Actors College of Theatre and Television

2010

Around the World in 80 JOKES – 7:00pm Sunday 11 April – 1 Sydney show

Sam McCool goes Around the World in 80 Jokes
Tickets: $20 Full/ $15 Concession
For bookings go to Buy Tickets

An epic of comic proportions! Direct from the Melbourne Comedy Festival. A show about laughing with each other… not at each other.

This story takes us on a unique journey around the globe, searching for the “funny spirit“ in all of us… one comic stereotype at a time. For those of you who’ve ever felt that PC’s going a bit too far, and that to make fun of anyone, you have to make fun of everyone. Incorporating stand up comedy, film, and song in a highly original 1 man stage show. Hosted by local Sydney comedy legend, Jacques Barrett, and followed by emerging reggae, rock, ska wonderboys “the My Ty’s”... there’s something for everyone.

There’s no show quite like it… come see for yourself.

www.sammccool.com

2009 Productions at ACTT…

Hollywood Babylon 11th, 13th and 14th Nov

The final show of the year for ACTT’s second year actors. Join them on a behind the scenes tour of Hollywood and meet your- and their- favourite stars. Playing at ACTT Studio Theatre- 505 Pitt St Sydney. Wed and Fri at 7.30pm; Sat at 4pm and 8pm

The Hunted and the Haunted 19 to 21 November

ACTT Core students present their end of course show: The Hunted and the Haunted. A selection of scenes directed by Sean O’Riordan and performed at the ACTT Studio theatre at 505 Pitt St, Sydney (directly opposite Central station).

Graduating Actors’ Showcase 5th and 6th November

Members of the performing arts industry attended the final showcase of the Advanced Diploma of Arts in Stage and Screen Acting students. The live showcase was followed by the premiere screening of the 2009 ACTT showreel which is the pinnacle of the results of the ACTT training system.

Black Kat Kabaret 28th to 31st October

ACTT’s Music Theatre performers presented their brand new production: Black Kat Kabaret. The characters at the Black Kat sang the songs of the greats at Cleveland St Theatre, 199 Cleveland St Central.

What’s Love Got to do With it.. 22nd to 24th October

ACTT’s first year actors presented their end of year show, a collection of great scenes from near and far: gritty, raw, funny and touching at the ACTT Studio Theatre, 505 Pitt St Sydney.

Turning Points 14 to 17 October

ACTT’s second year actors presented what has become known as one of the highlights of the ACTT’s annual calendar: Turning Points. The work is personal, moving, physical and powerful.

The Imagine Festival 9th to 11th October

ACTT’s Cleveland St Theatre hosts The Imagine Festival over three days and nights includes performances, exhibitions, play readings, forums, music, dance, comedy, bands, free classes, talks, networking and FUN. Click here for program

Interrogation

Presented by ACTT CORE 2 Students

Directed by Sean O’Riordan
Thur 16th & Fri 17th July@ 8pm
Sat 18th July@ 5pm

In The Shadow of Uncle Sam

Presented by ACTT’S Second Year Actors
Directed by Lex Marinos


A night to experience some of the great scenes from some of the great plays from some of America’s greatest playwrights; Miller, Williams, O’Neill and more…
A country’s development is revealed through its creative artists who seek to explore their truth. This is what drives them to tell their stories, and tell them specifically.
These scenes also map the arc of a nation. From the country that continues to inform our own culture of theatre, film and television comes the work of the Americans who pushed their art form to the edge, over and over again.


June 24, 25, 26 & 27

Our Country's Good

By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Presented by 3rd Year Actors
Directed by Pete Nettell
Friday 17th– Saturday 25th April
Preview Thursday 16th April
@ 199 Cleveland St, Sydney

Misery

Scenes by Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg
Presented by 2nd Year Actors
Directed by John Sheedy
Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th April @ 7.30pm
Preview Tuesday 7th April @ 7.30pm
@ 505 Pitt St, Sydney

2008

2008 Graduating cast present The House of Bernarda Alba
by Federico Garcia Lorca
Directed by Maeliosa Stafford.
With the death of her husband, Bernarda Alba strives to contain the passions of her five unmarried daughters, but desire triumphs in a thrilling climax of maddness and violence.


2008 Graduating cast present Mojo
by Jez Butterworth
Directed by John O’Hare
Against the beat of new music, easy money, temptation and corruption, a dangerous power-game is played out between low-life, small time gangsters.


Music Theatre Students in award winning musical Two Gents of Verona


2nd Year devised movement piece A Peek At The Past


2nd Year Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream


ACTT’s 2008 graduating cast present The Jungle
By Louis Nowra
Directed by Pete Nettell

2007

Mongrels and The Boys

In 2007 ACTT’s Advanced Diploma students performed Mongrels by Nick Enright and directed by Maeliosa Stafford and The Boys by Gordon Graham and directed by John O’Hare.The show played at ACTT’s Cleveland St Theatre.The Cast also performed Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltes in early 2007.


Roberto Zucco
By Bernard-Marie Koltes,
Translated by Martin Crimp
Directed by Camilla Ah Kin

2006

Hatful of Rain and Top Girls

In 2006 ACTT’s Advanced Diploma students toured a highly acclaimed double bill of Top Girls by Caryll Churchill directed by John O’Hare and A Hatful of Rain by Michael V Gazzo directed by Sean O’Riordan.
The show played at ACTT’s Pitt St theatre space along with a tour to Melbourne.

2005

ACTT graduates hit the big screen in their graduate showreel
Launching what are sure to be illustrious careers on stage and screen, the ACTT graduating actors presented their showreel at Star Bar, 600 George St, Sydney, on Thursday 25 November.

2004

Touring Production The Tempest

ACTT’s Advanced Diploma students will be touring a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in 2004! Directed by John O’Hare, ACTT’s Director of Acting studies known for his work at QUT and with O’Punksky’s theatre company, the show featured movement direction from former Legs on the Wall member and Bell Shakespeare movement coach, Gavin Robins. The show played the Footbridge Theatre, Parramatta Riversides, Laycock St in Gosford and Theatre 3 in Canberra throughout June and July.

2003

Showcase
The Advanced Diploma students presented their graduation showcase, Waiters in Waiting. The show comprised film and stage pieces, as well as musical and dance items, and was a great experience for all involved. Industry day was held on Wednesday October 22 at 2.30pm, with public performances at 7.30pm on 22–25 October.

Advanced Diploma Touring Production The Threepenny Opera directed by John Senzcuk & Andrew Davidson. Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera was given a new lease on life when ACTT's Advanced Diploma students took it on the road in late June. This adaptation of John Gay's The Beggars Opera gives new significance to the tale of the glamorous conman Macheath and his betrayal of a corrupt Establishment. Avarice, duplicity, betrayal and lust are the keywords for this musical play, which was directed by John Senczuk, with musical direction by Andrew Davidson. It toured Penrith, Taree, Woy Woy, Sydney and Port Macquarie, The Threepenny Opera showcased the remarkable talents of ACTT’s final year Advanced Diploma students in venues beyond Sydney.

2002

Advanced Diploma Touring Production Single True Things
adaptations of Tim Winton’s stories written and directed by Adam Macaulay

Single True Things Tour – September 2002


Happy Families

Wounds to the Face


Lovers, Lunatics and Poets
Director: Chris Ryan
Cast: 3rd Year Acting

2000

Vassa Zheleznova: A Mother
By Maxim Gorky.
Director: Adam Macaulay
Cast: 2nd Year Acting
Crew: Tech Prod Students
Naturalism Project, performed in the Actors College Theatre


I Don’t Know Who to Feel Sorry For
By John Romeril,


Three Australian One-Act Plays
Director: Deborah Jones and Kim Hardwick
Cast: 1st Year Acting (Mid-1999 intake)


Cloud Nine
By Caryl Churchill
Director: Ken Boucher
Cast: 3rd Year Acting


Metro Screen Project
Technical Trainer: Sienna Brown
Co-ordinator: Ken Boucher
Participants: Tech Prod Students, and 3rd Year Acting class


Showreel Project
Director: Brigid Kitchin
Participants: 3rd Year Acting


Just Off Broadway IV
Musical Director: Brendan Monger
Cast: 2nd Year Acting


Furious
By Michael Gow,
The Gun in History
By Tobsha Learner
Director: Crispin Taylor
Cast: 3rd Year Acting


Macbeth
By William Shakespeare.
Director: Chris Canute
Cast: 2nd Year Acting


Australian Plays
Director: Ken Boucher
Cast: 1st Year Acting (2000 intake)