Point Break Drama is one of the most well-established performing arts schools in metropolitan Sydney. Situated in Dee why, Point Break has provided an acting school of high calibre to the Northern Beaches. The brainchild of Adam Stewart and Paul Winchester Point Break was set up to fill the huge void in acting and singing tuition on the Northern Beaches.

Point Break Drama offers part-time courses to teenagers, kids and adults. Adults can choose from three levels of Acting Basics or take a course in Acting for Camera. Youth drama runs twice weekly and concurrently with the school term and offers students an exciting array of performance styles. Kids Acting runs on Thursday afternoons.

Tutors Adam Stewart, Paul Winchester & Matt Charleston are professional actors who have all trained at major prestigious performing arts schools-Theatre Nepean, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts & NIDA respectively.

 

OUR TUTORS:

>Matt Charleston

Acting Basics 1 and Youth Drama Tutor

>Adam Stewart

Acting Basics 1 & 3 and Youth Drama Tutor

>Paul Winchester

Acting Basics 2, 3 , Acting for Camera and Youth Drama Tutor

MATT CHARLESTON

Originally from Tasmania where he spent several years performing in amateur theatre and Theatre Sports, Matt Charleston moved to Sydney and studied full time at NIDA, majoring in acting. He then continued his studies in Film and Television with Sandra Lee Patterson at On Camera Connections.

Matt has worked as a teacher and adjudicator for McDonald College of Performing Arts, and is currently teaching at Point Break Drama Acting School in Dee Why. In addition to acting, Matt has co- written, produced, and directed new work for companies including, Typically Red productions and Naked Heatwave.

Matt recently starred in a new Australian film called “ 2-DOOR MANSION”, which took out the honour of Best Feature Comedy at the Moondance International Film Festival in Hollywood, California.(2006) It also won Best Film at the Cologne International Film Festival in Germany. (2007) It was also official selection at the Australian International Film Festival and screened recently on Channel 9. Matt plays a lead role, “Ricky” in THE 7TH HUNT, a horror feature just completed.

Matt’s television credits include ALL SAINTS, WATER RATS, AUSTRALIANS AT WAR and more recently PACKED TO THE RAFTERS. He plays a lead role in a Pilot for television called ACTING OUT. Matt has appeared in commercials for Telstra, Thredbo, King Gee and recently for Lenovo where he played Libby Trickett’s trainer! He is currently working with a team of actors under director Kate Gaul, on a creative development of Lorca’s play BLOOD WEDDING.

For the past 12 years, Matt has been a practitioner of Aikido (in which he has attained a 3rd dan blackbelt), and Ki Development (chu den blackbelt) at the Shin Sen Dojo under Ken Mclean Sensei. He has also reached blackbelt (practitioner level) in Ki Shiatsu, the healing art. From an Acting point of view, the energetic (Ki) principles underlying these arts, (for example the unification of mind, body and spirit into every action) have formed a solid foundation for performance. A true understanding of energetic principles forms the basis for real presence, in life, and in acting.

 

 

   
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ADAM STEWART
Bachelor of Arts (Performance)

Adam first appeared on the stage at the age of twelve as "The Fairy Godmother" in a production of Cinderella. His love for Acting took him all the way to one of the most prestigious performing arts schools in Sydney, Theatre Nepean(University of Western Sydney) where he graduated in 2001. While there he appeared in variety of plays including, "Anthony and Cleopatra", "Wounds To The Face", "Comedy of Errors", and "Don's Party".

Since leaving University, he has been seen in "Dogs" and the PACT theatre's "As You Like It". His short film Credits include "Sucked Up" and "Life's A Bitch" and has appeared in numerous television commercials around the world. Adam has worked as a teacher at the Newtown Arts factory as a guest specialist monologue tutor, and in private tutoring for 2yrs. In 2003 Adam appeared in African Gothic for the New Theatre/Old Fitzroy Hotel and Julius Caesar for Fly On the Wall Productions. Adam has directed several plays for Point Break Drama and has been an assistant director at the new theatre, Newtown.

Adams all time favourite movies are "Lawrence Of Arabia", "Fifth Element", and "Zardoz".

 

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PAUL WINCHESTER
WAPPA Graduate Bachelor of Arts (Musical Theatre)

Paul started Acting when he was 11 years old with weekend drama classes - although his mother believes he was clowning around long before that! He took up juggling and uni-cycling in the highschool Circus and in year twelve made his professional debut in the Tele-drama, "A Good Time Tonight". Later that year at just 17yrs old Paul was accepted into one of the most highly acclaimed performing arts schools in Australia, The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he studied acting for 3yrs.

He came to Sydney in 1994 to begin his career where he toured with the children's play "Danny in Trouble", Belvoir Street's "Wild Cat Falling" and Theatre South's "Hating Alison Ashley". He featured in Sidetracks "All In The Timing", and performed at Paramatta's "Big Laugh Comedy festival" in 2001/ 02. In 2002 he appeared at the PACT theatre in Shakespeare's, "As You Like It" and toured with Ricochet's sketch comedy, "End of the Line". In 2003 Paul appeared in "Milton Park" at the Bondi Pavillion and played Cassius in Fly On The Wall's production of "Julius Caesar".In 2004 Paul returned to the pavillion to appear in the play, "Eight Quarters". 

For T.V Paul has featured in S.B.S's "Bondi Banquet" , playing an Irish Surfie and over a dozen commercials. Paul appeared in the short film,"By the Book" for Channel 31 and made his "All Saints" debut earlier on this year. Paul will soon be seen in a new show for channel seven called, "Packed to the Rafters".

Paul appears in the Aussie gothic /drama, "Gabriel" now out on DVD. Recent short films include "Jamie", "Bluff", "Sunday Drivers", "By The Book" and "Number 6". Paul's favourite films of all time are still the original "Star Wars" movies.

 

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