Question on Courses
Thu, 22 Jan 2009, 03:15 pmselphie_trabia9 posts in thread
Question on Courses
Thu, 22 Jan 2009, 03:15 pmI'm from Singapore. I'm now working full time in Australia. But that isn't a question is it.
It seems like in Australia, everyone who is in theatre anything has done a lot of courses or gone to University in theatre or something. I have NO qualifications. I can SAY that I can sing and I can certainly SAY that I can act, but obviously without pieces of paper, I obviously do not have anything to back up my claims. (Well, other than someone hearing me singing. I used to busk.)
So here is my question.
What are courses to take if I was interested in musical theatre? What is the MUST HAVE STUDIED things that meet the requirements for directors to even give you time of day to audition and where can I take these courses if I'm already 25? (I was reading the NIDA brochure. It seems that the minimum requirement to join any NIDA courses is that you be under 20 for some reason)
What are the places that are reccomended for inner Sydney where one should go to get pieces of paper?
PS. I moved this here because it was on the wrong forum. I still don't know if it's on the right forum yet.
I disagree with
Thu, 22 Jan 2009, 05:11 pmI disagree with this:
"Personally, sometimes the bit of paper isn't worth a cent because it is not about how much you know, it is about what you can do, how you look and how far you are prepared to go. Add a little pinch of who you know and the world opens up."
Actors from NIDA and VCA have (according to rumour and some personal first-hand info) received jobs immediately upon leaving uni, without as much effort as those of us who either didn't study, or didn't study at those particular places. Sometimes the piece of paper is about contacts and the name of the institution, rather than the study itself. (I would add, I've not heard of this applying to WAAPA)
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