Acting and Theatre
The VCA Acting and Theatre program produces some of Australia’s finest practitioners in both traditional and contemporary theatre.
Study Acting and Theatre at the VCA
Our Acting and Theatre program draws together the elements of contemporary theatre practice – writing, theatre making, devised work, actor skills, direction and stagecraft.
At undergraduate level the program is designed to train actors and theatre makers, incorporating voice, movement, performance and stagecraft.
Our graduate students focus on performance writing, theatre direction, theatre making, screen acting and voice acting. Their research contributes to the theory and practice of theatre in Australia.
BFA Acting and BFA Theatre
Our students work creatively and collaboratively to explore contemporary and traditional theatre and performance practice. They investigate their craft intellectually while contributing to the creation of new works for public performance.
Studio practice is the core of the training with an emphasis on collaboration with skilled staff, industry figures and peers.
Acting and Theatre Courses
Undergraduate
Visit the University of Melbourne course site to find out more on undergraduate courses
Graduate
Visit the University of Melbourne course site to find out more on graduate courses
2022 Graduating Season
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Showcase
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Gesturing Weaving Unfolding
-Gesturing Weaving Unfolding is a new work by James Batchelor in collaboration with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) students, accompanied by an original sound design by Morgan Hickinbotham.- Performance
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Little Women
-Graduating Music Theatre and Production students present this timeless, captivating story, brought to life in this musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope and everlasting love.- Performance
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BORNEO plus 3
-Borneo plus 3 features VCA acting students in a selection of plays from the Roulette cycle, all focusing on the chance meeting of two people in varying situations.- Performance
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Sounding Picasso’s Guitars: Music composed and inspired by Manuel de Falla
Friday 13 October 2023 8:30pm - 9:45pm- Event
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The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony: Reverberation
Sunday 15 October 2023 5:00pm - 6:40pm- Event
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Bach’s Goldberg Variations: Professor Ian Holtham’s Farewell Piano Class
Monday 16 October 2023 6:30pm - 7:45pm- Event
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News
Meet Mr Vic NAIDOC 2023
- Theatre
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytime
Oh naur: Why TikTok is laughing at the Aussie accent
The Grief Trilogy: VCA alum Liv Satchell's plays explore connection in the face of loss
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
- Writing
- Theatre
PhD student Meta Cohen plays at the intersection of queerness, theatricality and sound
- Research
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Head of Theatre, Associate Professor Chris Mead discussed his latest book on ABC Radio National
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Staff stories
From Melbourne to London with promiscuous/cities
- Theatre
- Staff stories
- International
Palawa and Wiradjuri theatremaker Nicola Ingram on why she makes theatre
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Wilin 20th
'Good art can re-wire our brains': Meet Dr Kat Henry, Theatre lecturer at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
Art, identity, and 'in time': Meet Alkisti Pitsaki, Master of Theatre (Directing) graduate
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Chris Mead, Head of Theatre at the University of Melbourne
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Feral queerness – an interview with Associate Professor Alyson Campbell
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Research
- Theatre
Dr Sarah Woodland: 'Social justice is a connective tissue in my applied theatre work'
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Theatre
Portland House Foundation Harry Hains Memorial Scholarship provides new opportunities in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts
- Giving
- Prizes and Awards
- Film and Television
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Andrew Upton at the VCA: 'The blank page is humiliating, shaming, disgraceful, terrifying'
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Raimondo Cortese, course coordinator of the Master of Theatre (Writing) at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Alyson Campbell, Associate Professor in Theatre at the University of Melbourne
- Staff stories
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Jane Schon, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) student at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Steph Kehoe, Course Coordinator of the BFA (Theatre) at the University of Melbourne
- Staff stories
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Henry Kelly, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) graduate at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Morgan Rose, graduate of the Master of Theatre (Writing) at the University of Melbourne
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Dear Australia – new Australian performance writing
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Protect your voice on Zoom, with vocal coach Amy Hume
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Theatre
Alumni collaborate on Asia TOPA's The Seen and Unseen
- Alumni
- Design
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Robert Walton on Child of Now and bringing your heart to work
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Theatre
- Research
Chris Kohn, VCA lecturer: putting diversity centre stage
- Research
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Richard Frankland says 2002 play about deaths in custody is sadly still relevant
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Five Questions for Caitlin Overton, Master of Theatre (Directing) student
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Claire Bird, Theatre student at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
What's a girl? Just ask Ellen Grimshaw
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
New graduate-level voice training for stage and screen at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Kliment Poposki, Master of Dramaturgy, University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Capital D Disability in Theatre with Julie McNamara at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
I Wayan Dibia: bringing Balinese traditions into performance study at the VCA
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Winging It – a web series produced by the University of Melbourne
- Film and Television
- Writing
- Interactive Composition
- Theatre
- Acting
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Tom Richards, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) graduate, University of Melbourne
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Sarah Vickery, Master of Directing for Performance student, University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Acting it Out: a new VCA Theatre initiative to increase diversity
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Hollywood actor Jane BadlerHains: from V to the VCA
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Acting
Hell’s Canyon playwright Emily Sheehan and actor Conor Leach in conversation
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Acting
- Victorian College of the Arts
How to throw a stage punch (and keep your teeth)
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Staging change: supporting diversity in Australian theatre
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
The theatre of fake news: Polygraph speaks truth to a post-truth era
- Production
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Five questions for Chris Kohn, Coordinator of the Master of Directing for Performance
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Staff stories
Meet Kim Ho, Master of Writing for Performance student
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Patrick White Playwrights’ Award recipient Kim Ho: putting cross-cultural stories centre stage
- Writing
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
The Crucible: outworn or reborn?
- Theatre
- Acting
- Music Performance
- Victorian College of the Arts
How I launched a web series concept then lost control
- Film and Television
- Interactive Composition
- Production
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Vanitas has been nominated for a Webby – vote now
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Prizes and Awards
Comedian Louisa Wall: ‘You don’t need people to want you’
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Frances and the Inclusion Rider? We need equitable access to arts training
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Listen: For the love of the stage, featuring Rinske Ginsberg
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
AntigoneX: Greek tragedy, with beach balls
- Alumni
- Research
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts