Price Date

$250 + GST Saturday, August 31st, 2024, 10am - 2pm

TAFTA is excited to host Casting Director Dave Newman from McSweeney Newman Casting in our Melbourne Studio in August 2024!

With a strong desire to unearth fresh Australian talent, Dave Newman is actively involved in not only finding but also nurturing the development of Australian talent. Being involved in: Nautilus (the TV series) which is currently in filming and Hitwoman's Revenge in pre-production; Love and Monsters, Blacklight, Rock Island Mysteries, The End, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, The Family Law, Tidelands, The Bureau of Magical Things, Mako Mermaids, Terra Nova, and many, many more!

With so much experience in the Casting Office, Dave knows that great acting happens when it is real, messy, and unplanned! Sign up to this workshop if you are ready to let go of your preparation and learn how to be free in the audition room.

This workshop is strictly capped so that actors get plenty of one-on-one time with Dave. Book early to avoid missing out!

About Dave

David has worked in various aspects of the industry for the last 25 years, the last 15 years in casting, including 7 years working Christine King Casting. Having started his casting career with hundreds of commercial projects he then progressed to work on some of the biggest and most successful feature film & long-form drama projects to shoot in Australia.
He spent 15 months as the Australian Casting Associate on 'The Pacific' (Stephen Spielberg, Tom Hanks, HBO), scoured the country and personally conducting well over 3000 auditions on this project alone. 'The Pacific' won the 2010 Emmy award for Outstanding Casting for a Mini-Series, Movie or Special.