ACTING: Screen Acting
Age group: Juniors (Grades 3-6)
Class Size: 14 max
In this exciting two-day screen acting workshop, young performers will step in front of the camera and explore what it takes to create believable, truthful performances for film and television. Guided by professional actor Cazz Bainbridge, students will learn the foundations of screen acting in a fun, supportive and creativity-filled studio environment.
Across the two days, students will work on scripted scenes while learning how actors break down scripts, understand character relationships and connect to a character’s emotional journey. Through practical exercises, improvisation, rehearsal and on-camera scene work, they’ll explore essential screen acting techniques including listening, reacting truthfully, emotional connection and adjusting performance for the camera.
Designed especially for juniors, this workshop is a YAS Studio holiday favourite and encourages imagination, collaboration and confidence while giving students insight into how professional actors bring stories and characters to life on screen. Whether they’re brand new to acting or already love performing, it’s a fantastic opportunity to build skills, make creative choices and experience the excitement of screen acting.
Teacher: Cazz Bainbridge
Cazz is a Green Room Award winning actor, writer and theatre-maker. She completed her actor training at Ward Studio in New York before joining their international graduate company, performing in two US productions. She has worked extensively in theatre with credits including Cyrano, The Hitmen, Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest and Seminar as well as being a founding member of Gold Satino, devising and performing in their past ten shows including their most recent season at Dark Mofo 2025.
Her television credits involve The Clearing (Disney+), The Newsreader (ABC| Werner Productions) and Utopia (ABC| Working Dog Productions) and Goolagong (Werner | ABC). For film, her recent credits include Go with Grace (MIFF 2022, Flickerfest 2022), The Unrequited Life of Farrah Bruce (AFF 2023) as well as Darius Devas’ feature Unravelling which she co-wrote with Devas and fellow actor Duncan Ragg (Cinefest 2022, BIFF 2022). Cazz also appears regularly on the judging panel for the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Cazz is a highly detailed coach and personable coach, who is dedicated to helping actors build trust within themselves to explore, find depth and specificity and take their work to the next level.
Dates: Monday 18 & Tuesday 19 January
Time: 10am-2pm both days
Age group: Juniors (Grades 3-6)
Cost: $300 (incl. GST)
Class size: 14 max
What to bring: Please bring some lunch, snacks and a water bottle.