Watching  “Mcleod’s Daughters”   on Gem this week confirmed to me that Television has taken over our mindset and into the mythology of modern times – and I’m understanding this from my own experience  in Australia .  We do not seem to emulate those wonderful feature films from the USA in particular- so why should we? [...]

Although I vowed I’d never buy another book as I live really near the local library and have friends with books, I bought Jessica Watson’s updated  “True Spirit” at Brisbane Airport en route to Adelaide to give some Audition Workshops. Why not buy the latest biography of a screen star? Just something about Jessica -  [...]

A few years ago, when I was working in Sydney, briefly assisting Anousha Zarkesh in auditioning hundreds of actors for the many and varied projects she was casting, a few mini-dvd or even dvd discs came into the office…These were the self-tests that actors who had sent in because they had not been able to [...]

I guess this is the best way to describe a death: this time it is for two people who had an incredible influence in my life and career – DAVID CUMMINGS and DIANE CILENTO. DAVID was brought over from England by Reg Grundy to set up a Comedy Department for the Grundy Organization in Sydney [...]

Just when things couldn’t seem to get worse …hardly any auditions for feature films, commercials ..the Aussie dollar …there is a flurry of Training Schemes under way for actors, wannabes et al. All most essential for those who want to pursue a professional career as an actor. The seeming scores of of US master teachers [...]

Many years ago ,when I thought about writing a book about the “Industry” a very prominent Literary Agent who liked my writing, suggested that a How To Book was what I should publish.  At the time  I thought that there were already enough How books on Casting,  to Audition, Acting Techniques ..and so on and [...]