Overview

Elevate your creative practice with NIDA’s immersive Residency Program. Designed for passionate individuals eager to refine their craft, this program offers a unique opportunity to develop essential skills in collaboration with NIDA teaching artists who are industry experts. Whether you’re an emerging talent or an experienced artist, our residencies provide a challenging and supportive environment where your creative potential can flourish. 

Extend your technical production skills and become an essential collaborator of a theatre and live performance team. Explore the diverse roles and responsibilities of production management, mastering processes to lead and coordinate within a creative setting. Gain hands-on experience in lighting and sound design, learning to operate technical equipment in a NIDA theatre space. Collaborate with peers on a group project led by NIDA Open teaching artists, applying your knowledge to manage rehearsals and live performances. Realise the power of visual storytelling through sound and lighting and develop a strong understanding of industry-safe practices while contributing to innovative creative concepts. 

Open to applicants from around the globe, NIDA’s Residencies foster a dynamic cultural exchange, making our program a vibrant hub for artistic innovation.  

Components

Week one Gain insight into the various roles and responsibilities of stage and production management. Learn essential strategies for the planning and co-ordinating of a company of creatives. Examine opportunities for the application of sound design to dramatic texts and use professional equipment to realise a sound design of your own. 

Week two Collaborate with a lighting designer and explore creative approaches in developing a lighting concept for theatre. Learn to rig, focus, and operate lights for live performance. Integrate your staging and technical production skills to bring a short dramatic text to life. 

Prerequisites

No experience necessary. Entry to NIDA Residencies is by selection. Please enrol to lodge your application. 

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