Equity Foundation Podcast

An opportunity to hear about the realities of building and sustaining a career as an actor in Australia and overseas from successful performers Anthony Brandon Wong, Queenie van de Zandt and Darren Gilshenan with Helen Dallimore in the chair. A career in acting can be unpredictable and challenging, but these performers have each developed and sustained successful careers across different areas of the industry. They will share their experiences, lessons learned, career highlights and challenges, and the opportunities they have encountered along the way. The conversation will explore what it takes to build a long-term career: creating opportunities, maintaining momentum, developing relationships, adapting as the industry changes, and knowing when to take the next step.

IMDBpro.com is relied upon by top executives throughout the film & TV industry. It is an incredibly useful tool for finding representation, keeping your resume updated, researching projects, and finding industry contacts you’d like to connect with. Kym Jackson (S.W.A.T., N.C.I.S.) is an Aussie actress credited with 70+ feature films & TV episodes. Her 2026/2027 releases include We Bury The Dead opposite Daisy Ridley, Born To Lose with Sarah Pidgeon and Dylan Arnold, The Cryptid opposite Emmy winner Charlie Adler, and Wild Card with David Arquette. A member of MENSA, Kym is the author of the Amazon best selling textbook, The Hollywood Survival Guide For Actors. As a regular speaker for organizations including SAG-AFTRA, MEAA, WIFT, Spotlight, Kym has taught thousands of actors to successfully pursue a career acting professionally in the film & TV industry. She is the founder of the Secret Actor Society app and membership site, which connects actors worldwide with casting directors, provides a supportive community, and contains masterclasses on how to navigate the film industry as an actor. Kym’s mission is to share knowledge with her peers and the next generation of talent. Kym is also a SAG-AFTRA convention delegate, who in 2022 co-authored and gained unanimous support from the delegation for her resolution to limit self tape lengths - a key point in the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike negotiations.

This is a rare chance to hear from leading actor and theatre director Effie Nkrumah (who’s acclaimed career has spanned directing MJ the Musical and acting in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) to join interviewer Helen Dallimore and get a behind the scenes look at the creative process, how stage productions are cast, the actor/director relationship, how to have the best chance of a successful stage career, what you need to know about the industry and the steps that theatre directors take to get a production up and running. Effie Nkrumah is a multi-hyphenate creative and cultural leader of Ghanaian descent. A contributor to Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Growing Up African in Australia anthology, Effie holds an MA in Arts Politics from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she further defined her creative practice. Effie creates and champions work that is entertaining, aesthetically compelling and thought-provoking. Her acting credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner. Her directing credits include MJ the Musical, Akaraka, Illarun: The Cutting Comb and See What I See for Tableau Vivant, with her work presented across Sydney, New York and Accra. Beyond her creative practice, Effie is an experienced community engagement practitioner, keynote speaker and facilitator, bringing her energetic, inclusive and culturally informed approach to conversations, collaborations and communities.

Receiving a script is only the beginning. What happens next? How do we transform words on a page into a truthful, compelling performance? And how can you step seamlessly from yourself into the life of the character? In this 90 minute session, Miranda will take participants through her approach to script analysis and character preparation, sharing the practical tools she uses to unlock a script and build a performance from the inside out. She will discuss finding and trusting the tiny adjustments embedded in the script and story, about pathways to finding the beats and about the nature of character versus self. Miranda Harcourt Globally renowned as a performance-pilot, not only does Miranda support stars at the highest level, but also guides emerging talents into stellar careers. Her clients have won and been nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs and AAFTAs. She has lifted up countless careers for actors and emerging directors through her work at labs and schools like TIFF, NYU Tisch, the London Film School and UK’s National Film and Television School.Miranda shifts paradigms, empowering actors and directors to realise and activate their own talent. Whether it is on-set, in rehearsal or in her active masterclasses specifically developed for Zoom, she introduces simple, fast, innovative approaches and tools that get actors to where they need to be, fast. A pioneering practitioner of verbatim, Miranda is currently in rehearsal for AFTER GOD, written and co-directed by Stuart McKenzie, a new play that transforms complex ideas and verbatim voices into a theatrical experience that is moving, provocative, surprising and genuinely funny.You can read more about the startling impact of Miranda’s key tools including Connection, Internal Landscape in her on-line textbook NOTES FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS mirandaharcourt.substack.com

Whether you prepare your own tax return or work with an accountant, this practical workshop will help you better understand the financial side of being a working artist. Tim will cover the fundamentals of tax for creative practitioners, (performers, crew and musicians) including how to work effectively with your accountant and the questions you should be asking. The session will also explore strategies for managing irregular income, planning for the future through savings and term deposits, and building greater financial confidence in a profession where income can fluctuate from job to job. Designed specifically for artists, this workshop will provide practical knowledge to help you make informed financial decisions throughout the year—not just at tax time. Tim has been working in Theatre and the Arts since graduating as an actor in 2005. His professional artistic work has included being an actor, fight director, movement consultant and producer. Seeing a separation between the Arts world and finance, he has spent the last seven years building experience and qualifications in the accounting world with an intention to support and empower artists with more financial literacy, focus and comfort. Maintaining his artistic practice, he now splits his time between both camps wanting to blur the edges - after all, that's why it's called 'the business'. Tim holds a Masters in Professional Accounting, is a member of the Institute of Public Accountants and is the current CFO of Tom Oliver Productions.