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Any experence/info about Acting agencies/agents in Melbourne Vic Aus?

• ive been searching for a very long time and i cant find any good acting agents or agencies in melbourne/geelong, all the web sites are scams and dont really help and theres nothing on google, which suggests im ither really dumb or there are no places as such. .....im just wondering if you have been to or know of any good acting agencies and agents in Melbourne Vic Australia or Geelong reigon. if so could you please give me any way to contact the person/building ? what was the experence like? what did you do? i have been acting for a while, i do classes (screen acting) after school and school plays in drama for years aswell, i just would really like some experences in comercials or somthing, im not ugly or anything so why not. im confident, i can act, i just cant find the right foot hold.

• Answer:

  The best way to find agents is to visit http://www.alliance.org.au, the Aussie actors' union. They have a list of agents there (though they're not recommendations, so you MUST do background research so you can make sure they're not dodgy). GET YOUR PARENTS TO READ THIS SITE, AND THE ONE BELOW. Also, plenty of recommendations and discussions have been made about Aussie agents at http://www.theatre.asn.au. There's also an excellent FAQ on the site about agents, how to get one, what they expect, what you should expect from them, dodgy agents, how to get started in acting, local classes, etc etc. The FAQ is an amazing resource which should answer most of your questions about pretty much anything in terms of acting at a young age in Australia. However, without having any experience or training, no agent will bother looking at your application: so even with what you've done so far, you'll want to spend the next few years continuing school and getting training/experience.