McGREGOR CASTING. Not-for-Profit Screen-Test Intensive

SCREEN-TEST INTENSIVE with WILL PEARCE, SENIOR CASTING DIRECTOR AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST CASTING AGENCIES IN AUSTRALIA, McGREGOR CASTING. Booked Out.

An Intensive 2-hour Screen-Test Session. On-Camera. In-Studio. Direction & Feedback. Including Q&A. SIDES provided.

Saturday 12th of December, 2026
$79 (GST inc)

This is a not-for-profit initiative presented in association with our Industry Mentorship & Training Program. Tuition is set solely to cover the costs of delivering the session, with FTSI receiving no profit from the program.

It is part of our ongoing commitment to supporting, developing and giving back to Melbourne’s acting community.

Join Will Pearce, Casting Director at McGregor Casting, one of Australia’s most respected and award-winning film and television casting agencies, for a focused 2-hour screen-test intensive in our Melbourne studio.

On-Camera. In-Studio. Industry Direction.

This small-group session gives actors the opportunity to work directly with a leading Casting Director, experience the screen-test process in a professional studio environment, and receive individual direction and feedback on their performance.

The session includes:

• Individual screen-test with Will Pearce (McGregor Casting)
• On-camera direction and feedback
• First-hand insight into the casting process
• Q&A with Will Pearce
• Choice of scenes provided in advance
• Professional reader provided
• Recorded performance to take home
• A great opportunity to get in front of the camera, in a professional studio, and work directly with a working Casting Director, with your screen-test recording to take home.

ABOUT McGREGOR CASTING

McGregor Casting is one of Australia’s leading casting companies, with more than two decades at the forefront of Australian and international film and television casting. Established in Sydney in 2001, the company has built an exceptional reputation for casting some of Australia’s most acclaimed productions, while also working extensively on major international features and television series filming in Australia.

The company’s work has been recognised at the highest levels of the industry, with McGregor Casting credits associated with Academy Award-nominated productions including Lion and Animal Kingdom, as well as Primetime Emmy-nominated Top of the Lake. Their casting work has received multiple Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) Awards, AACTA Awards and nominations, and Casting Society of America Artios Award nominations. Most recently, McGregor Casting was recognised with the 2026 AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television for Apple Cider Vinegar, following a CGA Award for Best Casting in a TV Comedy for Colin from Accounts and an AACTA Award and CGA Award for Best Casting in a Feature Film for Babyteeth.

Their productions have featured an extraordinary calibre of Australian and international talent, including Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Neill, Essie Davis, Toby Wallace, Eliza Scanlen, Kitty Flanagan, Patrick Brammall, Claudia Karvan and many others. Lion received six Academy Award nominations, while Animal Kingdom received an Academy Award nomination for Jacki Weaver.

With an extensive network across the Australian and international screen industries, McGregor Casting works at the highest level of professional screen casting, identifying, auditioning and championing actors for some of the industry’s most significant productions.

McGregor Castings extensive and high-profile casting credits include:

East of Eden; The F Ward; Dustfall; Dalliance; Dear Life; Spa Weekend; Last Seen; Playing Gracie Darling; Mix Tape; Human Error; The Deb; Year Of; Harrow; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Thor: Ragnarok; Pacific Rim: Uprising; San Andreas; Noah; Mother and Son; Foe; The Fall Guy; Evil Dead Rise; Evil Dead Burn; Spaceballs: The New One; Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires; Zombies 5: Secrets of the Sea; Spiderhead; The Wilds; Joe vs Carole; God’s Favorite Idiot; Lion; Animal Kingdom; Babyteeth; The Rover; The Royal Hotel; The Dry; Penguin Bloom; Rams; Last Cab to Darwin; Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan; Berlin Syndrome; 100% Wolf; Blinky Bill: The Movie; Colin from Accounts; Fisk; The Twelve; Bump; RFDS; Troppo; Last Days of the Space Age; Apple Cider Vinegar; Scrublands; Top of the Lake; Top of the Lake: China Girl; Frayed; Plum; The Other Guy; Doctor Doctor; The Moodys; At Home with Julia; Savage River and many more…and many more…

Whether you’re emerging or established, this is a fantastic opportunity to the get in the room and work directly with a top-tier casting professional, practice and sharpen your audition skills, get constructive feedback on your work and take your scene home with you. For more information on McGregor Castings extensive Film & Television credits, please Click Here.

📌 Strictly limited places.