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In 2018, NIDA is excited to be staging two plays included in the HSC syllabus as part of the June season of student productions..

After successful instalments last year and earlier in January, this year’s five-day HSC drama performance courses from NIDA Open will again offer students key tools that they can utilise in their HSC, by exploring a variety of processes for the HSC Individual and Group Projects..

Drama students from several regional high schools took part in NIDA Open Schools workshops this week as part of the OnSTAGE showcase presented by the NSW Department of Education.

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) this week proudly welcomed its new and returning Bachelor of Fine Arts and VET students, joining its Master of Fine Arts students who began last week..

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) welcomed its new Master of Fine Arts students in Cultural Leadership, Design, Directing, and Writing for Performance to the Kensington campus this week..

In an event that celebrated the best of Australian independent, mainstage and musical theatre, NIDA graduates sparkled in almost every category of the 13th Sydney Theatre Awards. NIDA alumni also took home the main awards in Acting, Directing, Design and Lighting.

What’s life like as a theatre director? NIDA alumni Jessica Arthur (Directing, 2015), is directing one of the first Sydney Theatre Company shows for 2018, Lethal Indifference, in February.

NIDA term classes are a vibrant opportunity for children to develop and discover their creativity. After school or on the weekends, term classes are held in Kensington and on location in Kellyville, Chatswood, Summer Hill, Parramatta and our new venue in Glebe at the Australian Performing Arts Grammar School.

NIDA is copresenting an introductory workshop to human-centered design, a problem-solving approach that begins with building empathy and ends with designing innovative new product solutions. Hosted at our NIDA Melbourne studios in Southbank, it features NIDA tutors with Rahul Soans, Founder and Director of the Disruptive Business Network.

Launchpad provided the chance to wrestle with a new script format and develop a cutting edge performance, resulting in Scratch by Periscope Productions at NIDA Melbourne.