Private ACTING & Public Speaking LESSONS
WITH PETA SHANNON
Specialising in Public Speaking, Speech Coaching and/or Drama Tuition for Stage or TV to Public Speakers and Performers of any age.
Peta Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Drama, English and Film, an Associate Diploma in Speech and Drama Teaching and currently studying Masters of Secondary Teaching. She has taught every age group for over 20 years at Mercedes College, Scotch College, St Johns’ Grammar, Pulteney Grammar, Unley High School and Clapham Primary School as well as Head Teacher and Manager of Film Bugs and The Adelaide Film Academy. She has also examined for the Australian Music Examinations Board and adjudicated, for Speech and Drama Eisteddfods in the Gold Coast, Mt Gambier, Orange and Balaklava.
Peta is a member of Screen Producers Association (SPA) and Australian Writer’s Guild (AWG). Peta has been a Producer, Writer, Actor, Dancer and Singer for over 20 years. Peta has produced the documentary “Colebrook – A Place of Healing and Learning” – Cannes Film Festival and “The Piccadilly – Restoring her Former Glory” – New Media Film Festival, a Children’s TV Pilot – The Majestic Garden and numerous corporate videos for various clients such as SCL Schumann, Grandeur Wellington, Pura Tap, Barkuma, Oknalux, Allstate Pest Control, The National Agriculture and Related Industries Day and many more.
Her stage credits for major roles in various companies include; Salome in Salome, Nora in A Doll’s House, Wuthering Heights, Peggy – 42nd Street, Strangers on a Train, Play it Again Sam, Hope – Anything Goes, Amelia – Vanity Fair, All About My Mother, Elizabeth Bennett – Pride and Prejudice, Liz – Chicago, Solange in The Maids and various Shakespearean roles for Butterfly Theatre under the direction of Tony Knight. Her screen credits include: Selling Gold, Here to Heaven, To Be King, No More Like My Father, Lullaby, 2:37, The Lady, The Majestic Garden, The Babadook, The Missing Years, August Watershed, I am What I am, Danger 5, Doomsdays, Raising the Bar, Dark Blue, Gymnastics Academy and many more.
Whether you are preparing for tertiary acting school auditions, screen tests, public speaking or wish to participate in Trinity or AMEB exams, Peta is will help you perform at your best.
$100 per hour or
$80 per 45 mins or
$60 per 30 mins