SELF TEST ASSISTANCE IN SYDNEY FOR SENIOR EQUITY MEMBERS: Camera operator & reader available MONDAY to help shoot/upload your audition or to practice your self testing skills. For all senior Equity members with 20+ years experience! Come along with your scripts and the rest will be taken care of for you!
BOOK HERE: https://meaa.io/3NqObAu
A big thanks to Actors Benevolent Fund & Media Super for making this program possible.
**Sydney Studio open to all other members Tues-Thurs. This is a pilot we hope to roll out nation-wide**
Why you need to join Equity!
Are you a performer? Whether you're an actor, dancer, comedian, stunt person, puppeteer, cabaret or circus performer you can't afford NOT to join! Equity president Jason Klarwein explains why.
meaa.org/join
#MEAAequity
Equity Ensemble Awards winner -Mystery Road
This #NAIDOCWeek we celebrate the immense talents of our First Nations members and others in the artistic and media communities. An indispensable part of our storytelling is the history and experience of First Nations people. #NAIDOC2021
Tony Burke speech at the Equity Ensemble Awards
Shadow Arts Minister Tony Burke gave this rousing speech urging more Government support for Australian stories and Australian arts workers at the Equity Ensemble Awards earlier this month. #MEAAequity #MEAAcrew
Equity Ensemble Award comedy winners Retrograde
Congratulations to the cast of Retrograde, winners of 2021 Equity Ensemble Award for Outstanding Performance In A Comedy Series; Pallavi Sharda, Ilai Swindells, Esther Hannaford, Maria Angelico, Nicholas Boshier, Max Brown.
The judges said: “Through their zoom the characters negotiate their friendships, unemployment, dating and being in lockdown. In fact, this whole series was shot and edited entirely in lockdown. The actors worked well together as an ensemble even though they were not in the same location. The humour was light and within keeping of the characters truths and relationships. This ambitious project hit all the marks.”
Screen Diversity Showcase 2021
The Screen Diversity Showcase is a unique opportunity for First Nations, CaLD, LGBTIQA+ performers and those with a disability to collaborate with diverse writers and directors in an environment that celebrates authentic cultural storytelling and promotes industry talent still underrepresented on our screens.
In this video some of our 2018 Showcase participants talk about their experience and what it meant to them.
Apply here: www.equityfoundation.org.au/2021/04/26/screen-diversity-showcase-2021-applications-now-open-for-diverse-performers/
Applications close May 19.
The Screen Diversity Showcase 2021 is proudly supported by the Equity Foundation, Screen Australia, MEAA, Australian Writers’ Guild,Australian Directors’ Guild, Showcast, Sydney Actors School and Casting Guild of Australia.
MEAA and the Equity Foundation acknowledges that the Diversity Showcase will take place on the stolen land of the Gadigal people, and that sovereignty was never ceded.
Adelaide self test studio now open
MEAA Equity members based in Adelaide can now film self-tests in a professional studio environment, free of charge! Our new Self Test Studio at Mercury CX (13 Morphett St) is open 9.30am-4.30PM, Monday-Friday. There is professional lighting and camera equipment, you just need to book in and bring an SD card with you. In this great video by our members Andre Chaney, Blake Taylor and Melissa Pullinger, you get a tour of the new Adelaide studio and how it all works. Book today at https://www.equityfoundation.org.au/self-testing/the-self-test-studios/
Selt-Testing Essentials part 2
Reminder that the self test rooms are back open and free for #MEAAequity members! In Part-Two of our Self-Testing Essentials video series Helen Kim provides more useful information and advice about how to create the best self test possible.
This video and our Self Test Studios are proudly supported by Media Super.
Self Testing Essentials
Self Testing is now a vital skill for any actor. The Equity Foundation is committed to equipping all MEAA Equity members with the resources needed to self test anywhere, any time, with confidence. In our new Self-Testing Essentials Video Helen Kim runs you through the most important basics including how to set up your equipment, lighting, sound, editing, uploading and the major dos and don'ts. This video is proudly supported by our Principal Partner, Media Super.
Equity Lounge - live every Friday
Join us every Friday night as we showcase the amazing talent of our MEAA member community!
This Friday we have Earthquake Magnificent’s Charles Wu who will be joined by a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Annie Savage to perform a mix of original material and folk rock covers.
With special thanks to the PPCA and the Sydney Actors School.
