New Zealand Diploma in Drama

Summary

Get centre stage and in front of the camera, and get the tools to tell your own stories for stage and screen. Train and perform in professional theatres and see your work on the big screen at our cinema. Learn from industry professionals.

Programme outline This programme is closed for new enrolments in 2027

This two-year practical programme puts you centre stage and in front of the camera, giving you the tools to develop your own stories for stage and screen. Learn about the many roles that exist within the theatre, film, broadcast and digital screen industries. Training includes classes in acting techniques - improvisation, script analysis, movement and voice – as well as theatre production practices.

On successful completion, students may apply to enrol in year three of the Bachelor of Creativity (Performing Arts) and create a body of work in their discipline.

What you will learn

Students will learn the following skills:

• Voice
• Movement
• Interpreting text
• Acting techniques
• Public Performance
• Film Co-productions
• Theatre and film history/styles
• Singing
• Devising work