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Overview
Work History
Education
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THEATRE
Screen
ACCENTS
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Sean Paisley Collins

Sean Paisley Collins

YARRAVILLE,VIC

Summary

Sean is a creative performing arts professional with strong foundation in acting across various platforms. Proven ability to engage audiences and deliver memorable performances. Reliable team player with focus on collaboration and adaptability, bringing energy and commitment to every project.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Actor

Victorian College Of The Arts
05.2024 - Current
  • Performed in workshops for the undergraduate and masters of Film & TV directing students

Santa Clause

The Real Santa
11.2022 - Current
  • Portraying Santa Clause for various public and private Christmas events

Event Host

Grape Vine Events
02.2021 - Current
  • Hosting trivia and other events across various venues

Teacher & Assistant

Screen Actors Australia
04.2018 - Current
  • Teaching and assisting kids and teenagers the fundamentals skills of screen acting

Child Chaperone

ABC Kids
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • Supervised and safeguarded children during filming on set

Camp Counselor

Camp Blue
06.2017 - 04.2023
  • Leading Drama/Filmmaking/Creative Writing and many other activities at a holiday day camp for children aged 5 to 13 years old with varying interest, skill, and developmental levels.

Actor & Facilitator

Class Act Theatre
04.2016 - 12.2022
  • Performing educational shows to primary and secondary school students and providing post show facilitation and leading interactive discussions

Host & DJ

Bogan Bingo
06.2015 - 11.2018
  • Hosting & DJing for a private entertainment company that specialises in fundraisers, work functions and corporate events

Actor & Tour Guide

Melbourne Interactive Theatre
07.2013 - 04.2016
  • Performed as part of an interactive and immersive historical narrative based tour around the inner CBD of Melbourne

Education

Cert IV in Mental Health

Victoria University
Melbourne, VIC
12-2025

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

RMIT University
Melbourne, VIC
11-2011

Skills

  • Assistant Director
  • Educational Theatre
  • Host/MC
  • Santa Clause
  • Accents
  • Directing
  • Immersive Theatre
  • Historical Theatre
  • Costume & Styling

THEATRE

2024

  • Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Radioplay - Phase Three (Misfit Theatre), Melbourne - Actor

2023

  • Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Radioplay - Phase Two (Misfit Theatre), Melbourne - Actor

2022

  • Shawry (Chapel Off Chapel), Melbourne - Director/Dramaturg/Set Designer
  • Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Radioplay - Phase One (Misfit Theatre), Melbourne - Actor
  • Kelly (La Mama HQ), Melbourne - Actor

2021

  • Dad Jeans (Misfit Toys - Motley Bauhaus), Melbourne - Actor

2019

  • The Eight Reindeer Monologues (Bravo Arts - The MC Showroom), Melbourne - Actor
  • Dad Jeans (Play Six Short Play Festival - The MC Showroom), Melbourne - Actor
  • Five Minutes To Midnight & Raoul Wallenberg Saved Me (Neil Cole Productions - Chapel off Chapel), Melbourne - Actor/Assistant Director
  • Bullshot Crummond (Fracture - Wyndham Theatre Company), Melbourne - Director
  • Keating’s Republic (Neil Cole Productions - MICF - The MC Showroom), Melbourne - Actor/Singer/Assistant Director
  • Mad World (David Butler Studio & Richard Taki - Vau’dervile Drag Cabaret), Melbourne - Actor

2018

  • Loot (Eltham Little Theatre), Melbourne - Actor/Costume
  • The Vandal Season 2 (Tangled Web - Doncaster Playhouse), Melbourne — Actor
  • Hotel Bonegilla (La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor/Singer
  • A Noble Cause (Neil Cole Productions - La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor/Singer/Assistant Director
  • The Confessions of Jeremy Perfect (Judy Ellis Production - La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor

2017

  • Brief Encounter (Warrandyte Theatre), Melbourne — Actor/Singer
  • Serving Coffee At Sims Supermarket (La Mama Explorations) — Actor/Assistant Director
  • Witches of Brunswick (Witches In Britches), Melbourne — Actor/Performer/Singer
  • Teaching & Learning (Backyard Theatre Ensemble - Abbotsford Convent), Melbourne — Actor
  • The Vandal (Tangled Web - Brunswick Mechanics), Melbourne — Actor

2016

  • The Melbourne Monologues (Melbourne Writers Theatre - La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor
  • Gaijin (Metanoia Theatre - Brunswick Mechanics), Melbourne — Actor

2015

  • House Call (Play Six Short Play Festival - Bluestone Artspace), Melbourne — Actor
  • We Can Work It Out (Bitten By Productions - Club Voltaire), Melbourne — Actor
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Players - Richmond Theatrette), Melbourne — Actor
  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Playhouse Players - Richmond Theatrette), Melbourne — Actor
  • Rusty Bugles (Playhouse Players - Richmond Theatrette), Melbourne — Actor

2014

  • Monologue Soiree (Melbourne Writers Theatre - La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor
  • The Other Sister (Play Six Short Play Festival), Melbourne — Actor
  • Dark Light (La Mama Courthouse), Melbourne — Actor

2013

  • The Ruffian On The Stair (Deluge Theatre - Revolt Artspace), Melbourne — Actor
  • Chiasmus (FLW - Collingwood Underground Carpark), Melbourne — Actor
  • The Death Of Peter Pan (Fly On The Wall - Chapel off Chapel), Melbourne — Actor/Singer
  • Child Safe (MICF - Bull & Bear Tavern), Melbourne — Actor

2012

  • Political Satire (Play Six Short Play Festival - Williamstown Little Theatre), Melbourne — Actor
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets From The House Of Costume (Swinburne University - Prahran), Melbourne — Actor
  • Scarlett’s Room (Revolt Artspace), Melbourne — Actor
  • Good Works (Revolt Artspace), Melbourne — Actor/Singer

2011

  • Abacus (MUST - Monash University Clayton Campus), Melbourne - Co Director/Curator
  • Peter & Paisley Present: Two Knights Only (1000 Pound Bend - Melbourne Fringe), Melbourne — Actor
  • Here Comes The Son (Adelaide Fringe), Adelaide — Actor/Singer/Costume

Screen

2024

  • Audition Workshop & Scene Work – VCA BA Film and TV (Directing): Actor - Various Roles

2023

  • Lady Priest – Short Film: Actor - Groom

2019

  • The Game - Short Film: Actor - The Host
  • The Solutionist - Short Film: Actor - The Solutionist

2016

  • Quartervois - Short Film: Actor

2015

  • War - Short Film: Actor
  • Life In Technicolor - Short Film: Actor - Man

2014

  • Origin - Short Film: Actor - Strange Man
  • Dragon - Short Film: Actor
  • The Battle of Blackwood - Short Film: Actor
  • The Vault - Short Film: Actor

ACCENTS

Broad/Standard/Cultivated Australian
Native or Bilingual
UK RP
Full Professional
Standard UK
Full Professional
Standard US
Full Professional
Liverpool
Professional Working
Cockney
Professional Working
German
Professional Working
Irish
Limited Working
Southern US
Limited Working
Russian
Limited Working

Timeline

Actor

Victorian College Of The Arts
05.2024 - Current

Child Chaperone

ABC Kids
07.2023 - 08.2023

Santa Clause

The Real Santa
11.2022 - Current

Event Host

Grape Vine Events
02.2021 - Current

Teacher & Assistant

Screen Actors Australia
04.2018 - Current

Camp Counselor

Camp Blue
06.2017 - 04.2023

Actor & Facilitator

Class Act Theatre
04.2016 - 12.2022

Host & DJ

Bogan Bingo
06.2015 - 11.2018

Actor & Tour Guide

Melbourne Interactive Theatre
07.2013 - 04.2016

Cert IV in Mental Health

Victoria University

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

RMIT University
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