The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is Australia’s leading performing arts educator. Our main campus is in Sydney (Kensington, NSW) and we have studios in Melbourne (Southbank).

We offer an unmatched range and depth of industry-relevant training across performing arts disciplines including acting, costume, cultural leadership, design, directing, make-up, musical theatre, props, scenic construction, stage management, technical theatre, voice and writing.

We also make our training available to the public with term classes, short courses face-to-face and online, school-holiday programs, evening and weekend classes. Our NIDA Open programs are designed for children, young people and adults and we also run Corporate workshops for business professionals.

NIDA has proudly partnered with YouTube to bring you our esteemed YouTube Scholarship for any 2022 BFA applicant from a background historically underrepresented in the screen and stage industry.

Apply now for 2022!