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Advanced Acting: The Play

What you'll learn

Learn how to perform a full length play with our acting short courses in Sydney!

Sydney Community College is proud to present this acting course in partnership with Darlo Drama.

The Play is an acting class in Sydney where you will discover the thrill of performing a full length play, taking a script from page to stage!

The focus of this course, is the rehearsal and performance of a contemporary theatre production, staged in the Darlo Drama Theatre across a season of three performances!

The Play is open to actors who have completed Levels One, Two & Three at Darlo Drama or similar courses elsewhere, this course will ask new things of you as an actor and will challenge you in wonderful and empowering ways.

You will gain a fundamental understanding and experience of the processes involved in staging an entire play, from rehearsal & interpretation to performance.

Working as an ensemble, blocking & script analysis is also developed in this course under the guidance of your Industry relevant Director. Our directors are all trained actors and have been teaching and directing in Sydney for longer than we can remember so you will be guided through the process under a wealth of knowledge!

The three performance structure of this course provides essential learning and experience around the development of your individual performance craft over multiple shows in front of audience. This course can be repeated as each new play uses different scripts, each with their unique challenges and learning opportunities.

Learning outcomes

By the end of these acting classes, you should be able to:

  • Perform with energy and confidence
  • Connect and build believable relationships with scene partners
  • Respond authentically in the moment
  • Improve your stage presence and connect more vocally and physically to your character
  • Analyze scripts and understand character objectives, obstacles and actions
  • Develop your listening and responding skills
  • Three Performances to family and friends at Darlo Drama Theatre

Course content

What will be covered in this acting course?

Taking direction, structure, script analysis, the arc of the play, working as an ensemble, stage work & blocking.

Intended audience

Who is this acting course for?

If you have no prior experience, we recommend starting with Level One, followed by Level Two and Three. These courses will help to build your acting skills, and and then you can move on to Advanced Acting: The Play, and Advanced Acting: Actors Lab.

Course venue

Darlo Drama

Level 1, 16-18 Oxford Square, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Course materials

What to bring to class

  • Wear casual clothes with covered shoes
  • A water bottle

Additional information

If you have no prior experience we recommend starting with Beginner's Acting Level 1: The Monologue, followed by Beginner's Acting Level 2: The Scene and Beginner's Acting Level 3: The Story. These courses will help to build your acting skills and then you can move on to Advanced Acting: The Play, and Advanced Acting: Actors Lab.

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