NIDA Box Seat | May 2008 - National Institute of Dramatic Art

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BOX SEAT | May 2008

Dear <~~First~~>,

NIDA staff, students and a number of graduates are coming to NIDA Open Day, but most importantly, we hope you are too.

Sneak a peek behind the scenes of our wonderful training institution and while you are at it, catch the ‘underbelly’ of the arts industry when ‘Detective Jacqui James’, alias NIDA graduate Caroline Craig, gives a session on the industry and her career as an actor. Other NIDA Acting graduates giving sessions at Open Day will be Nicholas Bishop (Home and Away), Sonia Todd (McLeod’s Daughters and also our Stage Right feature this month), Susie Porter (East of Everything) and cast members from All Saints, alongside graduates from the Design, Production, Costume and Props courses.

If you like to create costumes, press play on this month’s podcast and you’ll gain insight into the costume course and the construction challenge they are organising for Open Day. Next week a full program will be on the website, so stay tuned and save the date: Saturday 31 May, 2008, 10am – 4pm.

NIDA Open Day is your opportunity to find out about NIDA and all it has to offer - whether you are interested in full-time or short courses, corporate performance training, meeting our students and observing them at work, seeing the rehearsal rooms and theatres of NIDA, or trying your hand at a few workshops.

Come and play - it will be a ‘dramatically’ good day.

FEATURE PODCAST | OPEN DAY 2008
FIONA REILLY (HEAD OF COSTUME) & ANNE KWOK (STUDENT)

STAGE RIGHT
SONIA TODD | ACTING GRAD

NIDA Acting Graduate Sonia Todd answers some questions for Box Seat and will be at NIDA Open Day 2008 to answer plenty more.
What prompts you to act?
A fascination with humanity. The psychology of characters can be incredibly interesting.

Want to read more about Sonia...?

NIDA OPEN DAY
31 MAY 2008 | 10am-4pm

ALL CAPITAL CITIES
NIDA INFORMATION EVENINGS

CORPORATE TRAINING
PRESENT WITH IMPACT

You may like to strut the boards, call the shots from the Director's chair, or have an eye for costume making? Perhaps you have a desire to become a designer, a scenery maker, or would you like to create creatures for feature films? Or you may be interested in taking a short course in scriptwriting or have a child who wants to play at being a bush elf or fairy?

Discover your dramatic interests at NIDA Open Day. Check the website next week for a copy of the program so you can plan your day.

Can't make it to Open Day in Sydney?

NIDA is holding a Full-Time Courses Information Evening in every capital city in Australia in June. This is your opporutnity to learn about course content, career options and application procedures. A presentation will be given by a NIDA staff member and you will have an opportunity to have any questions answered. If you are thinking about applying to study at NIDA, we encourage you to attend. Free entry. RSVP essential so register now!

Looking to improve your presentation skills?The professional development course, Corporate Performance, will enable you to maximise your natural ability to communicate genuinely, authoritatively and persuasively. The focus of this course is to enhance personal presentation skills and to create outstanding business
‘performances'. Corporate Performance is designed for those who have to ‘stand and deliver’ in front of an audience. This course is held monthly in Sydney and selected dates for all capital cities.

Click here for more information.

Keep updated about NIDA Info Evenings.

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PARADE THEATRES
VAGINA MONOLOGUES

OPEN PROGRAM
NIDA ON TOUR

OPEN PROGRAM
SHORT COURSES

A benefit performance as part of the global campaign to stop violence against women and girls, with proceeds going to the NSW Women's Refuge Movement. Presented by Rosie Lalevich. Directed by Kerreen Ely-Harper. Cast includes: NIDA graduates Annie Byron, Vivienne Garrett, Odile Leclezio and Wendy Strehlow, plus Noni Hazlehurst, Pamela Rabe, Jacki Weaver, Julia Zemiro and many more. Sunday 29 June @ 5pm | Parade Theatre | Tix $65/$45. Click below to book online at www.ticketek.com.au or call 1300 795 012. To find out more go to: www.vday.org

NIDA kicks off its national short course tour in Tasmania visiting Hobart and Launceston from
10-15 June. NIDA on Tour allows young people and adults in metro and regional centres throughout Australia to experience our world famous training.

NIDA tutors will be visiting Canberra, Armidale, Gosford, Banora Point, Nowra, Darwin, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, Albany, Bunbury and Perth in July.

NIDA tutors are NIDA graduates and industry professionals.

NIDA Open Program has just released its winter program with a whole host of new short courses for adults from 16 years and over. The winter brochure also includes details of half-year part-time courses starting in July.

Winter short courses on evenings and weekends are available in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne starting in May & June including: TV Presenting, Design, NIDA Acting Techniques, Screen Acting, Film Performance, Producing a Show, Script Writing for Film & TV, Props and Special FX, and Video Editing Intensive.

1300 795 012 or click here to book.

more details & online bookings

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UNFINISHED SKY | 15 DOUBLE PASSES TO BE WON
Unfinished Sky is an Australian romantic drama about the nature of loss and the language of love. Starring William McInnes (Look Both Ways) and set against the rugged beauty of outback Australia, Unfinished Sky is in cinemas June 19. To win a double pass, answer the following question: When is NIDA Open Day '08? Please email your answer and postal address to marketing@nida.edu.au with ‘Sky’ in the subject.

For more information click here.

UN SECRET | 10 IN-SEASON DOUBLE PASSES TO BE WON
Adapted by Claude Miller from Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel, this is a splendid and moving saga of a Jewish family in post-war Paris, told through the eyes of a frail & intelligent young boy who senses something is amiss with his beautiful parents. In cinemas 15 May. To win a double pass, answer the following question: Who is Head of Costume at NIDA? Please email your answer and postal address to marketing@nida.edu.au with ‘Secret' in the subject.

For more information click here.

THE JINGLISTS | TWO DOUBLE PASSES FOR WED 21 MAY @ 8PM
NIDA graduate Ansuya Nathan directs the boys from ‘A Porthole into the Mind of the Vanquished’ in their new show THE JINGLISTS: One room. Two jingle writers. Catchy melodies and crippled emotions. 13 – 31 May @ The Old Fitzroy Theatre. To win a double pass, answer the following question: When is NIDA open for vistors on Open Day '08? Please email your answer and postal address to marketing@nida.edu.au with ‘Jinglists' in the subject.

For more information click here.

STONING MARY | $15.00 TICKETS FOR BOX SEAT SUBSCRIBERS
Directed by NIDA Directing graduate Lee Lewis, starring NIDA Acting graduates Annie Maynard and Yael Stone, STONING MARY explores what our feelings and reactions would be if the horrific situations happening in Africa were all happening here and not on the other side of the world. Bookings 1300 306 776; www.griffintheatre.com.au. Quote NIDA $15 offer. Ticket price valid for all performances up to and including 9 June 2008.

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