TEXT to SCREEN-TEST with Casting Director of The Newsreader; Love Me; Surviving Summer; Wentworth; and Five Bedrooms Nathan Lloyd, Film & TV Icon Vince Colosimo, Gold Logie Nominee Eve Morey, Senior Casting Director Rosie Traynor & Kym Valentine

TEXT TO SCREEN-TEST // TERM 3, 2022 // APPLICATIONS OPEN

SUNDAY I 8 Weeks I 6:30pm - 8:30pm I Commencing 31st of July, 2022
MONDAY I 8 Weeks I 6:30pm - 8:30pm I Commencing 1st of August, 2022
TUESDAY I 8 Weeks I 6:30pm - 8:30pm I Commencing 2nd of August, 2022
THURSDAY I 8 Weeks I 6:30pm - 8:30pm I Commencing 11th of August, 2022

Film & Television Studio International is so excited to welcome back to the studio, Australia's leading and most in-demand Television Casting Director, NATHAN LlOYD from NATHAN LlOYD CASTING (NLC).

Nathan is one of the busiest Casting Directors in the country. His recent shows The Newsreader and Love Me dominated the Australian Award Ceremonies this year, taking out several awards including Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Most Outstanding Supporting Actress. Nathan himself was also awarded Best Casting in a Television Drama for The Newsreader by the Casting Guild of Australia. The critically acclaimed, multi award-winning drama will be back for another season. Love Me (cast by NLC) is the latest Australian TV show to have a second season confirmed. The next series of everyone’s favourite romantic-drama is officially underway. Nathans other series Surviving Summer, filmed in Victoria, is a Netflix hit. Having been released not long ago, the response to this show has been HUGE and there is much excitement about the possibility of a Season 2. Other exciting projects Nathan is currently working on is Queen of Oz for the BBC; Safe Home for SBS and Summer Love for the ABC.

Text to Screen-Test has been facilitated by some of Australia's most celebrated actors and directors over the years. This term we welcome back to the studio Gold and Silver Logie Nominee Eve Morey, Australian Icon and multi-award winning actor Vince Colosimo, Senior Casting Director of Chameleon Casting Rosie Traynor, and one of Australia's most recognisable actors of the small screen, Kym Valentine. This program has been meticulously shaped to guide and encourage students to work on their specific areas requiring development, whilst bringing forth their strengths when screen-testing for prime-time drama. Eve, Vince, Rosie and Kym will work with actors both individually and as a company, assisting students to POP from moment one of an audition. Scenes are assigned to students throughout the term block, along with prep work for each session. For actors who participated in previous terms, they have another opportunity to work in this ongoing manner with our outstanding trainers & special guests. Continuing across the terms ensures stability in training & rehearsal, and consistency in terms of the guidance & feedback offered, with scenes selected to target specific areas of weakness and strength. The studio also welcomes actors to the program who have not participated in previous terms as they can begin this process, leading to a stronger understanding of the requirements of screen testing.

On the last week of term, students will be able to put their hard work into practice during their screen-testing session with Leading Casting Director, Nathan Lloyd, and Artistic Director of Film & Television Studio International/ CEO of McMahon Management, Craig McMahon. This is an incredible opportunity for our actors to meet and greet Nathan & Craig, and to recieve direction and personal feedback on their work.

SPECIAL GUEST: AUSTRALIA'S LEADING TELEVISION CASTING DIRECTOR NATHAN LlOYD (NLC: NATHAN LlOYD CASTING)

As one of Australia’s leading casting directors, Nathan Lloyd has cemented a reputation for discovering new talent and creating memorable and original ensemble casts. His innate ability to introduce new faces to the screen and bring together diverse talent has earned rave reviews and led to multiple award-winning performances and career-defining roles. With almost two decades in the industry, some of his most acclaimed ensemble casts include Australia’s favourite eccentric family, The Proudmans, on Network Ten’s smash-hit show Offspring; the original cast for Nine Network’s multi-award winning Underbelly series and the unforgettable heart-wrenching women on Foxtel’s Wentworth - a global phenomenon having screened in over 150 territories, Nathan has cast 100 episodes from its launch in 2013. Nathan has recently completed work on the latest season of Nine Network’s HALIFAX Retribution; series three of Network Ten’s Five Bedrooms; MaveriX and All My Friends are Racist for the ABC, as well as Tim Minchin’s highly acclaimed series Upright; award winning series' The Newsreader and Love Me; and hit Netflix series Surviving Summer. He has many projects slated for 2022/2023.

Nathan has served on the Executive Committee of the Casting Guild of Australia since 2018, has been a member of the Casting Society of America since 2013 and holds a strong association with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Nathan has cast the below outstanding actors in their respective award-winning shows:

QUEEN OF OZ - coming soon

SAFE HOME - coming soon

SUMMER LOVE - coming soon

TRAINER: EVE MOREY // MONDAYS // 6:30PM - 8:30PM

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EVE MOREY is known for her guest appearances on PIGS BREAKFAST, HOME AND AWAY, and ALL SAINTS. She then went on to spend a decade on Australian TV soap NEIGHBOURS as series regular Sonya Rebecchi before her characters exit in 2019. Eve was part of the series for more than 900 episodes. During the series renewal talks, it was revealed that Eve would leave, and she pitched the story on how her character would exit. Her heartbreaking final scenes on the show earned her a Silver Logie Nomination for Best Actress and a Gold Logie Nomination. After her exit from NEIGHBOURS, Eve stayed on behind the scenes as an acting coach and mentor to actors coming on to the show. The WAAPA acting graduate continues to be a highly sought after acting coach and mentor, and is now one of the most in demand on-set intimacy coaches in the country. Eve has a huge following at our studio and we are so thrilled to have her join us this term.

TRAINER: VINCE COLOSIMO // TUESDAYS // 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Vince Colosimo is one of Australia’s most recognised actors with an extensive and successful career across theatre, television and film. With an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the highly-successful feature film Lantana and a featured role in the internationally acclaimed Chopper, he naturally attracted attention from the US earning guest starring roles in the top rating US series Without A Trace and the final series of The Practice. Vince’s latest film The Girl at the Window, starring alongside Radha Mitchell and Ella Newton is about to be released worldwide. Prior to this, Vince recently starred in the SBS series Sunshine; feature film The Second opposite Rachael Blake and Susie Porter, and the Nine Network’s telemovie Underbelly Files: Chopper where he will reprise his role as Alphonse Gangitano.

Vince first came to the public’s attention in the feature films Street Hero and Moving Out which earned him an AFI Award nomination for Best Actor and a Sydney Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Talent. He won the Empire Award for Best Australian Actor for his role in Walking on Water in 2003 and has also appeared in the features The Hard Word, The Nugget, Take Away, Opal Dream and Project Greenlight feature, Solo. Vince’s other feature film credits include Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, Ridley Scott’s Body Of Lies alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and in 2010 he appeared opposite Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and Claudia Karvan in the Spierig Brothers’ Daybreakers and reunited with Nick Giannopoulos in the sequel to The Wogboy – The Kings of Mykonos, Swerve directed by Craig Lahiff and Face to Face, directed by Michael Rymer. Both films screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Vince’s role in Face to Face earned him a nomination for Best Actor at Tulsa International Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Actor at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

Vince has also worked extensively in television including the ABC’s The Warriors, series 2 of The Ex-PM, Janet King, the telemovie Jack Irish: Dead Point, Nine Network’s telemovie Schapelle and mini-series Fat Tony & Co., Spartacus: War of the Damned on the Starz Network, A Country Practice and the extremely popular The Secret Life of Us. His guest roles include; Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, City Homicide, Cops LAC, Blue Heelers, MDA, The Falls, Good Guys – Bad Guys, Halifax f.p, Stingers, Kath & Kim, Chris Lilley’s debut ABC series We Can Be Heroes, Bryan Brown’s Two Twisted, Carla Cametti PD, and in the second series of ABC’s The Librarians. His unforgettable performance as Alphonse Gangitano in Underbelly earned him nominations for an AFI Award and a Logie award and he went on to star in Nine’s telemovies Scorched, Wicked Love alongside Rebecca Gibney and Panic at Rock Island.

Vince has enjoyed a vibrant and successful theatre career, starring in productions of The Wogboys which toured nationally in sold-out venues and was later adapted to a feature film in which he co-starred. He has also performed in productions of The Club, Othello and Piaf for Melbourne Theatre Company and Rose Tattoo and Twelfth Night for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

TRAINER: ROSIE TRAYNOR // SUNDAYS // 6:30PM - 8:30PM

We are so lucky to have Casting Director Rosie Traynor with us this Term. She comes to Chameleon Casting with close to 30 years experience in the business. She is an industry all-rounder and holds a Diploma of Creative Arts. Rosie’s resume covers everything from casting to production co-ordination, drama teaching, acting and the list goes on. She is well respected by the acting fraternity for talent spotting and facilitating the best-possible performances. Rosie is often out and about at theatre and always has her finger on the pulse with a vast knowledge of Australia talent. Rosie Traynor is a member of the Casting Guild of Australia.

TRAINER: KYM VALENTINE // THURSDAYS // 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Due to popular demand, the gorgeous Kym Valentine is back for Term 3. Kym has been working as an actor on Australian Television since she was 4 years old. There are very few Australian actors of Kyms generation that can boast a whopping 20 years (over 1000 episodes) dedicated to one Aussie drama. Of course we are talking about Libby Kennedy, a role that Kym made famous whilst starring on NEIGHBOURS. These days, in between auditioning for new roles, Kyms main focus is mentoring the next generation of performers breaking into one of the most demanding and competitive industries in the world. Kym is one of our most recognisable Australian actors; a true Aussie icon of the small screen, and when it comes to fast turn around Television, she is an undeniable wealth of knowledge and industry know-how that any Australian emerging actor would be privileged to learn from.

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