Beginner 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

$695 $626

Duration

5 days, 25 hours

Age Requirements

18+

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor's Toolkit (21 February 2026)

Southbank

Feb 21, 2026 - Mar 21, 2026

$695
$626
Sessions
DateTime
21 February 202611:00 AM - 1:30 PM AEDT
21 February 20262:15 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
28 February 202611:00 AM - 1:30 PM AEDT
28 February 20262:15 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
7 March 202611:00 AM - 1:30 PM AEDT
7 March 20262:15 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
14 March 202611:00 AM - 1:30 PM AEDT
14 March 20262:15 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
21 March 202611:00 AM - 1:30 PM AEDT
21 March 20262:15 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT

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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.