graduate diploma of Dramatic Art playwriting stream

ABOUT PLAYWRITING

Expand and strengthen your craft with a one-year full-time playwriting course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia’s premier performing arts school.

With a small group of talented peers, you’ll master professional playwriting skills and learn how to work on a play production as a dramaturg. Working in multidisciplinary teams with directors and other NIDA students, you’ll expand your knowledge of theatre, film, radio and television, and practice your writing through collaboration, rehearsal and performance. As part of your course you will present your own short play as a moved public reading in a theatre setting.

NIDA seeks writers who are determined to expand their playwriting technique as well as to develop new forms for theatre, film, radio and television.

EXPLORE PLAYWRITING

The Graduate Diploma in Playwriting develops playwrights with a broad knowledge of dramatic literature, performance history, contemporary theatre practice and the play production; expanding techniques to encompass new forms of theatre, film, radio and television.

Students accepted into the postgraduate Playwriting programs are trained by leaders in their field. Students are also exposed to the influences of guest lecturers in the arts and entertainment industry from both Australia and internationally, an Artist-in-Residence program, and offers the opportunity to interact with the profession to build and sustain a productive career in the arts.

Read more about Jane Bodie Head of Playwriting

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