Andrea Demetriades Masterclass
How To Have Fun Again On Screen
This exclusive six week course is designed to help you rediscover why you want to be an actor, and how to find it fun and thrilling once again.
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Course Overview
The HubStudio is excited to welcome Logie Award® Nominee Andrea Demetriades to our lineup. Andrea is an acclaimed Australian actress known for her standout roles in Crownies, Janet King, and The Principal. Her performance in Seven Types of Ambiguity earned her an AACTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. On stage, she shone as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion with Sydney Theatre Company.
Remember When Acting Was Fun?
I personally went through a phase of desperately wanting to work but feeling a sense of dread every time a self-tape request came through. So many thoughts swirled in my head: loathing the process of learning lines, scrambling to find time and dragging a friend over to read with me, setting up the camera, finding a good wall—and the ultimate MVP of all discouraging thoughts—”What’s the point? I won’t get it anyway.”
After some serious self-reflection, I realized the truth: I was exhausted. Exhausted from putting myself out there with little reward, tired of doing all the work, and worn down by hearing someone else had gotten the role when I knew I had nailed the audition.
So, I had to stop and reassess. Do I still love acting? Do I even want to do this? The answer, thankfully, was YES. I LOVE it. But the real question became: how can I keep it from draining me?
The answer was simple: make it enjoyable again. Embrace the excitement of each self-tape. Find joy in doing the work and making the character mine. Instead of obsessing over whether I’d book the role, I reframed it as an opportunity to act—to step into someone else’s shoes for a moment. And that realization was thrilling.
Who cares if I don’t get it? I prepared, I had fun, and I created my own authentic version of the character. Each self-tape, each audition, is part of the journey, and that work will always inform your growth as an actor.
Let’s reclaim the joy of acting together.
Course Outline
This is a six-week course designed to rediscover why you want to be an actor. How to find acting fun and thrilling again.
- Script breakdown: Script interrogation, Given Circumstances, Substitutions, Questions and Facts.
- Character Analysis: Proust, Michael Chekhov and The Dial up or down methodology
- Breathwork and warm ups: Unlocking habits and learning to how access character through breath and awareness.
- Technical Support: Learning tricks to make sure your at- home set up is a simple and efficient as it can be.
Course Outcomes
Through extensive insights you will gain knowledge of the following:
- Tools to interrogate the script.
- Tools to understand the character intimately and bringing oneself to the work.
- Greater awareness for tone, genre and style.
- Inspiration to enjoy the challenge and live the character
Session Details
When: 6 x Saturday Day’s
Dates: 15th February – 22nd March 2025
Cost: $382.00 incl GST (10% off for members)
Time: 10am – 1pm
Format : Sydney central TBC
Participants: 14 Maximum
Payment Information
How To Pay & Instalment Option: The easiest way to pay is by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) using the bank details on the invoice (please quote the invoice number in the transfer information), or by simply clicking the ‘pay online’ link also on the invoice (bank fees apply). You will be email an invoice upon acceptance into the program. Payment is due no later than the due date stated on the invoice, however if you would like to pay in instalments please call or email the office to arrange the dates and amounts you will pay. Please note full payment of the course is due by the time the course finishes. You can start payment instalments at anytime upon receipt of the invoice.
Session Details
About Andrea
Andrea is an actor originally from Western Australia. Since graduating from NIDA in 2006, she has worked consistently in leading roles across film, television, and theatre. For theatre – Sydney Theatre Company: Home, I’m Darling, Arcadia, Arms and the Man, Perplex, Pygmalion. Belvoir: The Dog/The Cat, The Book of Everything, Oedipus Rex. Bell Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Pericles. Red Line Productions: Anatomy of a Suicide. Ensemble: Suddenly, last Summer, Sport for Jove: Antigone (winner Best Actress, Sydney Theatre Awards). Feature films include Alex & Eve, Dark Lessons – Volume 1, Around the Block, Nerve and Babyteeth. Television includes a leading role in Pulse, The Commons, The End, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Squinters, Reckoning, Murder (CBS), Janet King, as well as Crownies, The Principal and guest roles in The Artful Dodger, Amazing Grace, The Unusual Suspects, Clickbait, Black Comedy, Doctor Doctor, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Mr & Mrs Murder, Mother and Son, The Artful Dodger, The Twelve S3 and Return to Paradise. Andrea also had a recurring role in the web series Fragments of Friday and recently narrated Love Me as I Am, Untold Australia for SBS.
Her notable award nominations include the 2017 AACTA for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for her work on Seven Types of Ambiguity.
Apply For The Course
Please send an expression of interest including your C.V. & headshot to courses@thehubstudio.com.au or use the below form. Please note the course is by invitation only. If offered your place will only be held once payment is received in full. Failure to do so will forfeit your place on the course.
For more information or queries please don’t hesitate to call on (02) 9212 0522 or alternatively email us on the above address.
IMPORTANT INFO!! We are experiencing some unusual issues with our forms from time to time. If your form isn't sending through please email the same information, including your CV and Headshot via email to courses@thehubstudio.com.au and we'll get back to you asap. OR call 02 9212 0522. Course Application Form
Contact Us
For further questions or queries please contact us directly during 10am – 5pm / Monday – Friday on the below details:
- Office: (02) 9212 0522
- Email: courses@thehubstudio.com.au
Further Questions
The HubStudio prides itself on helping professional actors to facilitate their training journey. If you would like more information about this course, or more importantly which courses would suit you best, then please email or call us to discuss your training goals.
