Ben Goss is a Melbourne based actor and performer. He is a 2019 graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, where he received the Irene Mitchell Award for Excellence. Since graduating he has performed in award winning student film ‘The Length of the Field’ (Dir. Adam Coutts) and independent theatre shows ‘Leopard Print Loincloth’ (Dir. Dom Weintraub) and ‘A Resourceful Hero Struggling Against Incredible Odds’ (Dir. Katrina Cornwell). Theatre  credits during his training include 'A View from the Bridge' (Dir. John Kachoyan),  'Macbeth' (Dir. Michael Kantor), 'Mad Forest' (dir. Sean Mee), 'F***ing A' (dir. Candy Bowers), and Strato/Titinius in 'It Was Greek To Me' (dir. Budi Miller).

Francis Greenslade has been an actor and a teacher for over 30
years. He is best known for performing a host of characters on
‘Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell’ and Brian Gross on ‘Winners and
Losers’. Other screen credits include The Leftovers, Irreverent, Blue
Heelers, Dr Blake, SeaChange and Full Frontal.

He has worked with most theatre companies across Australia. His
stage credits include The Odd Couple, Shakespeare in Love, Man
the Balloon and Urinetown for MTC, Babes in the Wood, The
Odyssey, Optimism, and Tartuffe for Malthouse, and Navigating
for STC.In 2019 STC produced his adaptation of Accidental Death of an
Anarchist.

His book ‘How I Learnt to Act’ was published by Currency Press in
2019 and his play ‘The Platypus’ has had seasons at Theatreworks
in St Kilda in 2024 and at Holden Street Theatres for the Adelaide
Fringe in 2025.

Nathan Harvey. Tutor of Acting Performance Studio

Emma is an actress and performer based in Melbourne with an immense passion for the performing arts. Graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2018 with a Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance. Emma has continued to expand her training through improvisation comedy at the Improv Conspiracy Theatre and Meisner technique with Justin Lehmann. On screen, Emma appeared as ‘Ainsley Grizan’ in Channel Eleven's Neighbours along with other various TVCs. Her theatre credits throughout her training include ‘Borderlines’ (Dir. Egil Kapste) and ’The Hour we Knew Nothing’ (Dir. Jennifer Hagen). Emma is excited by filmmaking and the opportunities for collaboration and storytelling, with experience both in front and behind the camera on numerous short films. Emma is furthering her studies through a Bachelor of Screen Production at Swinburne University.

Kimberley Heberley is a professionally trained actor and musician. In relation to acting, Kimberley is a graduate of the Full-Time Classical Acting course at Acting Performing Studio and trained at Stella Adler in Los Angeles. Kimberley works across theatre and screen, most recently as an associate artist for Iron Lung Theatre Company’s production of ‘When The Rain Stops Falling’. Notably, the short film ‘Bully’ (dir. Damien Howard) has won numerous awards and screened across the globe, which Kimberley featured as the lead actress. Theatre credits include ‘Something Unspoken’ (dir. Bronwen Coleman), ‘Women of Troy’ (dir. Briony Dunn) and ‘A Scandal in the Weimar’ (dir. Belinda Campbell). Screen credits include ‘Gruen’ (ABC) and ‘Upper Middle Bogan’ (ABC).

In relation to music, Kimberley is an original artist, session musician, composer and musical director. She is a graduate of WAAPA, completing an Advanced Diploma of Contemporary Music. She has worked with artists including Dami Im, Shannon Noll, Samantha Jade, and critically acclaimed songwriter Sarah Aarons. She also works as a composer and musical director across theater and musical theatre for shows including Anthropocene Play Company’s ‘Something Unspoken’ and ‘The Will’, and Acting Performance Studio’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.

Kimberley is passionate about teaching and helping students reach their full potential in the arts. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts, Music Industry at RMIT.

Roxanne Henry. Tutor of Acting Performance Studio

When it comes to the performance arts Sam has been training, performing and filmmaking since he was 8 years old. His credits include Rove Live, City Homicide, It’s a Date, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Between Trees, Bathrooms, Dead Gorgeous, The Pacific, Prank Patrol, As The Bell Rings. As well as numerous commercials. Sam also takes great pleasure educating and takes great pride in seeing his students develop their skills, talents and passion for film and the performing arts.

Dr. Suzie J. Jarmain is a multiple-degree, award-winning creative academic who investigates acting character. Twenty-seven years of professional work has transformed Suzie into a solo actor-performer, teacher and writer, working with companies such as: National Theatre of Scotland (UK), BBC Scotland (UK), Traverse Theatre (UK), The Arches (UK), North Edinburgh Arts Centre (UK), The Performance Space (AUS), Melbourne Theatre Company (AUS), La Mama Theatre (VIC), Union House Theatre (AUS), PACT (NSW), Shopfront (NSW), Victorian College of the Arts (AUS), Melbourne University (AUS), and Monash University (AUS) amongst others. Specialising in the relationship between identity and acting, her article Acting Dangerously: confessions of a Transformational Actor was published in ArtsHub (2022) and the essay My Name Is…? on transformation in acting will be published in the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) general issue (82) in 2023. Suzie was awarded the Phillip Parson’s Prize (ADSA 2016) for performance as research (acting) and has presented nationally and internationally on acting and character work.

A graduate of Identity School of Acting in London and Film/Drama studies at Deakin University in Australia, Callum Jean-Thomas is an award-winning British/Australian actor who has done stints in various Off West End productions receiving 5 stars reviews for his performances as well as working in studios such as Pinewood, Warner Bros and Elstree.

He has since appeared in numerous acclaimed productions on stage and screen, including working with Sam Mendes on "1917", WB's "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", and "We All Lie My Darling" winner of 'Best Film' at several Film Festivals.

Jared Kirkwood is an actor based in Melbourne Australia. He has a bachelor’s degree trained in stage and screen arts from New Zealand’s prestigious college of performing arts in Wellington. Since graduating he has worked full time professionally in film and theatre

productions all around New Zealand, featuring as an elf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, appearing in numerous TV commercials and award-winning short’s films such as “Sketch” winner of Wellington film fest where Jared was nominated for best actor.

Jared has performed in countless professional stage productions, his work at the Fortune as ‘William’ in Punk Rock, by tony award-winning Simon Stephens, awarded him with his first professional accolade. Winning ‘best male performance in a leading role’ at the NZ theatre awards.

Jared is excited to bring his diverse set of talents and fresh eyes to Australia. Working to further develop as an artist, while having the rewarding opportunity to give back, by passing on his expertise to the student’s he trains.