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Acting Classes at Darlo Drama: The Scene

What you'll learn

Learn how to perform a scene with our acting & drama 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 to a partner and build a theatrical relationship
  • Respond "in the moment"
  • Be more confident in performing in front of an audience
  • Connect more vocally and physically to a character
  • Understand basic script analysis
  • Understand objectives, obstacles and actions
  • Understand principles of listening and responding organically
  • Perform on Darlo Drama's Theatre stage to an audience of family, friends and fellow students!

Course content

What will be covered in this acting course?

  • Identifying objectives and playing actions
  • Given circumstances
  • Subtext and script analysis
  • Connecting to a partner and relationship building
  • Listening and responding
  • Actor / audience relationship
  • Building performance energy & stagecraft

Intended audience

Who is this acting course for?

Those who have completed Improvisation Classes for Beginners with this College or similar introductory courses.

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

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