What you'll learn
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 techniques through drama games and improvisation exercises. Once you have received your script, you will work together with another acting student and learn the theatrical principles of listening and responding while performing a scene.
These classes will finally culminate in an evening performance on Darlo Drama's Studio Theatre stage!
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
- Practice and perform on stage in front of an audience
Course content
What will be covered in this acting course?
- Understanding and identifying your character's objectives and actions to bring them to life on stage
- Examining the given circumstances of a scene to inform your performance
- Analyzing scripts to uncover subtext and understand the underlying motivations of your character
- Developing a strong connection with your scene partner and building believable relationships
- Listening actively and responding authentically in the moment
- Building a connection with the audience and understanding the actor-audience dynamic
- Cultivating performance energy and mastering the technical aspects of stagecraft.
Intended audience
Who is this acting course for?
This Beginner's Acting Class is ideal for any one who has
- completed Improvisation Classes for Beginners with this College
- attended our Beginner's Acting Classes Level 1: Monologue
- 20 hours or more of previous acting learning
Course venue
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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