Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)

The University of Melbourne

The Theatre specialisation is an intensive studio-based training program for actors and theatre makers that prepares artists to become both accomplished performers and skilled devisers of their own work.The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) course is an innovative and unique training program for theatre-makers. Throughout the course, you will develop your own voice and vision as a practising theatre maker and build your expertise across various facets of contemporary theatre practice - acting, theatre making, devising and performing in a variety of contexts and forms, writing, dramaturgy and directing, while also selecting breadth subjects from a huge range across the University to pursue your individual interests.As a Theatre student, you will collaborate throughout the course with VCA students from other disciplines, including Acting, Writing, Directing, Dance, Interactive Composition, Production and Film & Television. You will have opportunities to engage in company residencies, immersive field trips and study tours, building on existing expertise and approaches to industry readiness for the independent artist and practitioner.CareersOur graduates work at all levels of the theatre, film and television industries, and are renowned for their capacity to work creatively and collaboratively, in both traditional and ground-breaking performance contexts within the multifaceted theatre industry in the Asia-Pacific and beyond as: Actors and performers, Directors and writers, Devisers and theatre-makers, Community Cultural Development Artists

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