Acting

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor’s Toolkit  

8 week course to ignite your passion for performance in this dynamic, skills-based course designed for beginner actors.

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor’s Toolkit  

Course Fee

$725 $653

Duration

5 days, 30 hours

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor's Toolkit (5 January 2026)

Kensington

Jan 5, 2026 - Jan 9, 2026

$725
$653
Sessions
DateTime
5 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
5 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
6 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
6 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
7 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
7 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
8 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
8 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
9 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
9 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT

OTHER UPCOMING CLASSES

Mon 15 Dec - Fri 19 Dec 2025
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
10:00am - 5:00pm AEDT
$725 $653
Mon 19 Jan - Fri 23 Jan 2026
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
10:00am - 5:00pm AEDT
$725 $653

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor’s Toolkit  

Overview

Ignite your passion for performance in this dynamic, skills-based course designed for beginner actors. Explore the fundamental skills of the Stanislavski system of acting and investigate exercises in spontaneity, voice and movement, and improvisation. 

Collaborate with an ensemble of like-minded performers and apply the actor’s toolkit to a variety of short texts. 

Components  

  • Apply the Stanislavski system of acting to text   
  • Extending vocal technique through text  
  • Introduction to script analysis 

Prerequisites

This course is classified as Beginner. No previous experience is necessary.

NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.