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Master of Theatre (Directing)

Australia

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What will I learn?

Develop your potential for artistic leadership and knowledge of your practice as a director, artist, performance-maker, collaborator and researcher.

The Master of Theatre (Directing) focuses on developing the collaborative creative skills, reflective processes, leadership attributes and industry know how of directors for performance in the broadest sense of the term, including text-based theatre, new writing, devised work, live art and community and cultural development. It is closely interwoven with both the existing Master of Theatre (Writing) and Master of Theatre (Dramaturgy).

The course is built upon core principles of: intellectual rigour, commitment to craft, artistic inquiry and self-reflection, ethical practices, interdisciplinarity and artform innovation.

The program is delivered through lab-based workshops, seminars, lectures, self-directed exercises, tutorials, practical master classes, and national and international internships, taught by our internationally renown teachers.

During the course, students will experience a wide range of collaboration and leadership roles with students from disciplines within the VCA such as design, acting, production, playwriting, dramaturgy, musical composition, film and dance, as well as a range of creative encounters with local, national and international artists, organisations and communities. As such this course also provides a unique opportunity to develop creative partnerships that can lead to future collaborations in the profession.

Who is this course for?

The Master of Theatre (Directing) is designed for graduates and/or professionals in the creative arts industry, who are looking to pursue a career as a director, artistic leader, performance-maker, collaborator and/or researcher.

Networking opportunities
Artistic collaborations with directors, choreographers, designers and other performance makers at the VCA, provide a unique opportunity to develop creative partnerships that can lead to future collaborations in your profession.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, graduates will have developed:

  • Potential for artistic leadership and gain in-depth knowledge, practice and critical approaches required to build the Australian performance culture of the future
  • Specialist skills in directing for performance, such as processes of rehearsal, dramaturgy, devising, composition, performance-making
  • Ability to work across disciplines and multiple contexts of performance practice
  • Ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary projects
  • Advanced dramaturgical awareness, providing the skills to understand one’s own and others’ work within its socio-cultural environment
  • Advanced skills to build future collaborative networks nationally and internationally.
  • With the skills gained from your Masters, you can take on directing a variety of performance styles. Professional work could include directing for theatre, dance, music theatre, opera and other cross discipline productions.

CRICOS

085432F

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
A$39,680.00 (US$ 26,185) per year
2024 Fee: Indicative first year fee: AUD $39,680; Indicative total course fee: AUD $81,344
Start date

3 March 2025

Venue

Southbank Campus

234 St Kilda Road,

SOUTHBANK,

Victoria,

3006, MELBOURNE, Australia

Entry requirements

For students from United States

Applicants for the Master of Contemporary Art must meet have completed, either: An undergraduate degree with a weighted average mark of at least H2B (70%) or equivalent or At least five years of documented relevant professional experience, with evidence of artistic ability and achievement or practice comparable to that expected of undergraduate degree holders in relevant disciplines. English language requirements: TOEFL – you need a score from a minimum of 577+ including a score of at least 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test. Or a score of at least 79 and scores of at least 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test; IELTS – you need a score from a minimum of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0; Pearson Test of English – you need an overall score from a minimum between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50; Cambridge English, Advanced/Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – you need a Cambridge English Score from a minimum 176 with no skill below 169.

For international students

Applicants for the Master of Theatre - Directing must meet the following criteria:

An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (such as the performing arts, music, visual arts, film, dance and digital arts), or equivalent; or
An undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline (such as social sciences, architecture, landscape, computer science, cultural studies, applied sciences or international development fields), or equivalent; or
an honours degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline, with a weighted average mark of at lease H2B (70%) across the honours year; or
At least six years of documented professional practice in the creative arts industry.

English language requirements:

TOEFL – you need a score from a minimum of 577+ including a score of at least 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test. Or a score of at least 79 and scores of at least 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test.

IELTS – you need a score from a minimum of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.

Pearson Test of English – you need an overall score from a minimum between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50.

Cambridge English, Advanced/Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – you need a Cambridge English Score from a minimum 176 with no skill below 169.

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