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

8 days, 24 hours

Age Requirements

18+

NIDA Acting Techniques: The Actor's Toolkit (9 February 2026)

Kensington

Feb 9, 2026 - Mar 30, 2026

$695
$626
Sessions
DateTime
9 February 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
16 February 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
23 February 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
2 March 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
9 March 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
16 March 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
23 March 20266:30 PM - 9:30 PM AEDT
30 March 20266:30 PM - 9:30 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.