Sydney Theatre School

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Sydney Theatre School is a theatre school located in Chippendale, Sydney. It provides Australia's only production-based training course for those wishing to pursue a career in professional acting. The school was founded in 2005 by Mark Matthews B.A., Dip. Ed, M.A., an experienced actor; theatre director; and qualified teacher.

[edit] Program

The school offers a one-year, part-time Diploma of Theatre Performance program with an intake every February. Students are accepted into the school based on their performance in an audition and interview. The program offers training in Acting; Voice; Movement; Improvisation; and Professional Practice that is integrated into the rehearsal period for each production. The School's philosophy is that acting is best learnt on the job and that performing in front of an audience provides students with the quickest and most effective way to learn and develop their craft.

[edit] Productions

The School stages three productions for each class during the year. Each production is directed by a highly experienced and qualified teacher / director. Productions are staged over several nights in the final week of each term, in front of a public audience. This allows those students wishing to enter the theatre, film or television industry the opportunity to showcase their work.

Since opening in 2005 the school has staged the following productions:

A Line in the Dust - Directed by Clayton Buffoni - April 2005

Dahling You Were Marvellous - Directed by Michael Pigott - August 2005

All's Well That Ends Well - Directed by Mark Matthews - November 2005

The Anarchists - Directed by Sam Haft - April 2006

The Space Between - Directed by Michael Pigott - April 2006

4.48 Psychosis - Directed by Mark Matthews - August 2006

Find Me - Directed by Michael Denkha - August 2006

Macbeth - Directed by Kate Gaul - November 2006

Seven To One - Directed by Melissa Paris - April 2007

The Black Dog - Directed by Sam Haft - April 2007

A Kingdom In A Suitcase - Directed by Michael Pigott - April 2007

The Cagebirds - Directed by Malcolm Frawley - August 2007

Find Me - Directed by Melissa Paris - August 2007

Roberto Zucco - Directed by Michael Pigott - August 2007

King Lear - Directed by Mark Matthews - November 2007

A Midsummer's Night Dream - Directed by Michael Pigott -

                                            Novemeber 2007 

Twelfth Night - Directed by Sarah Goodes - November 2007

Lost in Transition - Directed by Malcolm Frawley - April 2008

Perfectly Strung - Directed by Soseh Yekanians - April 2008

This Mortal Coil - Directed by Mark Matthews - April 2008

The Forgotten Tide - Directed by Michael Pigott

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