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Performance Making

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Audition and interview information

Application Deadline 9 October

Perth Live Audition Date/Recalls
TBC (check website)

Eastern States Tour Dates
13 November – Melbourne Showcase
17 November – Sydney Showcase

If WAAPA is unable to facilitate in-person audition/recalls in any city, applicants will be assessed via video auditions or online recalls.

If you have any questions about your WAAPA Audition or Interview, please contact us using this form WAAPA Audition/Interview Enquiry Form

If you’re interested in pursuing more than one facet of performance, whether that be performing, directing, producing, writing plays, facilitating community-engaged arts projects or collaboratively devising dynamic physical performance, then WAAPA’s Bachelor of Performing Arts (Performance Making) is the perfect choice for you.

This three-year degree course is an incubator for artists who are passionate about driving creativity and innovation in the performing arts landscape.

You’ll begin your WAAPA journey developing a strong foundation of skills, grounded in rigorous training in text-based acting, voice, movement and theatre history. You’ll then deepen your practice by exploring devised, transcultural and experimental approaches to performance. Self-directed projects will develop confidence in working independently, while highly collaborative group work will develop the ability to work as part of a cohesive team.

The course features opportunities such as:

  • annual site-specific performance made in response to a unique location
  • annual study tour to Intercultural Theatre Institute, for training in traditional Asian theatre;
  • a partner training agreement with Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in Fremantle;
  • articulation agreement with Calle Flygare, Stockholm, whose graduates enter year 2 of the program.

By the time you graduate, you’ll have a full range of tools at your disposal to help you create new work that’s distinctly your own, on the pathway to becoming an independent and critically thinking artist.

Courses offered

These course pages detail entry requirements, fee and interview information. You can also apply from these pages.

Notable alumni

  • Amelia Burke
  • Courtney Cavallaro
  • Grace Chow
  • Timothy Green
  • Charlotte Otton

Staff

The Course Coordinator for Performance Making is Dr Jeremy Neideck.

For a full list of WAAPA Performance staff, please visit the WAAPA Staff listing.

More information

For domestic student enquiries, please go to Future Students.

For international student enquiries, please go to International Students.

For a full list of WAAPA courses, please visit WAAPA Study areas.

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