
| Beginners Courses & Opportunities |
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Level One is designed for adult beginners of all ages and will build on your strengths and encourage your individuality. You will develop fundamental acting skills & class time is spent 'doing' and 'experiencing'. We will encourage your individual performance as well as your ability to work within a group; both necessary and vital for performance in theatre, TV or film. |
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| Focus | - Voice & Movement - Ensemble Work - Improvisation - Imagination & Performance - Developing Performance Confidence - Script Work |
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| Outcome | At the conclusion of the course you will perform a monologue taken from a modern play to an audience of family, friends & fellow students on our theatre stage. | |||
| Max. Students | 24 | |||
| Next Start Date |
6th March - 15th May - Tuesday nights |
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| Duration | 12 weeks, one night per week, 6.30pm - 9.30pm - 36 hours tuition | |||
| Classes Held At |
'Baroda Room' @ the Rex Centre 58a Macleay St, Kings Cross |
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| Performance | Saturday 26th May 2pm (Week 12 of course) | |||
| Performance Venue |
Darlinghurst Theatre 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point Admission $15/$10 Darlo Drama Members Start time 2pm |
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| Fee | $420* - A $100 deposit will secure your spot in the course. *Our classes are not 'drop-in' classes but the fee works out to $35 per night - the best value in Sydney Full payment is required two weeks before the start of the course. |
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| Director | Kate Bookallil |
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| Enrol | Call 02 9331 3107 ext. 2 or click on the link above. | |||
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Level Two is an investigation into naturalistic acting techniques that will make your performances more convincing. These techniques will enable you to interpret dialogue, making the most of your script in order to complement your fellow performers on stage as well as engage your audience. The development of characters is also explored. |
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| Focus | - Playing an action or objective - Obstacles & relationships - Given circumstances & beats - Subtext - Characterisation & movement - Engagement of partner & audience |
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| Outcome | This course culminates in a performance of scenes to an audience of family, friends & fellow students on our theatre stage. | |||
| Max. Students | 16 | |||
| Next Start Date |
6th March - 15th May - Tuesday nights |
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| Duration | 12 weeks, one night per week, 6.30pm - 9.30pm - 36 hours tuition | |||
| Classes Held At | 'Fitzroy Room' @ the Rex Centre 58a Macleay St, Kings Cross |
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| Performance |
Saturday 26th May 2pm (Week 12 of course) | |||
| Performance Venue |
Darlinghurst Theatre 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point Admission $15/$10 Darlo Drama Members Start time 2pm |
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| Fee | $480 - A $100 deposit will secure your spot in the course. *Our classes are not 'drop-in' classes but the fee works out to $40 per night - the best value in Sydney Full payment is required two weeks before the start of the course. |
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| Director | Sean O'Riordan |
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| Enrol | Call 02 9331 3107 ext. 2 or click on the link above. |
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The main focus of The Play is the production of a modern play performed on our theatre stage to an audience. Open to people who have completed Levels One & Two with Darlo Drama or similar courses elsewhere, The Play gives you a fundamental understanding & experience of the processes involved in staging a play, from rehearsal & interpretation to performance. Working as an ensemble, blocking & script analysis is also developed in this course. This course can be repeated as each new play uses different scripts. |
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| Focus | - Taking direction - Play structure - Script analysis - Working as an ensemble - Stage work & blocking |
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| Outcome | The public performance of a play. | |||
| Max. Students | 8 |
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| Next Start Date | 90 Minute Casting - 28th February 6th March - 8th May - Tuesday nights |
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| Duration | 11 weeks, one night per week, 6.30pm - 9.30pm *34 hours tuition plus Performance |
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| Rehearsal Venue |
'Macleay Room' @ the Rex Centre 58a Macleay St, Kings Cross |
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| Performance |
Tech Rehearsal (10am) & Performance (2pm) - Saturday 12th May |
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| Performance Venue |
Darlinghurst Theatre 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point Admission $20/$15 Darlo Drama Members Start time 2pm |
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| Fee | $580 Full payment is required before the start of your first class. |
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| Director | Drew Fairley | |||
| Enrol | Call 02 9331 3107 ext. 2 or click on the link above. |
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