The Actors Masterclass Series. By Audition.

3 Day Program
Dates: Friday 30th of August, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of September, 2024.

Auditions: Thursday 15th of August, 2024

An Extraordinary Opportunity to Study with one of Australia’s most Respected Performing Artists in an Intensive 3 Day Masterclass. Take your Performance from a Five to a Ten.

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2017 Nominee / Best Actress – Supporting Role / PAWNO

2008 Nominee / Best Actress / RAZZLE DAZZLE

2005 Nominee / Best Actress – Supporting Role / OYSTER FARMER

20022 Winner / Best Actor – Female / LANTANA

Australian Film Institute Awards

2007 Nominee / Best Lead Actress / RAZZLE DAZZLE

2022 Nominee / Best Actress in a Leading Role in Television Drama / MDA

2001 Winner / Best Actress in a Leading Role in Television Drama / SEACHANGE

2001 Winner / Best Actress in a Leading Role / LANTANA

1990 Nominee / Best Actress in a Leading Role / HUNTING

Logie Awards

2001 Winner / Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actress in a Series / SEACHANGE

2000 Nominee / Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actress in a Series / SEACHANGE

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2003 Nominee / Actress of the Year / LANTANA

IF Awards

2001 Winner / Best Actress / LANTANA

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

2016 Nominee / Best Supporting Actress / PAWNO

The Equity Ensemble Awards

2012 Nominee / Outstanding Performance by and Ensemble Series in a Drama Series / BED OF ROSES

2011 Nominee / Outstanding Performance by and Ensemble Series in a Drama Series / BED OF ROSES

ESTEEMED ALUMNI AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT OF HB STUDIOS, NEW YORK. TRAINED DIRECTLY UNDER UTA HAGEN AND HERBERT BERGHOF.

THE ACTORS MASTERCLASS

“Emotional Courage. This Masterclass is about Respect for Acting, Writing and the dedication required to be a truly great Artist.

You will be required to summon all of your emotional courage, curiosity and stamina, your humour and sensitivity in order to focus on the discipline required to succeed and thrive in this wonderfully complex, collaborative and at times, extremely challenging business.

The reality of long days, and the understanding that you are one part of an entire team, means that you must build a robust relationship with yourself, so insecurity doesn’t overwhelm you when you are required to reveal yourself again and again to bring the story to life.

That is your job. Mine is to help you get there.” – Kerry Armstrong

Auditions: Thursday 15th of August, 2024

Kerry will share the techniques at the heart of her acting process.
Students can choose to study classic text, Shakespeare or scenes from film and television.
You must be prepared to train within a creative environment that demands artistic excellence and commitment at all times over the duration of the course.
You must acknowledge your responsibility in the work, to your fellow students, to yourself and to the audience.
This program requires physical and emotional stamina, flexibility and awareness.
If you are successful in gaining a placement, you will be required to send your headshot, bio and reel to Kerry Armstrong and Artistic Director Craig McMahon, who together, will cast you in a monologue and/or 2-hander scene. Work will be assigned one week prior to course commencement.
Students who are accepted to take part in this Masterclass will be required to sign a disclaimer.
Strictly for actors 18 years+

Kerry Armstrong is one of Australia’s most renowned film, television, and stage actors. Beginning her career on television in her native Australia, she emigrated to the United States in 1981 to train directly under Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City on an acting scholarship. With the studio’s Playwrights Foundation, she played Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Isabella in Measure for Measure. She then

went on to star as Christine in Tom Stoppard‘s Dalliance, had an ongoing role in daytime serial One Life to Live, and starred on Aaron Spelling’s Dynasty as Elena, Duchess of Brahna. An original member of the famed Los Angeles based Actor’s Gang, co-founded by Tim Robbins, John Cusack and Helen Hunt, Kerry continued to work in the US over the years, starring in Murder She Wrote (opposite Angela Lansbury); CBS telemovie Heart of Fire; ABC mini-series 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Edge of Night; Tales from the Darkside; and NBC Universal/Stan series Joe vs. Carole.

Upon her return to Australia in 1987, she went on to star in many television shows including (but not limited to): The Wrong Girl; Halifax f.p.; Ocean Girl; High Tide; Bed of Roses; Come in Spinner; Police Rescue; All Together Now; Blue Heelers; Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left; Skyways; Prisoner; Neighbours; Spreadsheet; Grey Nomads; Darby & Joan; Seachange: A New Beginning and comedy series Frayed. Her starring roles in films such as critically acclaimed feature Lantana alongside Geoffrey Rush and Anthony LaPaglia, as well as her many television credits, have seen her nominated for both national and international awards. Armstrong went on to win many of Australia’s most prestigious film and television awards, making history when she won Best Actress in a Feature Film for Lantana at the AFI Awards and the IF Awards and Best Actress in a Television Series at the AFI Awards in the same year, for her starring role in the original Seachange.
Kerry’s other film credits include (but are not limited to): Director Paul Currie’s 2:22 and One Perfect Day; Director Paul Ireland’s Pawno (for which she received an AACTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Kerry’s 6th AACTA nomination); Jesse O’Brien’s comedy horror Two Heads Creek; Anna Reeve’s The Oyster Farmer; Darren Ashton’s Razzle Dazzle; Nadia Tass’ Amy; Mark Joffe’s Grievous Bodily Harm; Dean Murphy’s The Very Excellent Mr Dundee (opposite Paul Hogan), and the Australian classic, Bruce Beresford’s The Getting of Wisdom.

Auditions:

Thursday 15th of August, 2024