Directing for Indie Theatre: Working with Actors

Multi-award winning director Elise Wilson is returning to Boorloo/Perth with a new workshop series, Directing for Indie Theatre, with this one being Working with Actors.

This workshop is both for emerging directors, as well as indie artists in other roles (actors, writers, designers etc.) who want hands on directing experience before jumping into their first official directing role.

There will be an emphasis on both the analytical and practical sides of directing. Participants will have the chance to practise rehearsing and auditioning professional actors Isaac Diamond and Alicia Osyka.

The workshop is $49, however there is a flexible pricing option if this is a financial barrier. Please bring something to take notes with, a water bottle and snacks if you want. If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch with the "contact host" button so we can plan the exercises to accommodate your needs


ABOUT ELISE:

Elise Wilson is an award-winning director, theatre-maker and 2018 graduate of WAAPA’s BPA Performance Making course. Most recently, Elise directed and co-created LOGUE LAKE (Perth Festival), which received a sold-out season, eight PAWA nominations and four wins including Outstanding Direction and Best Mainstage Production (Theatre).

Previously, she directed Isaac Diamond’s sci-fi HOMEWARD BOUND (Lazy Yarns), winning The Blue Room Theatre’s Best Direction Award, and she assistant directed The Last Great Hunt’s TELEPHONE (PICA) which received a PAWA for most Outstanding Contemporary or Experimental Performance. Elise has also directed comedies including BITE ME (Sian Murphy & TBRT’s Summer Nights), which was nominated for the Martin Sims Award and a PAWA for Best New Work, and Daisy Coyle’s medical sketch comedy DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE (Bearhands Co. & State Theatre Centre of WA), which also won a Fringe Weekly Theatre Award. 

Other directing credits include TALKBACK (Sandpaperplane & TBRT’s Summer Nights) and assistant directing credits include I FEEL FINE (public service announcement & The Blue Room Theatre) and THE COCKATOOS (WAYTCo). 

Elise is also an improviser, writer and actor, and brings her multi-disciplined experience into each role she takes on. She believes in a non-hierarchical and collaborative approach to directing and theatre-making. 

REVIEWS:

“(Logue Lake) showcases the excellence that exists within our arts industry here in Boorloo/Perth and in the minds, talents, and skills of our independent artists. Logue Lake is easily one of the outstanding performance works of Perth Festival 2024 – it’s a technically impressive, immersive, intriguing, exciting, and entertaining live theatrical experience.” - Cicely Binford, Perth Arts Live 

“The nature of this production is incredibly ambitious in both its storytelling and technological demands. However, each element from the design, writing, directing, and acting is expertly pulled off to create an immersive and intimate show” - Holly Ferguson, Magazine 600 

"With so many moving pieces essential to its execution, it’s clearly the product of a well-oiled team. An ambitious and triumphant world premiere season for this local production by co-creators Geordie Crawley and Elise Wilson." - Hannah Fredrikksen, Theatre Travels

WHAT PREVIOUS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING:

“What a delightful learning environment for people of all skill levels. Elise's positive energy and enthusiasm are contagious!” - Kate

“The whole workshop was brilliantly balanced...  It was so friendly and inclusive” - Michelle