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OverviewFacilities and room capacityStudents
Established  in 1958
Opened in 1959
Accreditation:
  • Parade Theatre: 707 seats (full capacity)
  • Playhouse: 183 seats (full capacity)
  • Studio Theatre: 120 seats (full capacity)
  • Space: 84 seats (full), 100 (cocktail mode), 80 (banquet mode)
  • Atrium: 120 seats (full capacity), 300 (cocktail mode)
  • Reg Grundy Studio: film and television training and production
  • Library
  • Rehearsal rooms: nine in total, ranging in size from approximately 100 to 200 square metres
  • Nancy Fairfax Foyer: 700 (cocktail mode), 300 (banquet mode)
  • Reception Room: 80 (full), 100 (cocktail mode), 60 (banquet mode)
  • Costume and props workshops
  • Lighting and sound studios
  • Teaching and administration space
  • Total number of full-time students at NIDA (2017): 221
  • Number of undergraduate students (2017): 170
  • Number of postgraduate students (2017): 51
  • Number of VET students (2017): 51
  • Number of NIDA Open students annually: 12,500
  • Number of NIDA Corporate students annually: 2,900
  • Number of NIDA Corporate seminar students annually: 3,200
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NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the sacred lands, from the mountains to the sea, on which we learn and tell stories.

The lands of the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.