Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
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About the course
The Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) is Aotearoa’s most prestigious actor training course. Running over three years, this intensive degree programme is designed to train a Responsive Actor – an actor who has the courage, skill and flexibility to meet any opportunity as they build a career in our ever-changing arts landscape. As an actor in training at Toi Whakaari, you will work across screen and live performance in class, studio and full productions. You will work solo, in an ensemble and in collaboration with other training artists across other disciplines in the kura.
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Entry requirements
Entry into the course is by application and audition. You'll need to submit the online application form and answer the Personal Statement questions below, you'll also need to send us some documents (see the application form for details). All applicants will attend an initial three-hour audition workshop led by Toi Whakaari acting tutors and graduates. This is an active workshop where you will be on the floor working and learning. If you are successful and move to the next phase of the audition process, you will be invited to attend the Applicants’ Weekend. Held at Toi Whakaari in Wellington, this three-day intensive workshop will enable you to work with all the acting tutors at Toi Whakaari in a wide range of environments including screen and live performance.
Personal Statement Info:
Your Personal Statement should answer the following questions:
You should aim for around 200 words for each of questions 1 & 2, be succinct! You can type your answers in the form or send us the link to a video (please note: ALL overseas applicants doing online auditions MUST submit video personal statements).
You will also need to:
Book your initial Audition Workshop (available soon)
Download and learn your Audition Scripts (available soon)
About the provider
- NZ Diploma in Scenic Construction & Properties (Set & Props)
- NZ Diploma in Costume Construction
- Bachelor of Performing Arts (Management)
- Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Design (Stage & Screen)
- Master of Creative Performance Practice
Unique like you
We are Toi Whakaari. We stand tall alongside unique people like you, enabling you to express your true creative self.
In our creative village, your individuality and passion for the performing arts is shared, celebrated, and nurtured. We care deeply about you and your unique place in our whānau. To us, manaakitanga – care, respect and enhancing each other’s mana – really does matter.
Our distinctive learning approach, built on the mātauranga and tikanga of our whakapapa, enables our tauira to tell their, and our nation’s, unique story.
As New Zealand’s premier school of performing arts, our legacy has always been to train the best performers, designers, and craftspeople from here and from around the world.
Taught by renown experts and educators with broad industry and community connections, our prestigious qualifications are a mark of quality that opens doors to a successful career. And that’s why our talented alumni are sought after, in front of and behind the scenes, by the world’s leading productions.
Being part of our kura is more than just gaining qualifications. Here skills are gained, perspectives are shaped, connections are made, and potential is revealed. We recognise all our students as future rangitira. They emerge from here - knowing who they are and where they stand - ready to add their value to Aotearoa New Zealand’s thriving performing arts community.
If you’re a past, present or future tauira; a valued staff member, industry partner or funder; or a member of the many communities we’re part of, we stand with you. We’re proud to take this creative journey with people as unique as you.