NIDA Alumnus Liam McIlwain talks about the Master of Fine Arts in Directing
McIlwain was a musical theatre performer for over a decade before moving to Directing.
NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.
McIlwain was a musical theatre performer for over a decade before moving to Directing.
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is sad to announce the passing of Annette Ribbons, who has been an integral part of the NIDA community for over 30 years.
For well over a decade, NIDA has proudly partnered with national radio station triple j, to direct and design music videos for up-and-coming Australian music artists as part of the national Unearthed competition, which will be broadcast on ABC TV’s rage, Saturday 2September 2023.
Multi-award-winning TV and Film Production Designer Deborah Riley recently returned to NIDA to speak about her ongoing career and her incredible work on the global smash TV series Game of Thrones.
Alumnus James Ivor (Acting, 2011) is a writer, actor, director from Queensland, who’s known for playing Albert Crundell in the 2019 remake of Picnic at Hanging Rock along with Belvoir St Theatre’s productions of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll directed by Neil Armfield and Strange Interlude directed by Simon Stone.
In this interview, Siann Lau and Mehhma Malhi share their experiences as recipients of the prestigious Animal Logic Entertainment Scholarship at NIDA. The scholarship provided financial support and boosted their confidence, allowing them to fully invest in their studies.
On Sunday, July 23 NIDA held its annual Graduation Day for the 2022 cohort of Master of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Diploma students with 161 graduates awarded their certificates.
In June, NIDA’s Dr Suzanne Osmond (Education Developer) and Corinne Heskett (Head of Costume) were assisted by NIDA to attend the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ2023).
For the past two years Zachary White (Scenic Construction and Technologies, 2021) has been working as a fly supervisor at Sydney Theatre Company (STC), taking on projects such as Julia and Dorian Gray.
Boundary pushing creative and NIDA alumnus Jim Sharman (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) is auctioning 47 works from his highly regarded personal art collection with all proceeds going to seed the creation of the NIDA FUTURE CENTRE.