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NIDA introduces The Singing Actor into famous acting degree
12 April 2019 NIDA’s world-famous actor training course will offer a Singing Actor stream for students to choose in 2020. The move recognises the increasing opportunities for actors to take lead roles in music theatre productions.
Hollywood Reporter ranks NIDA in world's top 10 drama schools
31 May 2018 NIDA has been ranked in the top 10 of The Hollywood Reporter’s world’s best drama schools. The Reporter’s international ranking of acting schools places NIDA in the top echelons, along with London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and New York’s Juilliard School.
Sydney Design Festival walks the decades of design at NIDA
18 March 2019 Six decades of design were presented at the Sydney Design Festival at NIDA, in conversation, reflection and projection
Creating immersive spaces through projected light
17 April 2019 Technical Theatre and Stage Management and Design for Performance students explored the use of video in live performance contexts to amazing results.
From radio plays to Netflix series– NIDA 60th anniversary flashback
12 March 2019 With Netflix billed as the ‘ultimate winners’ of this year’s Academy Awards, we look back at how opportunities for NIDA graduates have changed since NIDA first opened its doors in 1959.
NIDA alumni recognised at The Green Room Awards
2 April 2019 NIDA alumni took out Green Room Awards as the arts industry celebrated and applauded excellence and innovation across the sector in Melbourne.
Shari Sebbens moves into directing as Richard Wherrett Fellow at STC
27 February 2019 NIDA acting alumna Shari Sebbens has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company’s new Richard Wherrett Fellow as an emerging director.
