Drama & Acting Short Courses
Do you dream of being an actor? Have a Drama School audition coming up? Need to upgrade your skills?
A huge range is available at the School of Performing Arts -
- year-long, part time courses (ACTING STUDIOS)
- weekly short courses or weekend intensives (SHORT COURSES)
- school holiday programs for teenagers and adults: (SUMMER 2010)
January 11 – 15
Mon to Fri, 10am to 4pm
Secondary Students = $396 / Adults = $440
Offering a terrific range of week-long courses in acting and performance making for the theatre and film & TV. Come and have great fun in the beautiful purpose built studios of the School of Performing Arts.
Each morning starts with specialist voice and movement workshops, followed by your chosen course each afternoon. The courses are suitable for people interested in drama, as well as those considering exploring an acting career.
Our tutors are skilled teachers and industry practitioners. Their connections with the School of Performing Arts are various: as professional colleagues, as alumni, as previous and present teaching staff of the full-time courses and as current sessional staff.
Follow the links above to our Short Courses, Acting Studio, and Summer & Winter Schools for more information, brochures and forms or
email: vca-dramashortcourse@unimelb.edu.au
phone: +61 3 9685 9229.
Short Courses Brochure - Semester 2-2009
Registration Form Download writable pdf, fill in, attach and email form to vca-dramashortcourse@unimelb.edu.au
The tutors in the Acting Studio and Short Course programs are skilled teachers and practitioners in their own areas of speciality. Their connections with the School of Performing Arts are various: as professional colleagues, as alumni, as previous and present teaching staff of the full-time courses and as current sessional staff.
Regular Tutors include:
Paula van Beek, Danielle Carter, Sarah Cathcart, Stephen Costan, Karen Davitt, Andrew Gray, Jenny Lovell, Stephanie Millar, Matt Scholten, Hallie Shellam and Louise Siversen.
Feedback about our tutors and courses:
"Wonderful! I loved it and found it extremely valuable. I will certainly recommend it to everyone I know interested in drama and acting."
"I just wanted to say thank you and let you know that I have had a fabulous time this week at VCA. The tutors were brilliant and the courses were stimulating and engaging. Louise was exceptional and I thoroughly enjoyed her course.
Thank you again for putting on such an amazing course and for your hospitality."
"My feedback is once again all positive. The reason I speak so highly of the short courses is because every tutor I have worked with at the VCA, has had the utmost respect for every person in their class and their personal aspirations.
"Having a teacher who is also a professional actor, who can work with a range of people and their characters, and give amazingly detailed feedback was incredibly helpful. "
For more information regarding our Foundations Program, please phone:
+61 3 9685 9229.
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