Where to Watch NIDA Alumni in September 2023?
NIDA alumni continue to demonstrate their versatility and excellence in the screen industry making their mark on the small screen in the coming months.
Dalara Williams (Acting 2017) guest-stars in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Prime Video)
Dalara Williams (Acting 2017) and Vivienne Awosoga (Acting 2018) guest-star in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, streaming now on Prime Video. The family drama based on a best-selling Australian novel, features behind the scenes creative roles with Costume Maker - Harriet Ayers (Costume 2019), Senior Buyer/Dresser - Traleen Ryan (Diploma in Theatre Crafts 1993), Art Directors Assistant - Laura Anna Lucas (Design 2015), Design Assistant - Ara Nuri Steel (Design 2016) and Dialect coach – Gabrielle Rogers (Diploma of Dramatic Art, Voice Studies 2006).
Rob Collins (Acting 2013) reprises his lead cast role in the second season of the thrilling drama series RFDS about the Royal Flying Doctor Service, airing now on Channel 7 and streaming on 7plus.
Yael Stone (Acting 2006) co-stars in One Night, a female-led drama about three women whose bond was all but destroyed by the traumatic events of one night 20-years-ago, and how the three of them relive those memories when one of them writes a book about it, streaming now on Paramount+.
Shiv Palekar (Acting 2014) joins the cast as Haz Devkar the new owner of Harold’s café in the reboot of the much-loved soap Neighbours
Anna Torv (Acting 2001) returns to her co-lead role in the second season of ABC TV's The Newsreader on Sunday 10 September which picks up a year from the events of season one. As 1987 rolls along, global stocks will soar and crash, Australia will prepare to celebrate its Bicentennial year, the newsreaders will grapple with who they really want to be in life – and whether that path can be together.
Shiv Palekar (Acting 2014) joins the cast as Haz Devkar the new owner of Harold’s café in the reboot of the much-loved soap Neighbours coming to Amazon Prime on Monday 18 September.
SBS series While The Men Are Away begins Wednesday 27 September, the eight-part dramedy series based on the book, co-stars Casting Guild of Australia’s Rising Star 2022 winner, Shaka Cook (Acting 2012), Sacha Horler (Acting 1993), Tara Morice (Acting 1987) and is co-written by Enoch Mailangi (Writing for Performance 2021).
Shaka Cook (Acting 2012) co-stars in SBS series While The Men Are Away from Wednesday 27 September
For later in the year, Susie Porter (Acting 1995) and Miranda Tapsell (Acting 2008) guest-star in The Artful Dodger, a historical comedy set in 1850s Australia about the adventures of Jack Dawkins, streaming on Disney+ from November 29.
