Join our course for beginner + intermediate actors to grow their craft and gain confidence on-camera.

Join our 5-week course for beginner and intermediate actors to grow their screen craft, gain confidence and walk away with a professionally filmed scene in a studio setting.

Led by industry professionals and Toi Whakaari graduates Miryam Jacobi and Jack Barry, this course is supported by the Creative Communities Scheme and for anyone who is passionate about diving into the world of screen acting.

Thank you to the Creative Communities Scheme for supporting this initiative.

COURSE DETAILS

SCHEDULE: Mondays, 6:30pm – 9pm

DATES: 21 July – 18 August 2025

DURATION: 5 weeks

LOCATION: Dailies Studio, Te Rapa, Hamilton

PRICE: $250 plus GST (valued at $500)

HOW TO APPLY: There are limited spots available. Please email a brief introduction to yourself to hello@2113creatives.com.

Note you must be 16 years old or over to join this course.

FURTHER INFORMATION

JACK BARRY, a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, has accumulated a significant portfolio of film and television credits, including roles in BBC’s “The Luminaries,” Netflix’s “Sweet Tooth,” “Friends Like Her,” “The Convert,” “Ka Whawhai Tonu”, “The Making of the Mob: Chicago,” and substantial roles in “Shortland Street,” “The Brokenwood Mysteries,” TVNZ telefeature “The Flash” and an upcoming international Netflix drama. His stage experience encompasses productions such as “The Things Between Us” and “Billy Elliot the Musical.”

MIRYAM JACOBI is a director, producer and acting graduate of Toi Whakaari. Miryam has shown work at film festivals such as NZIFF, Flickerfest, Māoriland, Show Me Shorts, Galway Film Fleadh, Vail Film Festival, Melbourne Women in Film Festival and more. She has produced and directed commercial content for brands such as Contiki, Sir John Kirwan Foundation, Fonterra, Fieldays, Silver Fern Farms and Auckland Theatre Company. Other highlights of her filmmaking career to date include second unit directing on Amazon’s feature Don’t Make Me Go and creating the highly-acclaimed NZ On Air funded documentary Disorder. In 2024, she was selected for the prestigious DEGANZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator.