Comments on: Best Drama Schools in Australia

By: Andrew Hearle

Andrew Hearle — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:37:06 +0000

In reply to Patrick Mann. Hi Patrick, AIM is great and I know a bunch of awesome grads. We had to be pretty selective for this list, but thanks for the input.

By: Andrew Hearle

Andrew Hearle — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:34:40 +0000

In reply to Roberta33. Hi Roberta, NIDA has certainly gone through a lot of changes. That said, it does still remain a great drama school. All drama schools globally are having a tough time right now. I would still be very happy to get a place at NIDA.

By: Andrew Hearle

Andrew Hearle — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:33:14 +0000

Hi Gillian, they do definitely take students of all ages, though it does seem that drama schools are taking younger and younger students. I recommend checking out our online course: http://www.stagemilkdramaschool.com

By: Roberta33

Roberta33 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:21:43 +0000

I don’t know about NIDA anymore. Whilst it has a lot of prestige to its name, everyone who’s been there or used to work there comments on how its curriculum has changed a lot and gone down hill. There was that whole controversy back around 2011 and 2012 when all of its long time staff were replaced with new people and former board member Chris Puplick wrote that essay about their teaching standards.

By: Patrick Mann

Patrick Mann — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 22:10:45 +0000

There’s one more school I think deserves a mention on this list and that’s the Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts (AIMDA) in Sydney, formerly the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA). There’s been a number of rising stars in both theatre and screen who have graduated from there so it definitely should receive some sort of honourable mention.