Tutoring

Acting is about ENERGY. A person's soul and emotions are their ENERGY. As actors that is what we are trying to communicate - the characters ENERGY within the story.

Phillip McKechnie

Students want a tutor that can develop their natural abilities while also teaching them the fundamentals of acting. Students also want a teacher that teaches to their learning style but introduces them to new learning techniques. Students need a teacher that works not only on their acting and improvisational skills, but also on their voice and body. All of these aspects are vital to an actors' craft. Phillip guides the student through theories that are simple to understand and apply, with exercises that can be taken home, practiced and filed for future reference.

Phillip McKechnie has become one of Melbourne's leading Acting Tutors. With years of experience as a tutor and within the industry, he helps the student develop their skills from the inside out - rather than from the outside in - a mistake that is often made. He has tutored students who have gone on to work professionally within the industry and also students that have gained entry into some of the most exclusive acting schools around the world.

Phillip has completed a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University majoring in Drama. He has also had many years of Voice and Alexander Technique training, as well as participating in numerous international courses. With a strong Improvisational background, Phillip has performed in several Improvised productions.

"Phil's greatest quality is his sense of understanding of what needs to be done to open up a person in the particular exercise or scene it is that they maybe working on. His eye for restrictions allow him to help you work towards freedom, and as an actor, when you are free is when you achieve clarity as well as tap into the full sense of your imagination."

Rod Byrnes

NIDA student

Please feel free to contact Phillip regarding Drama lessons via the contact us page.