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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 write creative children's books with our creative writing short courses in Sydney! The idea of writing stories for young children may seem very simple, however there is great skill involved in bringing memorable characters and colourful worlds to life. The best children's books inspire our imaginations and stay with us for life - this creative writing course will teach you the techniques to turn your own story ideas into fully-fledged storybook texts for children. ...

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    Creative Writing Course: Children's Books

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

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    2024-03-16 Sat 16 Mar 2024 2024-03-16
    1 session, 6 hours total
    9am - 3pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Keith Whelan
    $249 Limited inc GST / $199.20 / $211.70 / $224.10 / $249

    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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    2024-03-23 Sat 23 Mar 2024 2024-03-23
    1 session, 6 hours total
    10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Elizabeth Gascoigne Rosa
    $230 Limited inc GST / $184 / $195.50 / $207 / $230

    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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    2024-04-06 Sat 6 Apr 2024 2024-04-06
    1 session, 6 hours total
    10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Elizabeth Gascoigne Rosa
    $230 Limited GST free / $184 / $195.50 / $207 / $230
    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 / $230

    Learn how to perform a full length play with our acting short courses in Sydney! Sydney Community College is proud to present this acting course in partnership with Darlo Drama. The Play is an acting class in Sydney where you will discover the thrill of performing a full length play, taking a script from page to stage! The focus of this course, is the rehearsal and performance of a contemporary theatre production, staged in the Darlo Drama Theatre across a season of three...

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    Advanced Acting Classes: The Play

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

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    2024-04-09 Tue 9 Apr 2024 - 2024-06-23 Sun 23 Jun 2024
    15 sessions, 43 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+10:00) (first session)
    Venue TBA
    Darlo Drama
    $799 Limited inc GST / $639.20 / $679.20 / $719.10 / $799

    12 x Sessions + 3 performances

    COURSE BEGINS: Tue Apr 11, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Tue Jun 20, 630PM - 930PM

    SATURDAY CLASS: Sat Jun 17, 10AM - 1PM

    PERFORMANCES: Fri Jun 23 @7PM, Sat Jun 24 @ 7PM and Sun Jun 25 @ 5PM

    Learn how to read and write poetry with our writing courses in Sydney! From the outcries of praise and lament in the Bible to the musical expressions of delight and despair in the songs of Taylor Swift, lyric poetry been helping humanity turn emotional outbursts into art for centuries. In this course, we’ll look at poems that use the lyric ‘I’ to make public declarations of love, sadness, anger, joy, bewilderment, and more – while analysing how poetic modalities can amplify...

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    Creative Writing Course: Reading & Writing Lyric Poetry

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

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    2024-04-10 Wed 10 Apr 2024 - 2024-05-01 Wed 1 May 2024
    4 sessions, 6 hours total
    6:30pm - 8pm (UTC+10:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Louise Carter
    $229 Limited inc GST / $183.20 / $194.70 / $206.10 / $229

    Advance your acting skills with our acting short courses in Sydney! Sydney Community College is proud to present this acting course in partnership with Darlo Drama. Actor’s Lab is a renowned course that introduces you to a more truthful and personalised way of connecting to your work as an actor. Classes begin with studio based exercises aimed at; creating openness and availability, identifying blocks, releasing control, finding and creating energy and opening the senses to a full...

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    Advanced Acting Classes: Actors Lab

    <p>Advance your acting skills with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/acting">acting short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

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    2024-05-04 Sat 4 May 2024 - 2024-05-25 Sat 25 May 2024
    4 sessions, 16 hours total
    10am - 2pm (UTC+10:00)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $550 Limited inc GST / $440 / $467.50 / $495 / $550

    Learn the art of creative writing with our writing short courses online, and in Sydney! A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features fantasy or magical elements, such as talking animals, enchanted objects, and supernatural beings. Fairy tales often have a moral or lesson and are passed down through oral tradition. They can be set in the real world or in a fantasy world, and they often involve a quest or journey. This workshop is designed to teach participants about...

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    Creative Writing Course: Fairy Tales & Lore

    <p>Learn the art of creative writing with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing short courses</a> online, and in Sydney!</p>

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    2024-11-09 Sat 9 Nov 2024 - 2024-11-23 Sat 23 Nov 2024
    3 sessions, 12 hours total
    10am - 2pm (UTC+11:00)
    2A Gordon St, Rozelle
    Gabiann Marin
    $279 Limited inc GST / $223.20 / $237.20 / $251.10 / $279

    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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    2024-04-08 Mon 8 Apr 2024 - 2024-05-27 Mon 27 May 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 / $385
    This is a live online class, delivered via Zoom
    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 / $385
    This is a live online class, delivered via Zoom

    Learn to perform with Monologue Acting Classes for Beginners at Darlo Drama, part of our Acting short course program in Sydney. Take this course online with our Online Acting Classes for Beginners: Monologue. 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...

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    Beginners Acting Classes Level 1: 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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    2023-11-25 Sat 25 Nov 2023 - 2024-02-10 Sat 10 Feb 2024
    7 days, 22 hours total
    10am - 1pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50 / $595

    COURSE BEGINS: Sat Nov 25, 10AM - 1PM

    LAST CLASS BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Sat Dec 9, 10AM-1PM

    COURSE RECOMMENCES: Sat Jan 20, 10AM - 1PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Sat Feb 10, 10AM-1PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Feb 10, 4PM-5PM
    Beginners Acting Classes Level 1: 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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    2024-01-17 Wed 17 Jan 2024 - 2024-03-02 Sat 2 Mar 2024
    8 sessions, 22 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50 / $595

    COURSE BEGINS: Wed Jan 17, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Wed Feb 28, 630PM - 930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Mar 2, 3PM
    Beginners Acting Classes Level 1: 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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    2024-01-22 Mon 22 Jan 2024 - 2024-03-09 Sat 9 Mar 2024
    8 sessions, 22 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50 / $595

    COURSE BEGINS: Mon Jan 22, 630PM - 930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Mon Mar 4, 630PM - 930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Mar 9, 3PM
    Beginners Acting Classes Level 1: 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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    2024-02-03 Sat 3 Feb 2024 - 2024-03-16 Sat 16 Mar 2024
    7 days, 22 hours total
    10am - 1pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Darlinghurst
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50 / $595

    COURSE BEGINS: Sat Feb 3, 10AM - 1PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Sat Mar 16, 10AM-1PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Mar 16, 4PM-5PM
    Beginners Acting Classes Level 1: 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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    2024-02-05 Mon 5 Feb 2024 - 2024-03-23 Sat 23 Mar 2024
    8 sessions, 22 hours total
    6:30pm - 9:30pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Darlo Drama Blue Mountains
    Darlo Drama
    $595 Limited inc GST / $476 / $505.80 / $535.50 / $595

    This class will be held in the Blue Mountains:

    COURSE BEGINS: Mon Feb 5, 630PM-930PM

    COURSE CONCLUDES: Mon March 18, 630PM-930PM

    PERFORMANCE: Sat Mar 23 3PM-4PM

    Improve your work skills by learning the techniques of writing a novel through our comprehensive writing short courses online and in Sydney! The interactive live online novel writing course will be delivered via Zoom with a small class group. Writing a novel may seem like a tremendous task to undertake, but this practical novel writing course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of fiction novel writing, along with a writer's toolkit full of techniques...

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    Creative Writing Course: Novel Writing

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning the techniques of writing a novel through our comprehensive <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing

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    2024-05-06 Mon 6 May 2024 - 2024-06-17 Mon 17 Jun 2024
    6 sessions, 15 hours total
    6:30pm - 9pm (UTC+10:00)
    Online via Zoom
    Shannon Curtis
    $400 Limited GST free / $320 / $340 / $360 / $400
    This class will be offered live online via Zoom
    Creative Writing Course: Novel Writing

    <p>Improve your work skills by learning the techniques of writing a novel through our comprehensive <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/writing-performance/writing">writing

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    2024-11-06 Wed 6 Nov 2024 - 2024-12-11 Wed 11 Dec 2024
    6 sessions, 15 hours total
    6:30pm - 9pm (UTC+11:00)
    Online via Zoom
    Shannon Curtis
    $400 Limited GST free / $320 / $340 / $360 / $400
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