About the session

This session took place Wednesday 9 December 2020, 5-6pm AEDT

This session is a must for directors, producers, stage managers and anyone who holds space for actors. Presented by certified Intimacy Coordinator, Michala Banas, this session will explain what intimacy coordination is, why it’s important for your practice and what it looks like in practice. Fundamental principles will be introduced to give practitioners and leaders an understanding of how to create professional, safe and enjoyable rehearsal spaces that involve intimate content. If you’ve ever wondered what an intimacy coordinator is and whether your production needs one, don’t miss out on this session.

About the speakers

• Michala Banas

  Michala Banas is a multi award-winning film, television and theatre actor. Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Michala's career began very early with her first film credit at the age of 5. Since then, she has forged a remarkable acting career, starring in over 40 film, television and theatre productions. She quickly became the go-to girl for drama in Australia and more recently has been in high demand for comedy after the huge international success of Upper Middle Bogan, in which she played the much loved and feisty Amber Wheeler. Michala is also a writer, a founding member and co-artistic director of Green room nominated theatre company, The KIN Collective, and is also associate producer on the ground breaking documentary, The Show Must Go On.

  Michala trained as an Intimacy Coordinator in the UK in 2019 at IOS (Intimacy On Set) with Ita O’Brien. Since becoming an Intimacy Coordinator, she has worked on: “Faust” for Opera Australia, “Kiss of The Spiderwoman”, “Home I’m Darling”, “Torch The Place” and “Emerald City” for MTC, “Black Ties” for Ilbijerri Theatre Company, as well as the Netflix series “Clickbait” currently filming in Melbourne.

   

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