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Gwenda Bright Actress & Drama Teacher Ph (+61) 407 024 355 Email: gb@gwendabright.com.au |
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Height: 165cms Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Grey/ Brown Age range: 55+ |
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“Frankenstein” |
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“X-Stacy” |
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“The Wages of Sin” |
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“The Lark” |
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“Don’t Show Mother” |
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“Not Now Darling” |
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“No Junk Mail” |
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“A Streetcar Named Desire” |
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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 |
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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 - now a ‘Classroom Video’ Media Studies package - Lead- 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 TRAINING DVD: Qld Alzheimer’s Association: Gunmedia 2009 |
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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 “A Streetcar Named Desire” - Mexican Woman/Matron—Qld Independent Thespians Ensemble—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 - Actor “X-Stacy” - by Marjery Forde (drama) Nash Theatre Fortitude Valley - Actor “The Blood Donor” - (comedy) Stagewise Productions - Actor “Not Now Darling” - (comedy) Centenary Theatre - Actor “The Lark” - by Jean Anouilh (history play) Brisbane Arts Theatre - Actor “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) - Actor “One Damn’ Thing After Another” -dir. Melissa Davis (musical) - Actor/Singer “The Rose and Crown” - (drama) - Actor “Bluey’s Bloomers” - (melodrama) - Actor/Singer “With All My Love I Hate You” - by Lynda Marchal (drama) - Actor - Best Play Qld Eisteddfod 1982 “Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight” - (melodrama) - Actor/Singer “Goodnight Cathy” - (drama) - Actor “The Importance of Being Earnest” - Oscar Wilde (comedy) - Actor “Sorry Wrong Number” - (drama) - Actor Plus Variety Shows - skits and sketches—both acting and directing |
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Thanatonauts—Navigators of Death” dir. by Suzon Fuks - Speaking Role - Igneous Productions - 2003 Channel 7 - Home & Away website - 3 characters - 2008 |
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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 |
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Qld Driver’s Licence C, R Qld Driver’s Authorisation Positive Notice Blue Card No 11331/4 |
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Speech & Drama Teacher’s Association of Qld MEAA # 4003387 Actors Australia At2 |
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“A Collection of Original Performance Pieces for Young People”: Monologues and duologues for children aged 5 - 15, for Eisteddfod or concert performance. Price $20 + postage “Bugeye Baloney and the Case of the Missing Lunch” - 2 versions of this play, one for 4F 1M, the other for 5F, 1M in the same book; a 30 min 1 act play about treating others with respect. Aimed at upper primary/lower high school (early teens). Price $20 + postage |
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Private Studio - ongoing Griffith University School of Medicine Gold Coast - Role play for students 2011 Maryborough Correctional Centre - Drama Programme - Feb/Mar 2010 Member, Review Panel, Access Arts St Agnes’ Catholic Primary School Bris - Speech & Drama Teacher - 2003-2009 incl Tarragindi Players Brisbane - Drama Teacher - 2002-2009 incl St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School Bris - Speech & Drama Teacher - 2001-2006 incl Lets Talk Kids - Drama Teacher - 2002 casual Kidz-n-co Talent - Drama Teacher - 2001 casual Speech & Drama Teacher - Private Studio - since 1995 Drama/Puppetry Workshops; Puppeteer/Singer/Storyteller – Casual Drama Workshop Consultant; Producer/Director/ Actor (Theatre Restaurant); Fraser Coast Show Street Theatre Director; Clown + Storyteller + Puppeteer Fraser Coast Home & Leisure Expo - Street Theatre Director + Clown Review Writer - ‘Perform’ Magazine Shopping Centre clown - casual |
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LGIS - 'Savin Bundles' - 'How Low Can You Go' Climatesmart Print and Internet 2011/12 - Mojo Studios |
