With more bravado than experience, actor Myles Pollard embarked on an ambitious multi-million-dollar project to produce his first feature film. Myles wrote about the experience for The Equity Magazine
Sam Worthington and Myles Pollard on the set of Drift in WA
Equity is thrilled to announce the finalists in the 3rd Annual Equity Awards, as voted by you.
View the finalists and vote for the winners here. Voting closes in less than two weeks!
Cast members of Rake and with producer Peter Duncan at the Equity Awards, Ivy Penthouse
The Equity Awards are the only awards in the country nominated and selected only by actors.
Nominations for the 3rd Annual Equity Awards are now closed. Finalists will be announced on Tuesday April 9.
The Equity Ensemble Awards were introduced in 2011 to honour excellent performances by Australian television ensembles.
In November, the Equity Foundation hosted 2½-day casting hothouses in Sydney and Auckland, giving actors the chance to participate in workshops with some of most well-regarded casting directors in the business
Feature-film casting director Margery Simkin and CBS Television Studios’ Matt Skobalak were flown in from LA to host workshops. Here, Lizzie Franks asks them for some inside tips
L-R: Equity director Sue McCreadie, Casting directors Matt Skrobalak, Christine King, Margery Simkin, Nikki Barrett
On November 19, Ron Haddrick’s family, friends and peers gathered at the STC to see him presented with the 2012 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by FOXTEL. Photos by Adam Hollingworth.
Actors Equity congratulates all the nominees announced by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts for the 2nd annual AACTA Awards.
The Sapphires leads the field with nominations in 12 categories
Tonight Ron Haddrick will receive the 2012 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Foxtel at the Sydney Theatre Company, where he has performed in more than 35 productions over the course of his career .
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