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About the course
Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts provides immersive and rigorous, conservatoire-style preparation for the 21st century performer and theatre maker. It focuses on developing students as creative and collaborative artists, training them to become accomplished performers and highly skilled devisors of original work. The honours specialisation offers an advanced fourth year with a strong practice-based research focus.
What you might learn
Students deepen their knowledge and practice as an actor, artist, collaborator and theatre maker through specialised advanced study. The program aims to extend creative potential through intensive conservatoire training and practice-based research. It supports the development of high-level performance-making skills and independent devising capability.
Career outcome
Graduates can pursue professional work as performers and theatre makers, including roles in contemporary performance, ensemble work and independent devised theatre. The specialisation supports pathways into creative collaboration roles such as devising artist and performer-creator across the performing arts sector. It can also prepare students for further practice-based research and development work in theatre and performance.
Entry requirements
The course provides an opportunity for graduates from the VCA’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) and theatre graduates of other institutions to develop their potential for practice-based research and deepen their knowledge and practice as an actor, artist, collaborator and theatre maker through a specialised and advanced fourth year of study.
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