By Alesha Capone
Whether it’s watering his plants, watching Neighbours or singing in the shower, Trent Inturrisi has plenty of tips on how to stay positive during the pandemic.
Mr Inturrisi, an acting teacher from the CentreStage Performing Arts Academy (CPAA) in Geelong, stars in a comedic online video about boosting your mental health during the COVID-19 crisis.
Mr Inturrisi appears in the clip with fellow performer Gemma Eastwood, while Nina Chivers directed and edited the video, and also did the cinematography.
The trio created the clip as part of a CentreStage project on how to maintain positive health and wellbeing during the pandemic.
Cast members from the upcoming CentreStage production of West Side Story took part in the video project, after stage three pandemic restrictions resulted in the show being postponed until next year.
Trent, Nina and Gemma’s video was selected as the winner of the project and shared on the CentreStage Facebook page, where it has recorded more than 2700 views in three weeks.
The video starts off with Trent saying: “Hi, I’m Trent, and I’m mentally well.”
He is seen going through his health-boosting daily activities, including walking, cleaning, setting off to buy plants at Bunnings, playing video games and singing along to a West Side Story song in the shower.
Mr Inturrisi said he did plenty of improvising while filming the clip.
“It didn’t take long, between the three of us, it took about three hours to film,” he said.
“It was so much fun to film, I wanted to make it as wanky as possible.
“I liked being laughed at – if I can make you laugh, by laughing at me, I’m happy.”
In addition to teaching children in year 8 and under as part of a small team at CPAA, Mr Inturrisi is studying primary school teaching.
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