for their Global Management Training.


Joanna Weinberg’s one woman show:
Jo has just been completed a successful season at the Butterfly Club in Melbourne, with her original one-woman-show 'Sinksongs'. It is soon to be a feature film!

 

 

OUR PEOPLE

MEET SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS

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Michael GregoryMichael Gregory
Improvisation guru, actor, writer, director and teacher, he is an award winning Theatre Sports performer and MC. Theatre credits range from The Real Live Brady Bunch to Shakespeare’s The Comedy Of Errors, TV includes The Money Or The Gun, Candid Camera, Roy & HG, McFeast, Home and Away, and Topic of Cancer. Clients include Alcatel, Ansett, Pfizer, Vodafone Network and the APS. Michael teaches improvisation & drama for Impro Australia, NIDA, Theatre Sports Inc., Open Stage Productions and AADA.

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Sarah GrenfellSarah Grenfell
An arts program host on Radio Eastside. Theatre; The Treatment, Long Gone Lonesome Cow Girls, Coralie Lansdowne Says No, The Misanthrope, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stars, Street of Crocodiles (UK). Musical theatre; Sunset Boulevard, Barnum, Footrot Flats, Les Miserables, Kiss Me Kate. TV; GP, Neighbours, Home and Away, Water Rats, Murder Call, All Saints. Producer of Fit To Be Tied and  A Respectable Wedding. Writing and directing credits include Big Mob a Good Times, The Girl with the Green Ear, and 18 Years of Therapy.

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Kate HarrisKate Harris
A Melbourne based performer, writer and producer. For several years she has worked with her theatre company, GAP productions, producing new Australian theatre. During this time she has also worked in the corporate, educational and community sectors in a variety of project and administration roles. She recently performed in the Melbourne leg of the Short and Sweet play festival and developed a short piece for the New Voices festival. She is writing a new play ‘The Gazebo’.

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Ming-Zhu Hii Ming-Zhu Hi
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she performed, wrote, and co-directed Theatre Y. She has worked at the MTC, STC, the Playbox and the Malthouse, in Metamorphosis, Something She Had To Tell, Dinner, Traitors, Love Death Music and Plants; and Myth Propaganda and Disaster. TV and film: The Heartbreak Tour, and Southern Star’s recent pilot, Secretary, for Network Ten. She is co-devising an experimental new theatre work, Loom, supported by the Australia Council’s Literature Board. She does role-play for KPMG.

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Kim KnuckeyKim Knuckey
Kim has worked as a performer in Sydney, Melbourne and the UK for the past 20 years. He has been in the television series, Wildside, Fireflies, Head Start and many others. He has developed a one-man show, which tells the events of the Eureka Stockade. He has been in many corporate videos and live events for corporate gatherings and also develops and directs readings of contemporary classic plays for schools. For Peers and Players he role-pays regularly for the KPMG Project Lead program.

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Brian LangsworthBrian Langsworth
Bachelor of Performing Arts, Graduate Diploma in Psychology (with distinction), currently completing his Honours in Psychology. Extensive role-play with SHL, Eek, Blackdot, KPMG, ABN-AMRO, RTA, Sara Lee, Telstra, and NSW Health. Brian is an associate consultant for Aspect Organisational Psychologists specialising in selection and development. Acting include; Danny Deckchair, All Saints, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast, Cats, A little Night Music, and regular international performances with the corporate act ‘The Three Waiters.’

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Steve MatthewsSteve Matthews
MA, Dip.Ed, His career began in NZ with Downstage Theatre and Theatre Action, His work encompasses a wide range of styles and projects in theatre, film, TV and radio. In the last fifteen years he has specialised as an acting teacher, and has been on the staff of NIDA, VCA, Channel 7, University of W.Sydney and The Actors Centre. A coach and consultant in performance and leadership, international clients include Ernst and Young, Horwaths, BHP, Estee Lauder and The Australia Council. Current role-play clients are KPMG and the APSC.
www.actingpower.net

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Ronan mcChesneyRonan McChesney
Was a Chartered Accountant with The Institute of Chartered Accountant in Ireland, and had fifteen years experience in the Banking and Finance Industry; four years in audit with Ernst & Young, eight years in corporate finance with Perpetual; and three years in corporate finance with Macquarie Bank. He is an international tour and Bridge Climb guide. Ronan is an accomplished stand up comedian and actor and works with Peers and Players as a role-player for KPMG and the APS. .

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Leanne McKayLeanne McKay
A graduate of The Drama Studio, Leanne spent 10 years working in Theatre, Film, TV and Radio with appearances in Home and Away, Police Rescue, Heartland, Shout, The Last Crop, The Last Days Of Chez Nous, Catholic Schoolgirls, SAK Theatre. Leanne has since spent the last 10 years working in human resources and recruitment whilst continuing to participate as a role-player in training and assessment programs as well as running courses on body language, voice work and rapport building.

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Yvette Alcott
James Bean
Barbara Bingham
Georgia Bolton
Mary Rachel Brown
Brandon Burke
Bill Conn
Laurence Coy
Terry Gault
Adam Gelin

Michael Gregory
Kate Harris
Ming-Zhu Hi
Kim Knuckey
Brian Langsworth
Steve Matthews
Ronan McChesney
Leanne McKay

Craig Menaud
Darren Natale
Elaine Paton
Lisa Peers
Deborah Piper
Ian Rooney
Matt Stewart
Anita Torrance
Joanna Weinberg