Catherine Poulton Management Drama Agency

	NEWS AUGUST 2008 Louis Corbett will play the lead opposite Sam Neill in Mario Andreacchio's The Last Dragon which will film entirely on location in China, while Eva Lazzaro and Reef Ireland have supporting roles in Ana Kokkinos' Blessed. In TV, CPM is delighted to have main or recurring roles in Showtime's Tangle. Georgia Flood, Blake Davis, Eva Lazzaro, Reef Ireland, Alicia Banit and Madeleine Jay will work alongside some outstanding performers in this exciting new project. Angus McLaren can be seen in Seven's brand new comedy drama Packed to the Rafters, while later this year he will reprise the role of Lewis for series 3 of the teen hit H20. James Sorensen continues in the role of Declan Napier alongside Morgan Baker as Callum Jones on Neighbours, while Sara Reed will feature in the forthcoming Are you Smarter than a 5th grader? Nicholas Fleming has just wrapped on the children's series Snake Tales, while Benjamin Jay is currently in Broome for filming on Bruce Best's Trapped. In animation, Nick Farnell, Brandon Burns and Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik are currently voicing the Ettamogah series Wakkaville. Also in Broome, Mark Coles Smith will return for series 2 of The Circuit and also appears in the ABC series Dirt Game, alongside Nick Farnell and Talia Zucker in recurring roles, while Lara Robinson is following up her starring turn in Knowing with a role in the SBS miniseries Saved. In Channel Ten's new police drama Rush Kane McNay, Kate Keltie, Blake Davis, Bethany Whitmore and Alicia Banit have all featured in guest roles. On stage Ben Nicholas is playing the Narrator in the West End production of Disney's High School Musical, while across the channel Alinta Chidzey is performing Dirty Dancing in the Netherlands. Matthew McFarlane will appear in the forthcoming Sydney season of Priscilla on Stage while fellow WAAPA grad Gemma-Ashley Kaplan will reprise her role in The Hatpin for next month's New York Music Festival. Currently, the MTC's production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features Bethany Whitmore, Lucas Chadwick, Holly Chadwick and Blake Hamling.. Forthcoming features: Emily Browning plays the lead inThe Uninvited for Paramount Pictures. Due for release Jan 09. Jared Daperis in the lead in Playing for Charlie directed by Pene Patrick. Joshua Payne in Acolytes, directed by Jon Hewitt. Talia Zucker in Lake Mungo, directed by Joel Anderson. Jonathan Segat, Portia Bradley and Lauren Mikkor feature in supporting roles in Sarah Watts' My Year Without Sex, due out early 2009.

NEWS AUGUST 2008