Trent Baker

Experience

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  Red Stitch Actors Theatre

  Oct 2001 - Oct 2002

  Theatre Director/Founding Member of Red Stitch Theatre

  Founding member of one of Australias most successful independent Theatre Companies, Red Stitch. Credits: Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson - Director. The Lights by Howard Korder - ActorPyschopathia Sexualis by John Patrick Shanley - Actor Down the road by Lee Blessing - Actor

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  Melbourne Theatre Company

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Actor

  Played the lead role in MacBeth for MTC Education over three successive seasons.Directed by Tom Gutteridge and Kirsten Von Bibra

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  Melbourne Theatre Company

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Assistant Director

  Assistant director to Simon Phillips on Festen and Scarlett O'Hara at The Crimson ParrotAlso appeared in the role of Gordon for the last 25 performances of the show.

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  Bell Shakespeare

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Actor

  Actor in Bell Shakespeare's Actors at Work.Played KIng Lear, MacBeth, Antonio and Malvolio

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  National Theatre

  Jun 2007 - Nov 2015

  Teacher

  Teaching in both the Certificate Three and Three year diploma streams. Running skills based classes in Improvisation, Acting, Shakespeare.Directing End of year/course Theatre Productions. Assessment critical feedback and reporting of Students progress.Productions directed48 Shades of Brown, The Joss Adams Show, The Crucible, The Love of the Nightingale, The Visit

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  Bell Shakespeare

  Aug 2007 - Aug 2021

  Arts Educator

  Touring with Actors at Work show performing to 60,000 high students all over the country. Conducting workshops/masterclasses for Teachers and students in High Schools.Co-running week long Shakespeare residencies for School students in remote and indigenous communities.Delivering public lectures on various plays of Shakespeare in Melbourne.

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  Melbourne Theatre Company

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Director

  Directed a Man For All Seasons for MTC Education

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  45 Downstairs

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Actor

  Co-produced and performed in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness.Directed by David Myles

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  Monash University

  Jul 2009 - Sept 2009

  Director Theatre

  Directed First year students of Bachelor of Performing Arts in a production of Moira Buffini's "Love Play"Ran relevant acting workshops to assist the production.Assessment and reporting of Students progress

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  Winterfall Theatre

  Nov 2009 - Mar 2012

  Co-Artistic Director

  Co artistic director of Winterfall Theatre, the resident theatre company at The Theatre Husk space. Shared responsibility for programming and attracting funds/support from Government and business sponsors. Oversaw casting of productions. Having produced 6 shows in 18 months the company is receiving praise in the press and respect from the industry. "Winterfall is shaping up as the Red Stitch of the North."Chris Boyd The Herald SunProductions directedAs You Like It, A Kind of Alaska,The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Nights Dream Show less

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  Melbourne Theatre Company

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2010

  Education Coordinator

  Collated, researched and created schools notes for Drama teachers for the season of Richard the Third at Melbourne Theatre Company. This also included managing a one on one interview with the director of the production Simon Phillips. The resulting information becoming part of the research notes presented.

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  Shakespeare's Globe

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Actor

  One of 12 actors worldwide chosen to partake in the international Actors Fellowship at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London. Partook in master classes with The Globe's masters of Text, Voice and Movement full time for five weeks culminating in a performance on the Globe stage to an invited London audience. Roles performed - Henry V and Posthumous

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  Yes Prime Minister

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  Assistant Director

  Assistant director to Tom Gutteridge on National Touring show.Ran rehearsals for understudies. I was responsible for overseeing integrity of show during touring.

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  La Trobe University

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

  Sessional Lecturer

  Co-directed Student theatre production of Ben Johnson's Bartholomew Fair.Mentor to directing students in 2012 and 2013. Overseeing integrity of students end of year theatre production. Running relevant workshops for acting students in productions.Overseeing production week for productions.Report writing, assessment and critical feedback for students.

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  HIT Productions

  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Actor

  Played the role of 'Michael' in the Elizabeth Coleman play"It's my party and I'll die if I want to." Toured Australia from Feb to July 2013

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  HIT Productions

  Mar 2014 - Aug 2014

  Actor

  Played the role of Max Carter in David Williamson's Managing Carmen, which toured Nationally throughout Australia.

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  "Thats Showbiz", Lowdown Hokum Orchestra and Burlesque revue

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Director

  Combining Blues, Jazz, Burlesque performance and the amazing sounds of the Lowdown Hokum Orchestra, "Thats Showbiz" also features Australia's premiere Jazz songstress Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Saxophonist extraordinaire Paul Williamson (Dire Straits) and Blues Maestro Doc White.

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  Victorian College of the Arts (V.C.A)

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2017

  Sessional Lecturer and guest Director

  Director and dramaturge of The Broadway musical "The Wild Party" by Michael LaChiusa working with third year VCA Music Theatre students (2016). Directed "Samson" by Julia-Rose Lewis with second year acting students (2016)Acting tutor for Music Theatre Studio program 2015-current. Lecturer with the Foundation and First year students in text, acting and improvisation for Music Theatre VCA.

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  "You give me fever." The Peggy lee story featuring Nichaud Fitzgibbon at The Malthouse Theatre

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  Dramaturge

  Dramaturge on Script for Peggy Lee tribute show at The Malthouse.

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  Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (W.A.A.P.A)

  Feb 2016 - Mar 2016

  Sessional lecturer and Guest Director

  Directing the second year production of A Midsummer Nights Dream.Running Shakespeare masterclasses with Third year acting students.

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  Boy out of the country

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Actor

  Acting in new Australian, verse play "Boy out of the country". Performing in Melbourne and touring to country centres in Victoria, Australia.

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  The National Theatre

  Feb 2017 - Oct 2021

  Director of Drama

  As Director of drama responsibilities include teaching into the three year professional acting course, staff management, budgeting, course curriculum, design and delivery across all year levels of the three year Advanced diploma in Acting. Teaching specialties include Shakespeare in performance, acting, Improvisation, and direction of second and third year drama school productions.

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  Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - Edith Cowan University

  Feb 2022 - Dec 2022

  Acting - Lecturer/Supervisor

  Responsible for overseeing all three year groups of acting students in the Bachelor of arts - Acting course at WAAPA. - Running skills based classes in Acting, Shakespeare in performance, Improvisation and Scene Study- Directing acting students in theatre productions - Responsible for assessment and marking all three year groups for skills based classes and acting in performance - Managing, teaching into and directing The Vice Chancellors Shakespeare Awards and final year industry showcase.- Co-directed end of course Acting Industry Showcase - Running 1 on 1 tuition sessions for current WAAPA acting students. - On the audition panel to choose Acting cohort for 2023 at WAAPA Acting. Show less

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  Adelaide College of the Arts

  Jul 2023 - now

  Lead Acting Lecturer

  Responsible for teaching all three year groups of acting students for the 3 year acting course . - Running skills based classes in Acting, Shakespeare in performance, Improvisation and Scene Study- Directing acting students in theatre productions - Responsible for assessment and marking all three year groups for skills based classes and acting in performance