Course General Description

VCA Acting is an intensive actor training program that uses a conservatoire-style approach to prepare students for careers in the acting profession across a range of stage and screen contexts. This dynamic, new and forward-thinking program is nurturing the next generation of culturally aware and internationally focused actors for the Asia-Pacific region. It will prepare actors for work across all areas of the profession for stage and screen, including animation and gaming. With small class sizes in a studio-based environment to support intensive project-based learning, you will develop your own training methodology as an autonomous, ensemble and company actor. You will collaborate with VCA Theatre, Film and Television, and Production students throughout the course.

School General Description

When the University of Melbourne was established in 1853, it was a mere cluster of buildings in a large park on the fringe of the city, with four professors and 16 students. The university now sits at the heart of a thriving international city and is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world and number one in Australia. Over 8,000 academic and professional staff support a vibrant student body of more than 48,000, including 13,000 international students from over 130 countries around the world. Four Australian prime ministers and five governors-general have graduated from the University of Melbourne, located in the city dubbed Australia’s “cultural capital”. Indeed, Melbourne is a seven times winner of the Economist’s World’s Most Livable City award, and is a UNESCO City of Literature, as well as the birthplace of Australian rules football and a major center for street art, music, and theatre.