VCA Theatre Students Strut the Boards at Year's End

This past week I have reviewed two quite astonishing plays by third year theatre students, and production students in all three year levels at Melbourne University's VCA.  Both reviews are now published by Stage Whispers.

It's an Earthquake in my Heart

Its all about responding to calamity, to events beyond one's control that impact negatively on our life. It's about regret and grief and trying to make a fresh start. Directed by Robert Walton, and staged in Studio 28, this is a boots-and-all kind read more

Eddie Goes to Poetry City

A pleasing randomness pervades this production as everyman Eddie (Alistair Frearson) visits a city of poetry and is swept along in its frustrating labyrinth of dreams, nightmare, displacement, intrigue and desire. It is as though we too have read more 

Kids Love Theatre? Melbourne has it ALL this school holidays.

Circus Oz is at Birrarung Marr

Theatre lovers are in for a treat this school holidays.

An amazing array of opportunities are on offer in this town for people of all ages, including courses, tours, activities and performances.

If you are, or know, a budding actor, musician, dancer, circus performer or puppeteer, there is something on offer for you. ON the other hand, if you love going to shows, there's a smorgasbord of choice for all tastes.

Read the full article here.



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Acting Courses at VCA (Adults, VCE Drama students, and secondary students)

Victorian College of the Arts is offering short courses for aspiring thespians this coming school holiday break in Melbourne.

VCE Drama students may relish the opportunity to get ahead in solo performance assessment with a special course designed for those completing Unit 4 in the second half of the year.

Tutors are all working professionals with industry experience. Find out more here.

VCA is also offering a five-day Pop Song Writing Bootcamp for those interested in learning about some tricks of the trade. Find out more here.

Pop Song Writing Bootcamp

Wanna write a pop song and then perform your song in a live recording concert?

Of course you do. 

And thanks to an initiative by the School of Contemporary Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, you can do just that this coming school holidays. Oh yeah!

Pop Song Writing Boot Camp (Monday 1^st July – Friday 5^th July) is a five-day course where participants will be introduced to a range of songwriting techniques, lyrics, hooks and melodies while creating their own songs. 

Discussion about the business of writing will be of particular interest to those considering entering the music industry. On the final day you will perform your work in a live recording concert. Continue reading here.

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