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    Ever wanted to write a novel but can’t establish a compelling story arc? Perhaps you make your friends laugh but are afraid to take it to an open mic? Designed to instruct, support and inspire any beginner writer or performer, you can channel your inner comic, poet or actor in one of our creative writing and performance courses.

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    Learn how to perform a scene with our acting short courses in Sydney! Sydney Community College is proud to present this acting course in partnership with Darlo Drama. Develop your acting skills, learn to connect with fellow actors on stage, and build your confidence! This acting course is designed to broaden your understanding of naturalistic acting and drama techniques to create convincing characters through performance. The first few weeks of the course will explore acting...

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    Beginner's Acting Level 2: The Scene

    <p>Learn how to perform a scene with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

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    2024-06-25 Tue 25 Jun 2024 - 2024-08-17 Sat 17 Aug 2024
    9 sessions, 25 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $645 Limited inc GST / $516 / $548.30 / $580.50

    COURSE BEGINS: Tue Jun 25, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Tue Aug 13, 630PM-930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Aug 17 @ 3PM

    Learn to perform with Monologue Acting Classes for Beginners at Darlo Drama, part of our Acting short course program in Sydney. Develop your creativity, learn acting techniques and exercises, and build your confidence on stage with this acting course for beginners!  This acting course for beginners at Darlo Drama starts gently, allowing a safe place for everyone to play and explore with fun acting and drama games, trust exercises and improvisation. During this initial exploration,...

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    Beginner's Acting Level 1: The Monologue

    <p>Learn to perform with Monologue Acting Classes for Beginners at Darlo Drama, part of our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">Acting short course

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    2024-07-10 Wed 10 Jul 2024 - 2024-08-24 Sat 24 Aug 2024
    8 sessions, 25 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50

    COURSE BEGINS: Wed Jul 10, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Wed Aug 21, 630PM - 930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Aug 24 @ 3PM (tech at 1PM)
    Beginner's Acting Level 1: The Monologue

    <p>Learn to perform with Monologue Acting Classes for Beginners at Darlo Drama, part of our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">Acting short course

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    2024-08-12 Mon 12 Aug 2024 - 2024-09-28 Sat 28 Sep 2024
    8 sessions, 25 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50

    COURSE BEGINS: Mon Aug 12, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Mon Sept 23, 630PM - 930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Fri Sept 27, 8PM

    Learn the art of performing a story with our acting courses in Sydney! Sydney Community College is proud to present this acting course in partnership with Darlo Drama. Improve your characterisation skills, become well-versed in establishing theatrical relationships, and build your confidence on stage by performing in front of an audience! This course will give you a fundamental understanding of the processes involved in staging a play, such as working as an ensemble, script...

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    Beginner's Acting Level 3: The Story

    <p>Learn the art of performing a story with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

    <p>Sydney Community College is

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    2024-07-16 Tue 16 Jul 2024 - 2024-09-14 Sat 14 Sep 2024
    11 sessions, 33 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $695 Limited inc GST / $556 / $590.80 / $625.50

    COURSE BEGINS: Tuesday July 2, 630PM-930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Tuesday August 27, 630PM-930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Friday August 30, 7PM and Saturday August 31, 7PM

    Learn stand-up comedy for beginners with our acting short courses in Sydney! Unleash your inner comedian and learn how to create funny material that will have everyone laughing. Don't worry, anyone can be funny with a little know-how. This course teaches you the basics of comedy writing, how to present jokes, and perform on stage. And guess what? You might even get the chance to show off your skills in front of a friendly audience at a real comedy venue! Whether you are curious...

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    Stand-up Comedy Course for Beginners

    <p>Learn stand-up comedy for beginners with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

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    2024-10-16 Wed 16 Oct 2024 - 2024-11-06 Wed 6 Nov 2024
    4 sessions, 10 hours total
    6:30pm - 9pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    $335 Limited inc GST / $268 / $284.80 / $301.50

    Improve your work skills by learning the skills of screenwriting and movie script writing with our writing short courses online and in Sydney! This online writing course will be delivered via Zoom with a small class group. Screenwriting is a discipline that requires creativity and imagination - if you can imagine a scene, you can write it. In this scriptwriting course, you will learn techniques for creating memorable scenes, developing character-based and plot-based stories,...

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    Creative Writing Course: Screenwriting

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning the skills of screenwriting and movie script writing with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing

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    2024-07-29 Mon 29 Jul 2024 - 2024-09-16 Mon 16 Sep 2024
    8 sessions, 16 hours total
    7pm - 9pm (UTC+10:00)
    Online via Zoom
    Gabiann Marin
    $385 Limited GST free / $308 / $327.30 / $346.50
    Enrol in 3 creative writing courses and get 15% off!

    Learn how to write a memoir with our writing short courses in Sydney! Put simply, life experience, combined with a desire to write, qualifies you to tell your own story. Our experiences shape us and inform our world view, and nobody navigates life without struggle. Our personal circumstances, our observations of the world, and our personalities make us all unique individuals, and therefore the narratives of our lives are just as unique. We will read, discuss and be inspired by...

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    Creative Writing Course: Memoir & Life Writing

    <p>Learn how to write a memoir with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

    <p>Put simply, life experience,

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    2024-08-03 Sat 3 Aug 2024 2024-08-03
    1 session, 6 hours total
    9am - 3pm (UTC+10:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Keith Whelan
    $249 Limited inc GST / $199.20 / $211.70 / $224.10
    Enrol in 3 creative writing courses and get 15% off!

    Drop into our Trial class: Intro to Beginners Acting, part of our Acting short course program in Sydney! Are you a complete beginner to acting? Have you always wanted to give it a go but never had the confidence to dive in? Are you ready to step into the world of acting and explore your creative potential and be part of a thriving community? Darlo Drama's 2 hour trial class is an intro to beginners acting and an opportunity for you to see if the classes at Darlo Drama are for you....

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    Beginner's Acting Trial Class

    <p>Drop into our Trial class: Intro to Beginners Acting, part of our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">Acting short course program</a> in Sydney!</

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    2024-08-05 Mon 5 Aug 2024 2024-08-05
    1 session, 2 hours total
    6:30pm - 8:30pm (UTC+10:00)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $29 Limited inc GST / $23.20 / $24.70 / $26.10

    Improve your work skills by learning how to craft and deliver your story through our acting & communication courses online & in Sydney. Everybody has a story to tell. Stories captivate, entertain and motivate people. Being able to confidently tell your story at a gathering, a job interview, business event or on stage is a powerful rewarding skill. The art of performance storytelling has surged in popularity recently with live shows including The Moth, Bespoken Word and Storyclub...

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    Storytelling Course: Write & Tell Stories With Impact

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning how to craft and deliver your story through our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting</a> &amp; <a href=

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    2024-09-03 Tue 3 Sep 2024 - 2024-10-15 Tue 15 Oct 2024
    7 sessions, 17.5 hours total
    6pm - 8:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    John Knowles
    $429 Limited GST free / $343.20 / $364.70 / $386.10
    Storytelling Course: Write & Tell Stories With Impact

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning how to craft and deliver your story through our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting</a> &amp; <a href=

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    2024-10-29 Tue 29 Oct 2024 - 2024-12-10 Tue 10 Dec 2024
    7 sessions, 17.5 hours total
    6pm - 8:30pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    John Knowles
    $429 Limited GST free / $343.20 / $364.70 / $386.10

    Learn to write your thoughts through journals and letters with our writing short courses in Sydney! Writing down our thoughts and feelings can be liberating, can help us build a greater understanding of ourselves and move past any challenges we face. It can also help develop a more positive mindset and explore any dreams and plans we have for the future.  In this creative writing course, we will explore a number of writing forms that help capture our thoughts and feelings, such as...

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    Creative Writing Course: Journal & Letter Writing

    <p>Learn to write your thoughts through journals and letters with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

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    2024-09-14 Sat 14 Sep 2024 2024-09-14
    1 session, 6 hours total
    10am - 4pm (UTC+10:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Elizabeth Gascoigne Rosa
    $230 Limited inc GST / $184 / $195.50 / $207
    Enrol in 3 creative writing courses and get 15% off!

    Improve your work skills by learning how to write a short story through our writing short courses online and in Sydney. What do Helen Garner, Tim Winton, and David Sedaris have in common? They have all written about small snippets from their life and turned their everyday stories into art. Join us for a one day workshop to learn how to embrace moments from life and spin them into a short story. You’ll consider themes such as your family, your most surprising day, your greatest life...

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    Creative Writing Course: Stories Short & True

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning how to write a short story through our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing short courses</a> online

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    2024-10-05 Sat 5 Oct 2024 2024-10-05
    1 session, 6 hours total
    10am - 4pm (UTC+10:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Elizabeth Gascoigne Rosa
    $230 Limited GST free / $184 / $195.50 / $207
    Enrol in 3 creative writing courses and get 15% off!
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