Barret has been busy moulding part-time acting into a seasoned career since 2007, appearing as a tween in TVC’s for Sanitarium, Weet-Bix and Heinz Baked Beanz. He went on to land two featured roles on Channel 7’s Double Take in 2008. Experienced with musical theatre, Barret performed three back-to-back musicals with Packemin Productions in 2014 and 2015, including the role Judah in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (dir. Neil Gooding). Short film credits include producing and writing for Pinball Productions, where he played the roles Jerry in Balloon, and Jay in S.O.S. (YouTube).
During his Bachelor Degree studies at ACA he has appeared as Trigorin in The Seagull (dir. Camilla Ah Kin and Troy Harrison), Buckingham in Richard III (dir. Adam Cook), Austin in Shepard’s True West (dir. Kim Hardwick), and as Archer in The Beaux’ Stratagem (dir. Claudia Barrie). A passionate cinephile, Barret looks forward to crafting subtle and powerful performances for the screen.
