Equity Foundation Podcast

Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice of healing and relax...

Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice of healing and relax...

Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice of healing and relax...

Acclaimed meditation teacher Edwina Maxwell-Parsons has created a series of professionally recorded guided meditation sessions for Equity members in a long and short format. A regular practice of meditation is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to deal with the too well known feelings of uncertainty, stress, loss and vulnerability. Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice of healing and relax...

This chat between Scott Williams (the founder of The Impulse Company) and John Batchelor (Award winning Australian actor) will further examine the specific challenges and opportunities facing today’s actors. Scott and John will discuss how the Meisner Techniques is adaptable for work in today’s film, television and theatre environments. John Batchelor is not only an actor who crosses all those pla...

Mindfulness with Craig Behenna: Actors don't always get the support they need on and off camera to keep themselves grounded and together. It can be easy to take on beliefs about yourself and your acting based on the structures and power dynamics of the business. In this session we'll take time to work with meditation practices that help you make inner space in moments of tension and which help you...

There are so many ways of approaching a role, all of them with major pluses. In this first Meisner-based session, actor Christopher Sommers and London's leading Meisner technique teacher and Artistic Director of The Impulse Company in the UK, Scott Williams, discuss some of your options as you prepare for the part, and will use examples from their work to help you decide what might be best for you...

Kym Jackson on how to effectively learn lines and break down a script, become a character, navigate a live audition, make a simple self tape setup, and edit your self-tape in a way that ensures it is completely professional - all on your phone. Kym is a member of The Television Academy (Emmy Nominating Committee), American MENSA, a speaker and committee member for the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory, an el...

Join QLD Equity President Asabi Goodman as she chats to Simon Whipp of Shanahan Management about navigating the actor/agent relationship. From 1994 to 2011 Simon worked for the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance in a variety of roles: Assistant Federal Secretary of the union, the National Director of the Actors Equity section and Vice-President of the International Federation of Actors. Since 20...

Nigel Poulton and Alicia Rodis from Intimacy Coordinators and Directors (ICD) hold a discussion about the role of an intimacy co-ordinator, geared towards someone who would like to explore the opportunity to become an intimacy co-ordinator in Australia.

A chance to work with Katherine Beck on your Southern US Accent. Katherine is leading voice and dialect coach who works regularly with actors at The Actor’s Hub, The Actor’s Pulse, Screenwise, International Screen Academy and on film and theatre productions. She is the co-founder and co-author of Hollywood Speak: The Australian Actor’s Resource Guide to Creating an Authentic American Accent. Born...

Los Angeles acting coach, Lisa Robertson, currently working in Australia, will speak on the current climate of self-taping and auditioning, the US market and the influx of production to Australia and New Zealand. Through the lens of being inside the US industry since she started major TV and film coaching in 2002 and being a part of its seismic changes, Lisa will cover professional actors reigniti...

WA Equity President Stuart Halusz interviews actor Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Fargo, 13 Reasons Why, The Umbrella Academy) about building her US career and her involvement with some of the US's most critically and commercially successful television productions.

Join actor Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless, The Commons, Measure for Measure) as he interviews director Daina Reid (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Secret River, Sunshine, The Wrong Girl) about her career and her involvement in so many critically and commercially successful productions and the actor/director relationship.

This is from director Jessica Hobbs (The Crown Series 3 and 4, Broadchurch) in conversation with NZ Equity President Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira. Discussing Jessica's career and her involvement in so many critically and commercially successful productions.

Join actor Tina Bursill as she interviews Neighbours Casting Director Thea McLeod on how to navigate the Neighbours audition and casting process.

This 2nd and final part, Dr Julie Crabtree will focus on how rejection can impact our sense of identity. She will look at ways of framing rejection in a more detached way to protect and preserve our creative identities. Julie will also address how important the act of storytelling is to our society. This event is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, proudly supported by the Actors Benevole...

Dr Julie Crabtree will explore how to develop a secure creative identity and the relationship of identity to resilience. We will also cover identity as a consistent view of self and examine how our core, cultural and social beliefs shape our identities, as well as, how rejection can affect our sense of identity. This first session will help you understand what makes up your authentic self. Using t...

In part three of the Anxiety and the Creative series, Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the concept of catastrophic thinking as a cause of anxiety for the creative mind. She will explore the ways in which we can turn musings of the future into what is real in the now, as well as demonstrating tools of how to reduce the severity of anxiety. This event is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, su...

In this part two of this Anxiety and the Creative series we will explore how perfectionism can be a cause of anxiety. Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the ways in which we can turn unrelenting standards into a positive tool to help us create. This event is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, supported by the Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW.

Anxiety seems to be particularly prevalent for those in the performance industries. Over three sessions we will be looking at anxiety focussing on overdriven thinking, catastrophic thinking and perfectionism. In part one Dr Julie Crabtree will explore the physiological effects of anxiety with special emphasis on overdriven thinking.

In our 3rd session of Resilience for Creatives. Dr Julie Crabtree addresses the importance of relationships – identifying support systems and developing mentor relationships. Also additional strategies for you use to build resilience in yourself. This is part of the Equity Health & Wellness Series, supported by the Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW.

Join experienced psychologist Dr Julie Crabtree as she explores some of the key qualities we know are associated with resilience including your belief systems, the ability to be flexible and adaptable and the kinds of personal disciplines you need. Learn the vital skill of developing resilience, looking after your mental health and helping others.

Resilience is two things: the capacity to withstand difficulties and to rebuild after adversity. Resilience is normally an essential quality but in 2020 it is more important than ever before. Join experienced psychologist Dr Julie Crabtree and look at the some of the key qualities we know are associated with resilience including your belief systems, the ability to be flexible, adaptable and the ki...

US casting director Kerry Barden talks to a group of Australian and NZ Equity members online about the casting process, his past and current projects, the challenges and highlights of his career, his advice for actors and what he has learnt along the way. Kerry's projects include Boy’s Don’t Cry, Spotlight, Sex and the City, 13 Reasons Why, Dallas Buyer’s Club, August Osage County, Pitch Perfect,...