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Want to try Acting but have no prior experience? Give it a go with our one night (or afternoon) per week Beginners Acting Course!
With our Beginners Course in Acting, we’ll give you practical training in all the basics in a part-time program (three hours per week) conducted through games, activities and performances.
Our Beginners Acting Course is great fun and perfect for those who’ve always wanted to try out acting or for those who have a burning desire to return to it after a long break. There are three x 10 week STAGES and a FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION one week before the first class (but this is not essential or necessary).
Run by very supportive and engaging tutors, the course will help you build confidence and feel more at ease in front of an audience, whether in a professional or social context, and introduce you to many of the basic tools actors use on stage and screen.
The course is spread over 10 x weekly sessions of 3 hours each.
Each STAGE of the course is delivered part-time (three hours per week) over 10 weeks. The program is delivered in three x STAGES (one at a time).
STAGE ONE – Fundamentals of Acting – (Beginners)
STAGE TWO – Building a Character – (Intermediate)
STAGE THREE – Playing a Scene – (Advanced)
Once you have completed STAGE 1 the subsequent STAGES can be completed at any time. There is no obligation to complete all STAGES. You must complete each stage sequentially (ie one after the other).
REMAINING DATES & TIMES IN 2022:
STAGE 1: Tuesdays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm OR Saturdays from 2.00pm to 5.00pm
STAGE 2: Mondays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm
STAGE 3: Wednesdays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm
STAGE 1: Fundamentals of Acting
Stage One is designed for adult beginners with no (or very little) prior experience of acting. It is delivered in a supportive, creative and fun environment that will encourage your spontaneity and confidence as well as improve your abilities in public speaking and delivering work presentations. You’ll be experiencing acting and drama games; trust exercises; improvisation; working with text; voice exercises; working with an ensemble; and building confidence. You will learn fundamental acting techniques & lay the foundations for the next stage of the program.
STAGE 2: Building a Character
Stage Two will focus on how to create a character, with an emphasis on the process from first reading of a script to final performance. The process will show you how to analyse a script; read between the lines to create a back story and subtext; explore the physicality and emotions of your character; understand and experience the concept that character stems from action and motivation; realise your character in performance on stage with a scene partner. Anyone who has completed Stage One is able to enrol in Stage Two at any time.
STAGE 3: Playing a Scene
Stage Three leads to the performance of a range of scenes from various plays which will be performed on our own theatre stage to an invited audience. It is open to all those who have completed Stages One & Two at STS. Stage Three provides the opportunity to develop skills in rehearsal and performance with an ensemble & experience of the processes involved in working with a professional theatre director. Scenes will be chosen that provide each student with an opportunity to demonstrate their unique talents and abilities and lay the foundations for future training in our Diploma of Theatre and Screen (Acting) program.
There is no audition required and no experience necessary.
All students must be at least 17 years of age at the start of the course and no longer attending secondary school.
(registration for free trial class at the bottom of this page)
APPLICATION FEE: NONE
TUITION FEE PER STAGE: $550 (inc. GST)*
*Please Note: Full tuition fee must be paid in full on or before the first class of each STAGE. Once the course/stage has started there is no refund in the event of a student’s withdrawal (voluntary or otherwise).
COURSE START DATE: Saturday 28th May 2022
TIME: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
DURATION: 10 Weeks
COST: $550 (inc GST)
AGE: 17+ (must not be attending secondary school)
LOCATION:
Level One, 45 Chippen Street CHIPPENDALE NSW 2008
The next FREE two-hour introductory acting class for those interested in our Adult Beginners Acting Course will be held on Saturday 21st of May 2022.
(PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND THE FREE TRIAL CLASS YOU CAN STILL ENROL IN THE 10 WEEK STAGE 1 COURSE WHICH STARTS THE FOLLOWING WEEK)
This will be a fun, interactive session led by one of our expert tutors. You will have an opportunity to experience what it will be like to play and explore acting in a supportive and encouraging environment. You will overcome your fears and learn to release your creative energies and natural spontaneity!
There is no obligation to sign up for the Beginners Course (which starts the following week)
DATE: SATURDAY 21st of MAY 2022
TIME: 2.00pm to 4.00pm
COST: FREE!
AGE: 17+ (must be no longer at secondary school)
LOCATION:
Level One, 45 Chippen Street CHIPPENDALE NSW 2008