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April Bracken's Equity Profile
April Bracken
About
Profession: Actor; Dancer; Voice Over
Hair Colour: Brown
Height: 5'6"
Playing Range: 18-24
Eye Colour: Blue/Grey
Gender: Female
 

Experience

Training: 2010/2009
Coisceim Creative Steps member

2009
Intern at the Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children on The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly as Assistant Stage Manager

2006 to 2009          
Bachelor of Arts(Ordinary) in Drama(Performance),Dublin Institute of Technology (First Class Honours)
Core Subjects: The Acted Word, Acting to Camera, Radio Acting, Critical Analysis, Contemporary Irish Theatre, Shakespeare in Performance, Movement, Dance, Singing, Combat, Ensemble Performance, Theatre-In Education, Drama Facilitation, Contemporary British and American Drama, Stanislavsky and Scene Study, 16th- to 19th-century European drama.

Summer 2008 
Summer Play Festival, New York; Internship
The Public Theatre, New York, USA
Core Training: Assistant Stage Management, Actor Assistance, Wardrobe, Set Design, Sound, Lighting and Combat Master class. Attended talks from various theatre practitioners, such as writers, actors, producers, directors, etc.

2005 to 2000
Little Duke School of Acting, Actor Training
Drogheda, County Louth
Core Activities: Improvisation, Scene Study, Monologue Study, Dance, Singing, Movement. Completed Royal Irish Academy of Music Speech and Drama Exams, from Grade 3-8, receiving Distinctions in Grade 4,5 and 6. Awarded TSB High Achievers Award for Grade 4 examination.


Master Classes
Stella Adler Technique with Kathleen Warner Yeats, Combat (David Woolley), Acting to Camera(Colin Thornton), Movement(Sue Mylen), Dance(Ella Clarke), Stage Combat (Paul Burke)
Theatre:
June 2011:(2010 and 2009) Molly Bloom in 'Ulysess' by James Joyce as part of the Bloomsday Festival, Martello Restaurant, Sandycove

July 2011: Mag in 'Lovers' by Brian Friel in The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin

Nov 2010: Girl in 'Boxes' by Louise Melinn in the Samuel Beckett Theatre, TCD

April-May-June 2010: Dancer in 'Night of the Living Debs' by Coisceim's Creative Steps, various venues

September 2009: Mimi in 'Thursdays A La Parisien' by Victor Feldman in The Pearse Theatre

June 09: Caesar in 'Julius Caesar' directed by Patrick Reevell as part of the Dublin Shakespeare Festical

March 09:Titania in 'A Midsummer’s Night Dream'directed by Pete McDermott in the DIT Theatre

July 08: Lily in 'Train to Brooklyn'in the Public Theatre New York, self-directed

Skills: Stage Managment: We Are All In The Gutter (2010), The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly(2010) The Infant(2009)

Dressing: Rigoletto (2011), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2010), La Boheme (2010), all at the Grand Canal Theatre

Music: Piano (Grade 5 standard), Basic Guitar, Ability to read and write music

Dance: Irish Dancing(4years) and Contemporary Dance Training(6years)

Languages: Irish (advanced),
German(basic)

Teaching: Drama for 3-14 years in Kidkast Studios, Drogheda, Co. Louth(2009 and 2010). Drama,Dance and Music teacher for STARCAMP (2009 and 2010)
Film: Dec 09: IADT Short, Dir. Luke Sweetman. Female Lead.
TV: Sept 09 National Lottery TVC University Student Girl

Sept 09 Delorentos 'Secret' video Main Cast Member (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkcltdCknBI)




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