Monday, 15 November 2010
6.30pm — 8.30pm
The Clock Hotel, Surry Hills
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Guest Speaker: Lynette Sheldon
Lynette SheldonLynette Sheldon is an Australian-born actor, coach, and director who has worked extensively in film, stage, and television around the world. Her classes have been featured in books and publications including Act New York, Back Stage & Show Business Weekly. Lynette trained extensively in New York and Australia with Stella Adler, Larry Moss, Michael Howard, Brian Syron, and The Ensemble Theatre.
Lynette Sheldon Actors Studio was founded in New York in 1990 to train actors and filmmakers in the art of making the script come alive through the Stanislavski/Adler Technique. Since then, Lynette has trained numerous actors and filmmakers who have earned awards and nominations. Some of these include Jordi Vilasuso, Mike Vogel, Zoe Ventoura, Bren Foster, and Paige Davis.
For the past nine years Lynette has been dividing her time training actors in Australia, Los Angeles, and New York. From November 2010 she will be in Sydney for six months teaching Intensives and Master Classes.
Lynette says the technique she teaches (as taught to Marlon Brando, Harvey Keitel, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Cooper, Mark Ruffalo, etc.) is unique in its ability to develop an actor from beginner to a working professional with a fierce, in-depth technique within 18 months.