Course overview
Develop the craft behind truthful, versatile performance.
Acting is the ability to listen, respond, analyse text, work with collaborators and make clear creative choices under pressure. APAC’s Bachelor of Screen and Stage (Acting) is a two-year, practice-led degree for emerging performers who want disciplined training across live and recorded performance.
You will develop your individual voice through acting technique, voice and speech, movement, physical storytelling, stage combat, screen acting, dialect work and audition preparation. Academic and contextual studies support the practical work, helping you understand how performance operates within contemporary culture and industry.
Collaboration is built into the experience. You will work with other performers and screen production students, learning how to contribute professionally in rehearsal rooms, on set and across creative projects.
Who this course is for
Emerging actors seeking intensive, structured training
Performers who want experience across both stage and screen
Creative people ready to strengthen voice, movement and text skills
Applicants who value collaboration, feedback and independent artistic development
Skills and practice
What you’ll learn.
Build a repeatable acting process while expanding the physical, vocal, analytical and professional skills that support sustained creative work.
Voice production and speech in performance
Practical script analysis and character development
Screen acting, self-portrayal and working for camera
Improvisation, physical storytelling and movement
Stage combat choreography and safe practice
Dialect analysis and application
Audition technique for screen and stage
Career planning and independent creative practice
Train through doing.
Classes combine technique, rehearsal, performance, camera work and feedback. As your training progresses, you apply the craft through contemporary and period roles, screen projects, auditions and integrated performance work.
Course structure
Build capability in stages.
Units are shown as an indicative structure and may be updated through APAC’s academic approval processes.
Year 1 — Foundations of craft
Build the core tools of the actor and learn how to apply them consistently.
Contemporary Art Exploration: Forms, Influences and Engagement
Voice Production
Self Portrayal Skills
Practical Script Analysis
Introduction to Screen Acting
Speech in Performance
Physical Character Development
Perform Improvisation Skills
Character Personality Profiling
Physical Storytelling
Stage Combat: Choreography and Safety
Advanced Emotional and Psychological Content
Year 2 — Integration and professional preparation
Bring voice, movement, text and screen technique together in more advanced performance contexts.
History of Storytelling
Integrate Performance Skills
Rehearse and Perform a Contemporary Role (Screen)
Audition for Screen and Stage
Genre and Adaptation: Influence in Entertainment
Advanced Practice and Maintenance
Dialect Analysis and Application
Rehearse and Perform a Period Role