Workshop 3 - Directing Workshop
About
Directing Workshop (Maximum 25) presented by Trent Barker.Using Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard we will discuss/explore the director-actor relationship, the importance of research, the director/designer relationship and how to break a script down into manageable chunks.
Trent Baker has over 25 years’ experience in the Australian entertainment industry as an educator, theatre director and actor. He is a graduate of WAAPA’s three-year acting stream, the VCA’s postgraduate directing program and an International Fellow of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London.
One of the 12 actors that created Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Trent has performed for Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Red Stitch, Railway St Theatre, 45 Downstairs, La Mama theatre and various TV and Film projects.
As an educator he has taught for W.A.A.P.A, The V.C.A. MTC Education, Bell Shakespeare, St Martins Youth Theatre, Monash and La Trobe universities and was for 5 years the director of drama at The National Theatre Drama School Melbourne.
Trent has directed for MTC Education, W.A.A.P.A, The V.C.A, Spiegeltent Melbourne and The National theatre. Other independent credits include Brilliant Traces for Red Stitch and the inaugural productions for both The Chapel Loft Theatre (Burn This) and Human Sacrifice Theatre (True West).
Location
Harold King Community Centre
7 Grovelands Dr, Camillo WA 6111