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Love Road

May 16, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Love Road

Shalane Connors is Jaz in Love Road.

Ulysses Oliver’s feature directorial debut is an intense relationship drama, jumping across three time periods, detailing the highs and lows of a tempestuous relationship.

Early one morning Jaz (Shalane Connors) flees her fractured relationship with Daniel (Ishak Issa), taking her mother’s ashes with her to return them to the family’s country property. Daniel is utterly confused by Jaz’s departure, feeling that their difficulties could be resolved. He sets off in pursuit, determined to talk it over despite her steadfast refusal to engage. Jaz, along her journey, reflects on their shared moments, and with the distance between them begins to re-evaluate elements of their relationship. Traversing three time periods of this complex romance, and remarkably shot in just two weeks in the middle of the NSW bushfires, Love Road is an incisive and moving drama of love and loss.

https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/love-road

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Deadloch

May 11, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Deadloch

Grace Naoum is Dr. Daniela Kehlmann in Deadloch.

Prime Video released the official trailer and first-look images for the Australian Amazon Original series Deadloch. Created, written, and executive produced by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan (The Katering Show), the “cinematic, thrilling, mysterious, and moody” show will premiere exclusively on Prime Video globally on Friday, June 2, with the release of the first three episodes. Deadloch centres around the Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case: Fastidious local senior sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and a rough-as-guts blow-in from Darwin, senior investigator Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) along with their overeager junior constable Abby (Nina Oyama). As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food, and culture event—Winter Feastival—the trio have to put their differences aside and work together to find the killer.

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DEADLINE: Australian Talent Management Firm Ignite Elite Artists Opens LA Office

May 09, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

DEADLINE

Australian Talent Management Firm Ignite Elite Artists Opens LA Office

Australian Talent Management Firm Ignite Elite Artists Opens LA Office​

EXCLUSIVE: Australian talent management company Ignite Elite Artists, whose clients include Lukas Whiting (Nautilus), Cecilia Low (Love Me), Annie Rose Buckley (Saving Mr Banks) and Carrie Schroeder (I Am Frankie), has opened an office in LA. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company was set up in 2011. The roster also comprises Zoe Sheridan (The Daisy Chain), Daniel Widdowson (Reef Break), Shane Emmett (Home and Away), Laila Thaker (Wentworth), Damien Sato (Echo 8), and U.S. producers including Adam Horner (Cypher). The firm says it hopes the U.S. expansion is a precursor to additional growth in coming years. “Opening offices in Los Angeles is a significant milestone for Ignite Elite Artists, and we are thrilled to be expanding our reach to the U.S. market,” said Michelle Horner, Ignite Elite Artists’ founder and CEO. “In Australia, we have worked hard to establish ourselves as a reputable talent management company, and we are excited to bring our experience and expertise to the US market and expand our global footprint of the company.”

States of Mind

May 02, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

States of Mind

Shalane Connors is the role of Ali in States of Mind.

A supernatural thriller with a dash of comedy,  has started post-production.  States of Mind centres on a meditation retreat in a haunted house, where a disparate group of people travel to take part in a psychic competition only to find their hosts intentions may actually be more sinister.

Fever103 Theatre presents Climbers

April 27, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Climbers

Fever103 Theatre presents Climbers

Tahlia Jameson is in the theatre performers CLIMBERS from 1 June - 11 June 2023. It's going to be put on at the infamous FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS, with a cast of 11, "Climbers is a powerful and poignant exploration of the barriers women face in traditionally male institutions, and the strength, courage, and solidarity it takes to dismantle them." 1939. It’s midnight in Cambridge, and Rosalind Brixton is awoken by the footsteps of three young men on her roof. They are the Night Climbers, a secret society that gathers on the rooftops long after they should be in bed. Hungry for adventure, Rosalind is quickly initiated into this night-time world of clandestine oaths, cleverness, politics, and sex. But when this Bohemian new world is shattered by a horrific betrayal, she must choose between keeping quiet and seeking revenge. Photos by Harrison Baker

Stuff Entertainment

April 20, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Stuff Entertainment

The sporting life of Home and Away’s Adam Rowland by Stuff Entertainment.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/131703698/the-sporting-life-of-home-and-aways-adam-rowland

The career plans of Home And Away newcomer Adam Rowland took a detour when a shoulder injury sidelined him from a promising career in Aussie Rules football. These days the actor, who has had roles on Neighbours, Five Bedrooms and Love Me, is kicking career goals as guitarist Remi Carter in Summer Bay’s resident band Lyrik.

States of Mind

April 18, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

States of Mind

Ché Baker is producer, director and writer in his Thriller Film ‘States of Mind’.

A supernatural thriller with a dash of comedy, starring the world’s shortest stuntman, has started post production this week. Ché Baker’s States of Mind centres on a meditation retreat in a haunted house, where a disparate group of people travel to take part in a psychic competition only to find their hosts intentions may actually be more sinister.

Welcome to Ignite!

April 13, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Welcome to Ignite Carrie Schroeder!

Carrie Schroeder is best known for playing Dr Sigourney Gaines on Nickelodeon’s hit show ‘I Am Frankie’ now streaming on Paramount +. She recently appeared on season 2 of the Marc Cherry show “Why Women Kill” and on FX’s “Snowfall.” Carrie can also be seen starring alongside Eric Roberts in the sequel of the Lifetime Movie series “Stalked by my Doctor,” and in a supporting role in the Hallmark film “Save the Wedding.” Carrie was nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy’ at the 2020 Indie Series Awards for her work on the series “F#cking 40.” Also a stage actor, her portrayal of ‘Margot Wendice’ in “Dial M for Murder” earned her a BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Actress.

CIA: Crime Investigation Australia

April 11, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

CIA: Crime Investigation Australia

Brenton Prince is Alan Thomas & Jeremy Burtenshaw is Russ

Crime Investigation Australia revisits landmark Australian crimes that shocked the nation and remain forever embedded in its history. Hosted by respected journalist, Steve Liebmann, CIA uncovers the true stories behind these cases through chilling re-enactments and access to the key detectives, family members, and witnesses involved. Streaming on Foxtel Now, BINGE or for free with ads on 7plus.

Surviving Summer

March 30, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Deadloch

Grace Naoum is Daniela Kehlmann in Deadloch.

The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, fastidious local Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and a rough as guts blow in from Darwin, Senior Investigator Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) along with their overeager junior constable Abby (Nina Oyama). As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food and culture Winter “Feastival”, the trio has to put their differences aside and work together to find the killer.  

From the creative minds of comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, the series will film exclusively in Southern Tasmania, and star Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Alicia Gardiner and Nina Oyama. The eight-part Tasmanian noir crime comedy will film from February to May 2022 with acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell (The Great, Giri/Haji), Gracie Otto (The Moth Effect, Seriously Red) and Beck Cole (Black Comedy, Wentworth) with Andy Walker (Rosehaven, The Kettering Incident) producing.  

Surviving Summer

March 21, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Surviving Summer

Cecilia Low is the role of Tegan in Surviving Summer.

Expelled from school and exiled to Australia, a rebel New York teen makes waves among a young surfer’s inner circle — and leaves a mess in her wake.
 
Starring: Sky Katz, Kai Lewins, Lilliana Bowrey
Creators: Joanna Werner, Josh Mapleston
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An Ox Stand On My Tongue

March 14, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

AN OX STAND ON MY TONGUE

Mel Ree is C in "An Ox stand On My Tongue"

Jane Montgomery Griffiths asks “What if the two most negatively paradigmatic female characters in the Western mythological canon were in fact domestic Goddesses.” A reinterpretation of infamous sisters navigating a world of men, the kitchen and all things domestic. An Ox Stand On My Tongue asks what it would sound like if these women got to tell their story today. Their history from their own perspective, what compelled them to justify – or to suppress – the experiences they had endured. This is a play about two women who try – who really do try – to be well behaved, to be the perfect housewife, but who just happen to end up becoming the world’s most notorious adulterer and Husband killing Matricide. In Greek tragedy, characters would go into song; here they discuss baking. Mundanity doesn’t preclude pain.
JANE MONTGOMERY GRIFFITH: WRITER
ABBIE-LEE LEWIS: DIRECTOR
CAST: SHAKIRA CLANTON
MEL REE
CREATIVES: EMILY STOKES
PRODUCER: KELSEY LEE
SET & LIGHTING DESIGNER: STEPHAN WILSON BAKER

Irreverent

March 08, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Irreverent

Christiaan Westerveld is Spock in Irreverent. 

A Chicago crook angers the wrong people. Forced into hiding, he winds up in a remote community in Queensland posing as their new church reverend.
 
Starring: Colin Donnell, Wayne Blair, Kylie Bracknell
Creators: Paddy Macrae

 

 

Latecomers

March 02, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Latecomers

Alan Dalziel is Oliver in Latecomers

Dating and disability is at the centre of a new SBS series, called "Latecomers". Led by, and starring people with cerebral palsy, it's bold, hilarious, and at times heart wrenching. After witnessing their able bodied friends awkwardly hook up at a bar, two strangers with cerebral palsy named Frank and Sarah, become entrenched in each other’s dysfunctional lives.

Of An Age

February 27, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Of An Age

Verity Higgins is Fay in Of An Age. 

It’s the summer of 1999 in blue-collar Melbourne and school is out forever. 17-year-old Serbian immigrant Kol is preparing for the Australian Dance finals when he receives a distress call from his dance partner Ebony who has woken up on a beach, in an unfamiliar town after a big night out. With the help of Ebony’s older brother Adam, they attempt to make it to the finals on time but when Kol and Adam get stuck in summer traffic on the way to collect Ebony, they discover they have more in common than expected, and over the course of the next 24 hours an unexpected and intense romance blossoms. A decade later the pair meet for a bittersweet reunion.

From acclaimed director Goran Stolevski, OF AN AGE is in theaters February 17.

 

 

Lonesome

February 22, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Lonesome

Shane Emmett as Martin, Corey London as Theo, Mathew Waters as Trucker, Vincent Adriano is Zaddy, and Liam Walker as Cute Lad in Craig Boreham's 'Lonesome'.

Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it. Lonesome is a new feature film starring Josh Lavery and Daniel Gabriel, written and directed by Award Winning Australian director, Craig Boreham, exploring sexuality, loneliness and isolation in a world that has never been more connected. After a successful festival run and great review in the New York Times, our film, Lonesome, is having a theatre release this Thursday during world Pride! Find a cinema and support opening weekend. https://lonesomethemovie.com/tickets https://lonesomethemovie.com/screenings/

Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today?

February 17, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today?

Josh Adamson as Detective Lou Raby in ‘Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today?’

California’s La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will present the world premiere of the new musical Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today? beginning March 16 prior to an official opening March 18 for a limited engagement through April 2. Developed and directed by BT McNicholl, the “beatnik” horror comedy musical will feature Steven Booth (School of Rock) as Walter Paisley, Vanessa Sierra as Carla, Ross Hellwig as Maxwell Brock, Kingsley Leggs (Sister Act) as Leonard DeSantis, Kathy Fitzgerald (Wicked) as Mrs. Swickert, Janna Cardia as Lili Von Vondergraff, Ashley Moniz (Kinky Boots) as Beatnik Girl, Josh Adamson as Detective Lou Raby, James Caleb Grice as Beatnik Guy, and Jamir Brown as Clive. A New Beatnik Horror Comedy Musical. Dig this, hepcats! When a struggling beatnik sculptor in San Francisco stumbles upon a new style of art that thrusts him into fame, fortune, and perhaps some big trouble, well – you’ll just have to see what Walter Paisley did today. Emmy-winner Randy Rogel (“Animaniacs”) serves up a delightfully varied score of cool jazz, Petula Clark-like knockouts, Neil Sedaka bubble-gum pop, and more. Directed by La Mirada’s own Producing Artistic Director, BT McNicholl (original Broadway creative team member of Spamalot, Billy Elliot, and Cabaret). Be the first to catch this World Premiere musical! It’s Little Shop meets Sweeney Todd meets Avenue Q!

Wellmania

February 15, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Wellmania.

Tade Adepoyibi is Alia on Wellmania!

In Wellmania, coming to Netflix March 29, Celeste Barber is human tornado and food critic Liv. After being diagnosed with ‘catastrophic health’, Liz is trapped in Australia and jeopardising her dream job in New York – so she throws herself body-first into a radical wellness journey, hell-bent on getting well to return home. Starring alongside Barber are JJ Fong, Genevieve Mooy, Lachlan Buchanan, Remy Hii, Alexander Hodge, Simone Kessell, Virginie Laverdure and Johnny Carr. The eight-part series also includes appearances from Miranda Otto, Leah Vandenberg and Aden Young.

Last King Of The Cross

January 13, 2023 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Last King Of The Cross

Daniel Widdowson is Clarky in Last King of The Cross. 

Paramount+ is set to exclusively air original Australian series, Last King Of The Cross, from Friday, February 17. An elevated one-hour, serialised crime drama over 10 episodes, LAST KING OF THE CROSS tracks John Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul. The world is Kings Cross: a mini–Atlantic City, barely half a mile long and with every form of criminality on offer.

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Wolf Like Me

November 23, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Wolf Like Me

Paul Pantano, Justine Kacir, Blair Dwyer & Lukah Dwyer are in Wolf Like Me.

Wolf Like Me is a streaming television comedy-drama series produced by Stan in association with NBCUniversal and Peacock. Gary (Josh Gad) is a single father living in Adelaide, Australia with his 11-year-old daughter Emma; both of whom are still emotionally traumatized by the death of Emma's mother, Lisa, 7 years earlier. They meet Mary (Isla Fisher), an isolated advice columnist recovering from her own complex emotional baggage. But despite her attempts to stay away, they keep meeting again and again, in a cluster of coincidences that imply the hand of destiny. While Gary struggles to connect to his daughter, for Mary reaching Emma is all but effortless. However, Mary's baggage involves a deadly secret that she fears might hurt the two.

Darby and Joan

November 21, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Darby and Joan

Jane Larkin is Young Denise in Darby and Joan. 

Two lone strangers trekking on the road - a retired Australian policeman (Bryan Brown) with a dog as his only company and widowed English nurse (Greta Scacchi) - meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia. The Acorn TV Original Darby & Joan is coming soon. #AcornTV #DarbyandJoan

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Five Bedrooms

November 14, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Five Bedrooms

Laila Thaker is the role of Sam Moore, Adam Rowland is the role of Theo, Cecilia Low is the role of Doctor Leung in Five Bedrooms. 

Five different people at different times of their lives bond at a wedding after being seated together at the singles table. After a few too many drinks, the solution to all of their problems seems to be buying a five-bedroom house together. Five Bedrooms tells the story of a group of very different people. With very different backgrounds. At very different stages of life. All bonded by where they found themselves seated at a wedding. The singles table. After a few too many champagnes (and wines and whiskeys and beers), the solution to all of their problems seems to be buying a house together. A really big, five bedroom house. How ridiculous, right? A recipe for disaster, surely? But the more they consider it, the more they realise that their alcohol infused idea actually has some merit. A small group - some friends, some acquaintances, and some total strangers - come together being seated at the singles table at a wedding reception, they a disparate lot being of different ages and backgrounds. Their casual conversation turns a bit more serious when they decide to pool their resources to purchase a house together - something none would be able to do on their own - where they all will live. Beyond finding an appropriate and affordable house that is suitable for five single adults, they will test their newfound "friendship" in each going into the home ownership and communal living situation for a totally different reason, partly having to do with their stage of life, and as up front ground rules go out the window, literally in some cases, when they find those rules don't match their unexpected needs or wants.

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Young Rock

November 09, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Young Rock

Mark Casamento is Coach Wally Buono, James Bolton is Jeff Jarrett, Layton Le Petit is Hank, Jane Larkin & Curtis Clarke are on Colin From Accounts.

Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid influential wrestling icons while his dad rose to fame in the business, his rebellious teenage years attending high school in Pennsylvania, and his football years teamed up with powerhouse players at the University of Miami. In his telling, Johnson explains that while his experiences have been larger than life, he remains a down-to-earth guy who still relates to the American people.

MaveriX

November 08, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

MaveriX

Vince Poletto is the role of Ross in MaveriX. 

Six young motocross riders come together to form a team, to make the national titles, or crash out trying. But the biggest win of all might be the friends they make for life. Nominated for the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Children's Program.

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Colin From Accounts

November 02, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

Colin From Accounts

Daniel Widdowson is Dave on Colin From Accounts.

Centred on Ashley (Harriet Dyer) and Gordon (Patrick Brammall), two single(ish), complex humans who are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog, Colin from Accounts is about flawed, funny people choosing each other and being brave enough to show their true self, scars and all, as they navigate life together. The BINGE Original Series #ColinFromAccounts, created, written by and starring Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, premieres December 1 on BINGE.

The Edge

November 01, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

The Edge

Proudly produced, directed and written by Jane Larkin. Jane Larkin is Annie Murphy, Layton Le Petit is Edward Proxy, Mary-Anne Halpin as Robin & Curtis Clarke as Cody.

Three young women deeply embedded in the world of competitive sport, teach the audience what it is to be a female athlete in a world of competition, a lot of it off the track, pool and gym. Yui, a Japanese Paralympic swimmer is facing the usual highs and lows of sport, mixed in with cultural differences and prejudice against her disability. Whilst able-bodied athletes respect her as an athlete - society doesn't always. Annie is a sprinter with little passion for anything else, besides perhaps her boyfriend, who has just proposed an open relationship. Finally, Sylvia is an indigenous weight-lifter, struggling with commitment and making the most not only of her athleticism, but of her brilliant mind too. Metaphorically, we're all competitors in a game of life, it's just that sport writes down the rules. Because if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

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Significant Others

October 31, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog
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Significant Others

Vincent Andriano is on Significant Others

Catastrophe strikes when Sarah (Jacqueline McKenzie), the single mother of two teenagers, vanishes on her regular morning swim. Her teenage kids, Ciaran (Gulliver McGrath) and Hanna (Zoë Steiner), reluctantly call on their missing mother’s estranged siblings. Ursula (Rachael Blake), Den (Kenneth Moraleda) and Claire (Alison Bell) arrive to discover the family home partially demolished, while a destructive inheritance dispute still looms over it. Could their shambolic sister’s disappearance be her latest stunt? In this compelling six-part series this entangled family takes on life in the rubble and attempt to parent the two teenagers who struggle to keep hope that their mum will return. The series sees the first collaboration between award-winning screenwriter and playwright Tommy Murphy and series director Tony Krawtiz who drew on personal experience to create the moving and powerful series.

The Twelve

October 28, 2022 by Ignite Elite Artists Blog

The Twelve

Tade Adepoyibi is in The Twelve.

Twelve ordinary citizens are summoned for jury duty, where their decision in a murder case is not the only thing at stake.

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