Text Box: Gwenda Bright

Actress & Drama Teacher

Ph (+61) 0407 024 355

gb@gwendabright.com.au

Agent: Natalie Hall Management
nhm@nataliehall.com
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Voiceover artist
Experienced drama teacher for all ages
Drama, Voice, Improvisation & Communication Workshops 
for Schools, Vacation Care, Private & Corporate Sector
Eisteddfod Adjudicator
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“Frankenstein”

“X-Stacy”

“The Wages of Sin”

“The Lark”

Puppets and Storytelling

“Don’t Show Mother”

“Not Now Darling”

“No Junk Mail”

“A Streetcar Named Desire”

ABC Classic FM Choir of the Year State Finals - Thomas St Singers member - 2006

Therese d’Arcy Award - Speech & Drama Scholarship- 2001

Trinity College London - Effective Communication Grade 6 Highest Mark in Qld - invited to perform at SDTAQ                                                              annual presentations

Qld Eisteddfod  - 1st Place Australian Poem

                                - 3rd Place Character Recital

                                - 3rd Place Shakespearian Recital- 1993

Qld Eisteddfod - 2nd Place Championship Poem

                                - 2nd Place Character Recital - 1994

Qld Eisteddfod - 1st Place Character Recital

                                - 2nd Place Shakespearian Recital- 1995

Qld Eisteddfod- Best Play ‘With All My Love I Hate You’ - Actor (2-hander) - 1982

 

 

Puppetry; singing (alto/mezzo)

Swimming; judo; use of woodworking hand tools including Triton saw bench & some metalworking tools; computer; gardening; painting; ride-on mower.

 

FEATURE FILMS:

 

“Don’t Show Mother” -  feature film prod/dir. by Mathew Wilkinson - Lead - 2009

 

SHORT FILMS:

 

“The Return” prod. by P. Maschke - 48 hour film festival -  Actor - 2008

“FilEm” - prod. by Tess Walsh - Human in a Can Productions—Actor -  2007

“Cats’ Eyes” dir. by Kate Tucker—Sidereus Pictures - Lead—48 Hour Film Contest - 2006

“Returns Department” dir. by Daniel Rogers - Lead

“Caravan” dir. by Jennifer Ussi - Lead - now a ‘Classroom Video’ Media Studies package - 2004

 

BACKGROUND EXTRA:

“From Byrnestown” - composer Stephen Cronin; screening Qld Conservatorium - 2009

Pilot -  “ What You Need” dir. by Gabrielle McKinlay—Tomorrow the World Productions 

TVC—Powerball - 2004

“Through My Eyes” - The Lindy Chamberlain story - Liberty & Beyond Productions P/L  - 2004 

Bugeye Baloney & the Case of the Missing Lunch” - writer/director /producer children’s play - Wynnum Eisteddfod—1st place + Best Junior Female Actor, Best Junior Male Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Highly Commended Actor-2009

“No Junk Mail”- director/actor—Short+Sweet Play Festival– 3rd place Judges’ Choice/Wildcards –2009

“Frankenstein” -  by David Compton (drama) Nash Theatre Fortitude Valley

“X-Stacy” -  by Marjery Forde (drama) Nash Theatre Fortitude Valley

“The Blood Donor” -  (comedy) Stagewise Productions

“Not Now Darling” - (comedy) Centenary Theatre

“The Lark” - by Jean Anouilh (history play) Brisbane Arts Theatre

“The Wages of Sin” - theatre restaurant production—Producer/Director/Actor—1999

“Grandpapa’s Portrait” - (melodrama) - Director

“Follow That German” - (melodrama) - Actor/Singer

“The Boat” - by Jill Shearer (drama)

“One Damn’ Thing After Another” -dir. Melissa Davis (musical)

“The Rose and Crown” - (drama)

“Bluey’s Bloomers” - (melodrama) - Actor/Singer

“With All My Love I Hate You” - by Lynda Marchal (drama) - Best Play Qld Eisteddfod 1982

“Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight” - (melodrama) - Actor/Singer

“Goodnight Cathy” - (drama)

“The Importance of Being Earnest” - Oscar Wilde (comedy)

“Sorry Wrong Number” - (drama)

Plus Variety Shows - skits and sketches—both acting and directing

Thanatonauts—Navigators of Death”  dir. by Suzon Fuks - Speaking Role - Igneous Productions - 2003

Channel 7 - Home & Away website - 3 characters - 2008

Trinity College London- Licentiate Diploma- Speech & Drama

Trinity College London- Associate Diploma - Speech & Drama

Trinity College London - Professional Certificate Effective Communication

NIDA - Directing Intensive Workshop

Director’s Workshop—Alex Broun—Short & Sweet Play Festival - 2009

Voiceover training—Private—Clare Crowther - 2007

SDTAQ - Professional Development Seminars— 2006; 2000; 1999 & 1997

                - ‘Stand and Deliver’ Business Communication Seminar

                - Microphone Techniques Workshop

Wakakirri Story-Dance Workshop

Ben Parkinson - Casting Workshops for Film & TV

Roger Hodgman Masterclasses - Directing for Theatre & Film/TV

Aust Festival of Puppetry & Visual Theatre - Puppetry Workshops Noosa

Film & TV Workshop - Tony Bonner

Cultural Tourism ‘Best Practice’ - 3 Seminars

Technical Production & Design Workshops—Z-Pac Theatre Hervey Bay

USQ Acting Audition Workshop

NIDA Summer Acting Workshop - 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drama teaching; acting + directing + backstage; workshop consultant; telemarketing; various sales; administration/office/reception; manual arts teacher aide; herb nursery owner/worker; Avon lady; nursing; checkout operator; delivery driver; swimming teacher; judo instructor; market research, limo driver + more.

Drama teaching; acting + directing + backstage; workshop consultant; telemarketing; various sales; administration/office/reception; manual arts teacher aide; herb nursery owner/worker; Avon lady; nursing; checkout operator; delivery driver; swimming teacher; judo instructor; market research, limo driver + more.

Speech & Drama Teacher’s Association of Qld

MEAA  # 4003387

Actors Australia

Brisbane Actors’ Network

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