Monthly Archives: July 2008

Australian Actors, Coffee and Starbucks

Posted on July 30, 2008 by East Coast editor

Actors love coffee, and now they will have to search a little harder to find a cup in Australia. Starbucks opened its first Australian store in Sydney’s Hyde Park in July 2000 and the international coffee chain will close 61 … Continue reading →

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Real-life experiences for NIDA students

Posted on July 30, 2008 by East Coast editor

Gallipoli opens in Sydney tonight, presented by the The Sydney Theatre Company. ABC.com reports, Third year students from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) are making up the numbers. And they have learnt how hard life was in the … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Casting Directors speak in Sydney tonight

Posted on July 30, 2008 by East Coast editor

Los Angeles and New York based TVI Actors Studio is presenting “The Hollywood Casting Forum” tonight. Speakers include Christy Dooley, Head of Casting of “The Bold and the Beautiful” and Sitcom casting director Nick Anderson. Details of the event and … Continue reading →

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The next generation of Australian filmmakers

Posted on July 30, 2008 by East Coast editor

The Australian.com today has an article on the brothers Edgerton. Nash and Joel Edgerton in their first feature film, The Square open tomorrow in Australia. A nation that is so expressive and extroverted in so many other ways is strangely … Continue reading →

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Sydney's Actors Centre turns 21

Posted on July 9, 2008 by East Coast editor

Happy Birthday to the Actors Centre Australia (ACA), celebrating twenty-one years in the nineteenth-century heritage-listed church it calls home. The Sydney-based private college opened its doors on June 27, 1987 and provides all levels with both full- and part-time training. … Continue reading →

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