Tukuna: to say/ to tell
Professional acting training for Fiji and Outback QLD actors...and online for everybody else!
Services:
Screen Acting Coaching
US Accent Coaching/ Top Up
Audition Preparation
Scene Study and Script Analysis
Self-tape Support
Career Mentoring and Industry Guidance
Led by professional actor Matt Young, Tukuna Acting Club offers professional level acting training for actors of all ages and abililties, with a focus on actors from traditionally under represented backgrounds.
Former Clients' credits include Love Island, Black Snow, NCIS: Sydney, #blackAF, The Castaways and From All Sides
Recent Activities:
June 2026 - US accent training for individuals and an upcoming feature film in Gold Coast, Australia.
October 2025 - Play development of new work The Sky Is Falling followed by community drama/writing workshops in Blackall, QLD
July 2025 - Public Speaking Workshop with Blackall/ Tambo Youth Council
April 2025 - Queering the Script, An Acting Workshop for the LGBTQIA+ Community for Australian Equity Foundation (online)
2024 - Circus and Acting Workshops for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Blackall, QLD
2023 - Head Tutor at Consevatorium Academy (Grades Prep - 12) at CQCM in Mackay, QLD.
October 2025 - Play development of new work The Sky Is Falling followed by community drama/writing workshops in Blackall, QLD
July 2025 - Public Speaking Workshop with Blackall/ Tambo Youth Council
April 2025 - Queering the Script, An Acting Workshop for the LGBTQIA+ Community for Australian Equity Foundation (online)
2024 - Circus and Acting Workshops for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Blackall, QLD
2023 - Head Tutor at Consevatorium Academy (Grades Prep - 12) at CQCM in Mackay, QLD.
Past Activities:
2023 -2025 Associate and casual lecturer at Central Queensland University's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music's Bachelor in Theatre/Musical Theatre course in Mackay, QLD.
2017 - 2019 Kula Film Awards acting workshops for Film Fiji in Suva, Lautoka and Labasa, Fiji
2017 - 2019 Tukuna school holiday drama camps at the Fiji Arts Club in Suva. Fiji
2017 - 2019 Location Casting Director for Netflix's #blackAF and Hallmark's Pearl in Paradise
2017 - 2019 Kula Film Awards acting workshops for Film Fiji in Suva, Lautoka and Labasa, Fiji
2017 - 2019 Tukuna school holiday drama camps at the Fiji Arts Club in Suva. Fiji
2017 - 2019 Location Casting Director for Netflix's #blackAF and Hallmark's Pearl in Paradise
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