Stage Manager Advanced Diploma
at Actors College of Theatre and Television - Sydney
ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF STAGE MANAGEMENT (CUE60303) – Interviews Now On
* One year full-time on variable days each week. Starts February * Nationally Endorsed Training * Approved for Austudy * Approved for international student visas * Recognised by the industry * Excellent industry secondments * Good employment prospects * Interview required for entryThe stage manager is often the most important person on the production. They are excellent communicators, extremely well organised and have both artistic and technical stagecraft skills. This course provides the background knowledge and the practical training to co-ordinate and run main-stage and small-scale theatre productions. The course is run in association with the college’s extensive and varied production program and the stage management students work on these with a range of professional practitioners at venues that includes ACTT’s professional theatre space, the Cleveland St Theatre.
Practical real-world training
The course comprises twenty five units, eleven compulsory and fourteen electives selected from the Entertainment Training Package. Subjects include Stage Management, Calling the Production, Organising and Monitoring Bump In/Bump Out, Organising and Facilitating Rehearsals, Effective Workplace Relations, OH&S and Security, Analysing Performance Script, Realising Productions, Managing Budgets and Risk. This is a full-time course combining classes and practical training sessions. As the students’ skills develop practical assignments are undertaken, both supervised and unsupervised. The nature of work in the entertainment industry demands that skills are adaptable to a variety of situations and the training addresses this by giving students exposure to a variety of projects with increasing autonomy.
Industry secondments
The course also provides opportunities for industry secondments and students in recent years have spent time with the Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Capitol Theatre, The Sydney Festival and the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Past graduates have been very successful in gaining employment in the industry at many of Australia’s theatres.
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