Staff
PAC is only as strong as its dedicated and knowledgeable teachers. They come from a diverse round of backgrounds and disciplines and their industry-level experience puts them a step above others in their field.
Management Team
Laura Miller – Co-Founder, Administration and Accounts
Nisrine Amine – Co-Founder, Creative Director, Teacher
George Amine – Co-Founder, Digital Strategy and Marketing
Teachers
Sarah Purdue
Danny Ball
Danny Ball is an Italian-Australian actor, producer, educator and writer / director.
He completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and has subsequently worked as a professional actor in theatre and screen.
In addition to his work as an actor, he is an arts educator and tutor working for NIDA Open, ATYP, Bell Shakespeare and Parramatta Actors Centre - teaching young people and adults in a range of contexts from school holiday programs to Juvenile Justice Residencies.
Danny is also a producer, having produced three theatre productions in Sydney, including one new work, and is currently a producer on the short film Pearly Gates.
Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Linda is a voice and dialect coach with over 15 year’s experience, teaching across many of the nation’s drama schools in addition to having a strong corporate training profile, including presentation skills for Channel 9, 10, the ABC, SBS and Fairfax Digital.
Linda has just been appointed dialect coach for ‘Mary – The Making of a Princess’, the story of Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, which begins shooting mid-July.
Recent productions include: Legends – Australian Tour, Dirty Dancing – The Musical and The Rocky Horror Show 2015 for Gordon Frost; The House of Ramon Iglesia for Mophead; Deathtrap and Constellations for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Stop Kiss at ATYP, The God of Hell at the Old Fitz, On the Shore of the Wide World at Griffin, The Rocky Horror Show Australian Tour 2014 for Gordon Frost, the World Tour of Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon – Arena Spectacular, the Australian Tour of Annie – The Musical, starring Anthony Warlow, the Sydney and Brisbane productions of 4000 Miles for Catnip/MopHead, Pantsguys’ award winning production of Punk Rock, and for Opera Australia The Merry Widow.
She is a current member of the fulltime staff at NIDA where she has coached productions including Vale, Not Who I Was, A Dream Play, The Wolf in the River, The Light in the Piazza, Choreography, In The Blood, The False Servant, Osama the Hero, A Lie of The Mind, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Rookery Nook, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and The Threesome.
Enya Daly
Enya is an actor, dramaturg and teaching artist working in Melbourne and Sydney. I work in theatre, film, television, musical theatre and puppetry.
Her recent acting credits include Eliza in That Was Friday (House of Sand), the title roles in CDP’s tours of Spot- Live on Stage and The Gruffalo’s Child, The Moors (Siren Theatre), and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (House of Sand). Recent screen appearances include a series of satirical skits on The Feed (SBS Viceland), and ad campaigns for KFC and Get Skilled Access.
As a dramaturg, Enya works both in new writing development and production dramaturgy. She is currently working with Theatre Works’ She Writes Collective, a two-year development program for women and non-binary playwrights. Other recent dramaturgy credits include SLUTNIK™ (Melbourne Fringe & Theatre Works), A Play About Ivy, That Is Really About June (Melbourne Fringe) and Antipodes Winter Lab.
Enya holds a Master of Theatre in Dramaturgy (VCA) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting (NIDA). She is also a graduate of SHOWFIT (full-time musical theatre program). Passing on the education that she's been privileged to access over twenty years is a passion of hers. She's worked with students of all ages and many institutions including JMC Academy, NIDA Open, Parramatta Actors Centre, Helen O’Grady Drama Academy and Australian Institute of Performing Arts.
Nick O'Regan
Nick is a Sydney based multidisciplinary artist with Mauritian and Irish Bloodlines.
He works as an Actor, Physical Comedian, Puppeteer & Writer. Growing up between two different cultures and languages influenced his artistic practice to orbit around connection and non-verbal communication.
Nick's work connects audiences through the poetic body to our shared psyche—a space that is inhabited by ritual and communion. The work is ensemble based, community focused and inherently political as we charge forward collectively in a world that is increasingly individualistic.
Nick holds a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts from Wesley Institute & a Masters of Teaching from UWS (University of Western Sydney).
Fundamental to his practice was time studying under and being directed by Antonio Fava. The discipline and precision of Commedia del Arte honed Nick's love of clarity of gesture, comedy and physical storytelling. Nick has further pursued these interests exploring the satirical world of Buffon with Giovanni Fulsetti, and immersive kinesthetic experiences with Chiara Guidi.
Nick has worked nationally and internationally with companies and directors: Matriark Theatre (Halfworld), Hurrah Hurrah (Roomba Nation), Erth - Visual & Physical Inc. (The Liminal Hour), I Naufraghi Teatro (Naufraghi, Corna e Zucchero) & Chiara Guidi, (Terra Dei Lombrichi).
Zoe Tomaras
Zoe Tomaras is an interdisciplinary artist with a strong desire to improve the lives of young people through the creative arts. She has years of academic and practical training, which includes an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting (AFTT), as well as a Master of Media Arts and Production (UTS). As well as standard voice, movement and performance skills, her specialities as a teacher include creative play, games, improvisation, devising, script analysis, film, and directing. She prides herself on creating an accessible space where students feel safe and supported. Zoe has facilitated classes for companies all over Sydney, including Parramatta Actors Centre, PYT Fairfield, and Shopfront Arts Co-op. She is an active member of Sydney’s arts industry, working professionally as an actor, theatre-maker, and director.
Kire Tosevski
Chloe Baldaccino
Partners
PAC is proud of its strong community networks. Some of our partners include:
