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The NIDA Production course offers the ultimate skill set for students looking for an exciting career facilitating live performance across the full range of creative arts.
Combining formal teaching with practical, hands-on experience, this well respected course prepares students for immediate entry into professional employment.
Recognised internationally as one of the premier schools for technical theatre training, NIDA Production graduates can now be found working in all corners of the world, across a huge range of professions and are highly sought after in what is a very competitive working environment.
Graduates work in areas as diverse as stage management, lighting design, stage mechanics, administration, production management, casting, producing, sound engineering and design, film production, general management, technical theatre and event management.
The Production course prides itself on not only developing and consolidating theoretical knowledge, but also ensures students gain practical experience in a wide range of theatrical disciplines.
Throughout the course students are continually exposed to industry practice in NIDA's four fully functioning theatres, where all permanent and visiting teaching staff are industry professionals. This ensures students receive first-hand the most up-to-date information and tuition, and enables them to build a network of contacts that inevitably lead to a myriad of future employment opportunities.
BACHELOR OF DRAMATIC ART (PRODUCTION)
DURATION
The Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Production) is a three-year, full-time course.
AIM
NIDA's Production course prepares students for immediate entry into professional employment in the arts and entertainment industry.
While providing in-depth training in the technical disciplines of lighting and sound, the course focuses on stage management, as this is the cornerstone upon which students can develop and build their careers.
Graduates of the NIDA Production course are highly sought after in a very competitive working environment.
APPROACH
The course is structured into two distinct areas: a formal teaching component delivering detailed theoretical and practical applications of subjects such as rigging, computer-aided drafting, financial administration, multi-media, lighting, sound and stage management, combined with a practical component where students take active roles in the staging of all NIDA events and productions.
Industry secondments or professional work placements are a feature of the final year of the Production course. They allow students the opportunity to experience first hand a professional working environment through an extended period of observation and professional practice. These secondments, with arts companies and industry practitioners, can be taken throughout Australia or overseas. They are a fantastic opportunity to establish industry contacts and can often lead to future employment prospects.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants seeking admission must:
- have reached the age of 18 before the commencement of the course (in exceptional circumstances this may be waived)
- hold a Higher School Certificate or its equivalent from any State or Territory in Australia or overseas (in exceptional circumstances this may be waived)
- show at an interview a high level of intelligence, practical ability, artistic sense, authority, tact, potential and motivation
- be fluent in spoken and proficient in written English language (equivalent to an overall band score of 8.0 IELTS).
All subjects are compulsory. NIDA students are required to complete a confidential medical history questionnaire to demonstrate his/her medical fitness to undertake the course and assist NIDA in its duty of care to students.
The primary criterion for admission to the Production course is evidence of the applicant's ability, enthusiasm and commitment in production and potential for making a career in the arts entertainment industry.
For more information about applying for the Production course, click here.
FIRST YEAR
During the first year of the course, students are introduced to contemporary production practice and are taught technical skills to enable them to work backstage with safety and efficiency.
Teaching is centred around stage management theory and practice. In addition, there is class and studio work in lighting, sound, computer-aided drafting, stage scenery and mechanics, score reading, rigging and multi-media. Students complete the St John Ambulance First Aid Certificate Course and a course in fire prevention, first attack fire-fighting and workplace evauation conducted by Comsafe Training Services on behalf of the NSW Fire Department. Both these courses are conducted at NIDA.
Students are allocated crew roles in the production workshops and in the performance of NIDA productions. These roles allow students to gain experience in the areas of costume, properties and scenery, as well as to consolidate their technical and stage management learning.
First year subject areas include: Stage Management 1, Stage Lighting 1, Performance Sound 1, Technical Theatre 1, Theatre Crafts 1, History of Theatre 1, General Studies, Play Production 1, and Professional Development 1.
SECOND YEAR
During the second year, stage management theory is expanded further through an advanced analysis of theatrical management practices. Areas such as production management, arts administration, financial administration, arts law, occupational health and safety, company, event and tour management are all covered in detail. There are also short courses in rigging, advanced computer-aided drafting, pyrotechnics and advanced multi-media, as well as courses leading to certificates in Safety Checking Electrical Appliances (provided at NIDA by TAFE NSW Sydney Institute) and Elevated Working Platform (provided at NIDA by Showtech Australia).
All students work individually as Stage Manager in rehearsal of at least one NIDA production, and are required to undertake other more experienced technical roles. Individual interests and areas of speciality are encouraged.
Second year subject areas include: Stage Management 2, Stage Lighting 2, Performance Sound 2, Technical Theatre 2, History of Theatre 2, Play Production 2, and Professional Development 2.
THIRD YEAR
In the final year the course focuses in depth from two standpoints:
- Practical work at NIDA in which each student is expected to display vocational skills closely related to professional practice
- An extended period of observation and professional practice working with arts and entertainment industry based companies or practitioners.
Students are required to build on the knowledge and experience gained in first and second year, and are further encouraged to develop specific skills in fields such as lighting design, production stage management, sound design and technical management.
Third year subjects include: Stage Management 3, Observation and Professional Practice, Stage Lighting 3, Performance Sound 3 , Play Production 3, and Professional Development 3.
Title of Qualification: Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Production)
Head of Course: Mikkel Mynster
Commencement Date: Tuesday 29 January 2008
Age: 18+
Tuition fees: Annual tuition fees must be paid on or before the course commencement date. For more information please refer to the Fees section of the website
Location of Course: NIDA
Contact Details:
215 Anzac Parade
KENSINGTON NSW 2033
Tel: +61 2 9697 7600
Email: contact form
Applications: If you are thinking about applying for entry into the Production course, please refer to the Applications section of the website
Production Course Information PDF
Career Snapshots of a Range of NIDA Graduates PDF
Short courses in Stage and Event Management are also available through NIDA Open Program
CRICOS Provider Code: 00756M
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