Acting

Actors Studio Extension - Audition

Actors Studio Extension - Audition

Locations

Course Fee

Duration

1 Year

Age Requirements

18+

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Actors Studio Extension – Audition

Discover. Create. Transform.

Working closely with industry professionals, this course explores advanced audition and screen acting techniques to further enhance your individual strengths in performance. Expand your technical skill set by adopting the roles of key personnel in the creative team and gain greater understanding of the collaborative nature of bringing work to the screen.

Actors Studio Extension is ideal if you have completed our Actors Studio or Screen Actors Studio, or if you have equivalent industry training or experience.

To ensure quality of delivery, intake for this Studio is limited to 12 students.

Components

  • Advanced Screen Craft: Explore challenging contemporary acting processes and learn how to apply these to complex scene work. 
  • Screen Tests and Castings: Develop the skills to confidently navigate casting briefs, audition sides, and cold reads, while responding to contemporary casting practices and industry expectations. 
  • Performance in Practice: Work with a professional director on contemporary Australian scenes. Develop your ability to independently interpret text, respond to direction, and deliver nuanced performances in a studio environment.
  • On Location: Through collaboration with a professional cinematographer, deepen your understanding of the camera’s role in storytelling and strengthen your relationship with the camera. Refine your technical precision through framing, continuity, and movement while performing in onlocation screen environments.
  • Advanced Screen Craft: Explore challenging contemporary acting processes and learn how to apply these to complex scene work. 
  • Screen Tests and Castings: Develop the skills to confidently navigate casting briefs, audition sides, and cold reads, while responding to contemporary casting practices and industry expectations. 
  • Performance in Practice: Work with a professional director on contemporary Australian scenes. Develop your ability to independently interpret text, respond to direction, and deliver nuanced performances in a studio environment.
  • On Location: Through collaboration with a professional cinematographer, deepen your understanding of the camera’s role in storytelling and strengthen your relationship with the camera. Refine your technical precision through framing, continuity, and movement while performing in onlocation screen environments.

Course Outcomes

  • Deepen your individual performance practice and personal skill set
  • Embrace technical factors in performance across a variety of screen contexts
  • Apply in-depth practice of screen tests to current industry standards
  • Identify professional opportunities and understand how to position yourself according to industry needs

Prerequisites

Previous experience necessary. We recommend applicants complete Actors Studio or equivalent training before applying to this course – entry to Actors Studio: Screen Extension is by application and selective audition only.

Course Dates

January Intake

LOCATIONTERM 1TERM 2
Please note this is a 9-week term.
Sydney7 Feb – 4 Apr 2027*2 May – 27 Jun 2027

*Classes do not run over the Easter public holidays.

Mid-year Intake

LOCATIONTERM 1TERM 2
Please note this is a 9-week term.
Sydney25 Jul – 12 Sep 202716 Oct – 11 Dec 2027

Course Fees

The course fee is $5215. This is payable in four instalments across the year or upfront with a 10% discount ($4,693).

A separate non-refundable audition fee of $38 applies.

For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions.

NIDA respectfully acknowledges the Bidjigal and Gadigal Clans as the custodians of the lands where NIDA is located. We respectfully acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and recognise their eternal connection to country. NIDA staff and students are honoured to work, learn and create on unceded sovereign lands.