Latest News

January:
8th - 12th                XtrAct Drama Academy will be facilitating a Drama Day Camp for Jopuka Productions
                                 WHERE? 'The Launch Pad' @ Tuggerah Business Park
                                 Contact? All information and applications can be found at www.jopukaproductions.com.au

February:
9th                           Love Lanes Festival, Wyong
                                 Where? Community Stage
                                 What? A mixed group of XtrAct students from various classes will be performing a pantomime.
11th                        Classes Resume

March:
11th - 16th             Danielle at Adelaide Fringe. subs taking classes.

What are the students up to?

  • Congratulations to Sean Wilson, Leo Baftirovski, Brooke Shorten, Skye Gleeson, and Ella Gray for their roles in Jopuka Production's 'Wonderfly'
  • Congratulations to Anthony Wall, Rachel Phillis and Amy Seaborn for their casting in the actors working group with Jopuka Productions. We can't wait to see the fresh new work you'll be working on when it features later this year.
  • Congratulations to Jacinta Rose Burley for her acceptance into Hunter Performing Arts School.
  • Congratulations to Elyse Hayhurst and Jess Nadar for their roles in Jopuka Production's 'Gaybies'
  • Congratulations to Bella Nakhoul for her role in Nunsense with Wyong Drama Group
  • Congratulations to Tallulah Cobban for a succesful YIPA audition
  • Congratulations to Lachlan Knight and Daniel George for their roles with WMTCs mid year Junior shows
  • Congratulations to Beau Wilson for his role in Jopuka Productions next project, 'because there was fire'
  • Congratulations to Jacinta Rose Burley for landing the lead of Semolina in Uniting Productions latest Juppies performance 'Rat Race'
  • Congratulations to James Kampas for landing the leading in Wyong Musical Theatre Company's 'Rock of Ages'. We can't wait to come and see you strut your stuff.
  • Congratulations to all of our XtrActors who survived the 2017 HSC. We can't wait to hear about your future endavours.
  • Congratulations to elite XtrActor's Tayah Blackman and Anthony Wall on being nominated and succesfully appointed at Youth Board Member and General Board Member of Jopuka Productions at their last AGM. I am so proud to be able to work with you in this capacity.
  • Congratulations to Charlotte Cooke on being awarded the Inaugural position of Emerging Artist on the Board of Jopuka Productions. Charlotte's experience last year at Jopuka on stage and volunteering behind the scenes on every show certainly showed the previous board how dedicated, motivated and talented she is. Her first mentorship will be directing a short play with our elite XtrAct Performance Group for an April Performance.
  • Congrats to Rayelle Payne for a successful run in Gosford Musical Society's production of HONK
  • XtrAct Performance Group 2017 and 2018 caught up on Monday 22nd at Indigoes in Mingara for a pre-course social. 

Past Successes

  • Congrats to Bouddi Foundation for the Arts award winner, Former XtrActor Tallulah Cobban http://www.bouddiarts.org.au/past-awards.html​
  • Former XtrAct Madi Parker is having an absolute ball working over in Florida at Disney World. 
  • It was wonderful seeing XtrActors all dressed up and entertaining the kids in the Gosford Christmas Parade to welcome Santa
  • Gabrielle Graham Hayes and Chelsea Thompson set off mid-year to teach at American summer camps. From all reports they had an absolute blast.
  • Chookas to Bella Nakhoul as she sets off this week performing as Dorathy in GHS's production of The Wizard of Oz
  • Proud of the hard work our XtrActors are putting in during Jopuka's '13 The Musical' Rehearsals, bboth on stage and in the production team. Love your work Luke, Ryan, Riley, Jacinta, Charlotte and Beau
  • Congrats to Chelsea Thompson and Gabrielle Graham-Hayes on their placement in American Summer Camps. Have a wonderful adventure ladies
  • Congrats to XtrActors Charlotte Cooke, Bella Nakhoul, Natalie Webb, Tayah Blackman, Lachlan Knight, Skye Gleeson, and Daniel George for their amazing work in Jopuka's recent production of Hating Alison Ashley
  • So proud of Miss Tallulah Cobban for her CONDA win 
  • 2016 Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community Leadership Conference was a blast as usual. I was again invited back to run a workshop on Effective Communication.  
  • Very excited to be involved in the birth of a new Youth Theatre Company on the Central Coast. This company will act as a fantastic training ground for young Central Coast actors, writers, directors, technicians, stage managers. I was lucky enough to direct our first production, Cosi, by Louis Nowra, which was well received in the local community. At the moment I'm mentoring the director and training up some some of our talented girls in the demands of stage management for our next production, Hating Alison Ashley which is on from February 24th - March 4th 2017.
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XtrActor Charlotte Cooke starring in Jopuka Productions 'Hating Alison Ashley' at The Art House, Wyong 2017. In addition to our classes, participating in amateur theatre like this is a fantastic experience for the kids. Plus they make some wonderful friends along the way.


                                                                                                                   

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