Don't Be So Dramatic

Danny Ball is an actor, director and playwright who graduated in 2016 from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). Danny has been involved in multiple theatre works over the years including 'Love Me' (Old 505), 'The Players Tour' (Bell Shakespeare), 'The Serpent’s Teeth' (KXT), 'Mercury Fur' (KXT) and 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Bell Shakespeare). Danny is currently directing 'Tom at the Farm' at KXT and his play 'The Italians' will be performed at Belvoir's 25a theatre later in the year. 

Tom at the Farm: www.kingsxtheatre.com/tom

The Italians: belvoir.com.au/productions/the-italians/

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On this week's episode of the podcast, Rachel answers some of our listener's questions about acting, podcasting and the Entertainment Industry. 

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This week is a 'Best Of' episode. I'm feeling pretty exhausted this week and I'm trying to take my own advice that I constantly give to others, listen to my body and give myself a break. So please enjoy one of my favourite episodes so far with the wonderful and lovely Melanie Zanetti. 

Melanie Zanetti is a Brisbane-born actress who is best known as the voice actor for Chilli on the popular kid's cartoon 'Bluey'. Melanie is also the star of the erotic romance series 'Gabriel's Inferno' as well as having recently worked on such films as post-apocalyptic comedy adventure film 'Love and Monsters', and independent short 'Miss Underwater'. 

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Luke cook is an Australian Actor who has worked on productions such as Netflix's 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' and 'Dynasty', The CW's 'Katy Keene', and Disney+/ Hulu's 'Dollface'. Luke also creates content for his TikTok and Instagram, using the platforms for his comedic skits and reaction videos. He has also recently started a podcast called The Zaddy Zone which is focused on health and wellness with subjects such as sex, diet, psychology, creativity, family, and community. 

@thelukecook

The Zaddy Zone: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zaddy-zone/id1626231119

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Aaron Glenane is an Australian actor most recently starred in the Netflix action movie, ‘Interceptor’. Aaron has been involved in projects such as ‘The Black Balloon’, 'Picnic At Hanging Rock', 'Danger Close', 'Home and Away', 'Ride Like A Girl', and 'Snowpiercer'. He also recently wrapped shooting on the series 'Shantaram' which is set to be released sometime in late 2022- early 2023. 

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Byron Dempsey and Pace Randolph are online content creators and podcasters who have found success in growing their audiences on the Tiktok app.

Byron is an online content creator and educator and is the founder of Driven Young, a program that educates young people in areas that the traditional education system does not teach such as managing money, doing taxes, growing you network, and starting a business. 

Pace is a musician and also creates content mostly on tiktok to grow his opportunities for his music career. Pace has had great success collaborating with his audience on tiktok and created his track Push Your Further with a choir of 200 fans who dueted the song on the app. 

Byron's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@byrondempsey?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Pace's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pacerandolph?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

The Byron and Pace podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/dz/podcast/byron-and-pace/id1596865577

Driven Young: https://drivenyoung.com/

Pace Randolph Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PAbQjJvHN4Q3R75FHO20g?si=MttqdjpSQw2dQIlfy8Vyfg

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Matt Zukowski and Anna Mcevoy are reality TV stars from Love Island Australia Season 2 and are the hosts of the podcast ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ Matt and Anna both started out as models in the entertainment industry before being cast on Love Island. Their podcast talks all things relationships, break-ups, reality tv, trending shows and everything in between. 

Podcast: Where's Your Head At

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Jim Robison is a renowned producer and the co-founder of the production company Lunar Pictures. Jim has now been working in the film and TV industry for over fifteen years in various roles in production & Art Departments; on major Blockbuster films like 'Hacksaw Ridge', 'The Great Gatsby' & 'Mad Max: Fury Road'. During his film career as a producer Jim has earned a total of 6 wins and 43 nominations at various international film festivals. Recently Jim was Executive Producer of the $25M film, 'Danger Close'. Jim also raised private equity for 'Never Too Late' staring Oscar Nominated cast James Cromwell and Jacki Weaver. In early 2020 Jim Robison produced a short film with Alex Proyas (Gods of Egypt, I Robot , The Crow, Dark City) which was released in 2021 and after accumulating an astonishing 4 wins and over 30 nominations around the world and has its Australian premiere in 2022 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival. Jim's most recent film 'Moonrock For Monday' is now streaming on Binge. 

Lunar Pictures: www.lunarpictures.com.au/

Actors Ascension Program Launching May 16th:

https://events.humanitix.com/actors-ascension-program-purpose

Join Simon Williams and Steph Pringle in their amazing new 6-week coaching program that aims to help actors achieve their goals and build careers of creative fulfilment, longevity and success.

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CJ Johnson is the President of the Film Critics Circle of Australia, the film and television critic for The Nightlife on ABC Radio, and the Head of Screen Storytelling at Sydney Film School. His film blog Film Mafia (www.filmmafia.com.au) is widely read internationally.

CJ’s short films include The Bris which premiered as part of Cinema Des Antipodes at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival; Saturday Night Newtown Sunday Morning Enmore (Winner, Best Film: 14th Independents’ Film Festival, Florida 2007; 12th Canberra Short Film Festival 2007; 7th Bondi Short Film Festival 2007); Festival favourite and multiple Best Film runner-up The Game; Do Not Pass Go; Spring Bride and Pass The Salt. He co-directed the 2009 feature film Before The Rain.

CJ’s plays as writer include The Dog Logs, The Young Tycoons, Hollywood Ending, La La Land, Backpacker and Barnesy The Harbour and You. They have been performed in every state and territory of Australia, on Norfolk Island, and in New York, Bangalore, London, Zagreb, Tallin (Estonia), Belgrade and dozens of other towns and cities. His one-man show Kinski and I won the Sydney Fringe Theatre Award 2014.

CJ's podcast: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/movieland/id1543423362

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James Prier and Stephen Harmon are the founders of the Australian management agency, X Division. Both James and Stephen have extensive experience as managers in the entertainment industry, having previously worked with some of the best agents in the business. X Division manages actors both nationally and internationally and their client list includes some of the best Australian talent such as Keyinan Lonsdale, Jordan Rodrigues and Tammin Sursok. 

Website: www.thexdivision.com.au/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thexdivision_/

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