NIDA Open Day Program – In Person

12 June 2021 9.30am–4pm

OPEN DAY

THEATRE | FILM | TELEVISION 215 ANZAC PARADE KENSINGTON

Program

WELCOME

TO NIDA NIDA TOURS

MEET OUR ALUMNI NIDA graduates return to share stories of their experience and career trajectory on a discussion panel.

LEARN WITH STUDENTS

Discover our campus! Tours leave every 15 min at the end of the bar in the Nancy Fairfax Foyer.

Learn the ropes of backstage performance magic in interactive sessions run by our Costume, Props and Scenic Construction students.

MASTERS DEGREES

ON STAGE OR BACKSTAGE?

TRYA SHORT COURSE

Join some exiciting panel discussions with our Cultural Leadership, Directing and Writing course leaders and alumni on NIDA postgraduate programs.

There is much more than Acting to NIDA, with degrees across an unmacthed range of industry-relevant disciplines. Don’t miss the course talks for our Costume, Design, Make-up, Props, Scenic Construction and Technical Theatre courses.

Jump in a NIDA Open class! We have one-hour introductory classes for ages 12 and up.

WELLBEING AT NIDA

Meet our on-site Counsellors and ask them any question you have about how you will be supported throughout your learning.

SEE A SHOW FOR FREE See NIDA students in action. Catch one of the four shows of our June Student Productions Season for free exclusively today.

Please pay attention to content warnings.

OBSERVE A CLASS Become a fly on the wall and attend a typical Acting or Musical Theatre class, including singing and voice or the high energy dance and combat classes!

Please note all sessions are walk-in unless otherwise stated.

COURSE TALKS

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (BFA) – duration: 30–45 min 9.45am, 11.30am or 3pm

Parade Theatre (9.45am & 3pm) Atrium (11.30am)

Technical Theatre and Stage Management

9.45am or 2.15pm

Playhouse (9.45am) Rehearsal Room 7 (2.15pm)

Costume

9.45am

Rehearsal Room 7

Properties and Objects

10.15am

Rehearsal Room 7

Design for Performance

10.45am

Rehearsal Room 7

Scenic Construction and Technologies

11.45am

Rehearsal Room 7

Acting

BOOK NOW

MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MFA) – duration: 30–45 min Directing

9.45am

Luminis Studio (level 4)

Writing for Performance

11.15am

Luminis Studio (level 4)

Cultural Leadership

2.15pm

Luminis Studio (level 4)

VOCATIONAL DIPLOMA (VET) – duration: 30 min Live Production and Technical Services Specialist Make-up Service

11am or 12.45pm

Playhouse (11am) Rehearsal Room 8 (12.45pm)

11.15am

Rehearsal Room 8

Stage and Screen Performance

BOOK NOW

11.30am or 2pm

Parade Theatre (11.30am) Rehearsal Room 8 (2pm)

Musical Theatre

BOOK NOW

12.45pm or 3.15pm

Parade Theatre (12.45pm) Rehearsal Room 8 (3.15pm)

STUDENT LIFE Wellbeing info session

After most course talks

ALUMNI PANELS

TECHNICAL PRACTITIONERS AND MANAGERS – duration: 45 min Technical Theatre and Stage Management, Scenic Construction and Technologies, Live Production and Technical Services

1pm

Atrium

2pm

Parade Theatre

2.30pm

Atrium

PERFORMERS – duration: 45 min Acting, Musical Theatre, Stage and Screen Performance

BOOK NOW

DESIGNERS AND MAKERS – duration: 45 min Costume, Design for Performance, Make-up, Props

STUDENT PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTIONS STUDENT Perfect Stranger (75 min)

10.45am or 3.45pm

Space

BOOK NOW

Metamorphosis (90 min)

11am or 4pm

Reg Grundy Studio

BOOK NOW

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. (75 min)

12.45pm

Studio Theatre

BOOK NOW

Eat Me (140 min including interval)

1pm

Playhouse

BOOK NOW

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BEHIND THE SCENES ACTING Observe a singing class (45 min)

10.15am

Rehearsal Room 4

Observe a voice class (60 min)

11.30am

Rehearsal Room 4

Observe a dance class (60 min)

12.45pm

Rehearsal Room 4

Observe a combat class (60 min)

2pm

Rehearsal Room 4

10.30am–2.30pm

Costume Workshop 3

9.30am–4pm

Design Studios

10am–2pm

Lighting Studio

1pm

Rehearsal Room 7

11.15am, 12.15pm or 1.15pm

Props Workshop 3

Observe students at work

9.30am–12pm

Studio 1

Face painting workshop

12–3pm

Studio 1

11am–3pm

Scenic Workshop

Every 15 min

Nancy Fairfax Foyer

COSTUME Interactive session: the basics of creating decorative trims (max. 15 participants at any point)

DESIGN Observe students at work

LIVE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL SERVICES Observe students at work

MUSICAL THEATRE Observe a Musical Theatre (singing) class (60 min)

PROPERTIES AND OBJECTS Interactive session: the basics of moulding and casting (60 min – max. 6 participants per session)

BOOK NOW

SPECIALIST MAKE-UP SERVICES

SCENIC CONSTRUCTION & TECHNOLOGIES Interactive session: the basics of rigging and flying a puppet

OTHER NIDA tours starting from 10am (20 min)

SPECIAL EVENT IN CONVERSATION – duration: 30 min In Conversation with Michelle Vergara Moore and Toby Moore, hosted by John Bashford, NIDA Director Centre for Acting

10.45am

Atrium

NIDA OPEN SHORT COURSES Adults (16 years +) – duration: 60 min Script Analysis

10am

Rehearsal Room 1

Screen Acting

10am or 12.45pm

Student Green Room

TV Presenting

11.15am or 2pm

Student Green Room

Improvisation

11.15am or 2pm

Rehearsal Room 1

Voice

12.45pm

Rehearsal Room 1

Script Analysis

10am or 12.45pm

Rehearsal Room 3

Improvisation

11.15am or 2pm

Rehearsal Room 3

12–15 years – duration: 60 min

MAIN BUILDING GROUND LEVEL STUDIO THEATRE

REG GRUNDY STUDIO

TOILET F

TOILET M

NANCY FAIRFAX FOYER

LEVEL 1 LIFT

LIFT

SCENIC WORKSHOP

PARADE THEATRE

IO1 STUD

PLAYHOUSE

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O BOX

JAMES FAIRFAX FOYER

RD

YA COURT

DESIGN STUDIO 3

RR 8

PROPS WORK SHOPS PROPS WORK SHOP 3

RR 7

SPACE

RR 6

TOILETS

STUDENT GREEN ROOM

AT ATRIUM

RR 3

RR 4

RR 2 MUSIC ROOM

COSTUME WORKSHOP

RR 1

LIGHTING STUDIO RR = Rehearsal Room

HUNGRY? Laz’s @ NIDA cafe

9.30am–4pm

James Fairfax Foyer

Coffee cart

9.30am–3pm

Courtyard

All schedules subject to change. Please check Nancy Fairfax Foyer for updates.

SOUTH BUILDING LEVEL 2 RECEPTION ROOM

LEVEL 4 RODNEY SEABORN LIBRARY

BOOK SALE LIFT

VOID TO FOYER

NIDA is supported by the Australian Governement

NOT SURE WHERE TO GO? Ask one of our many friendly NIDA volunteers! We can suggest which sessions you should attend based on your interest(s).

Applications for 2022 intake open 1 June–31 August 2021 (MFAs) and 1 June–30 September 2021 (BFAs and VETs) visit apply.nida.edu.au.

National Institute of Dramatic Art 215 Anzac Parade Kensington NSW 2033 Phone 02 9697 7600 Email info@nida.edu.au nida.edu.au

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