The Theatre Arts program of study at the Queensland  Academy for  Creative Industries  has been designed to encourage students who show excellence in drama and to allow their creativity and talents to come to the fore.

The course

• The course is positioned as a journey of discovery through an aesthetic paradigm of four interconnected layers: self-awareness, home enculturation, world custodianship and metaphysical speculation.
• The student's path is one of empathetic growth from egocentric individuality to active global awareness.
• Theatre Arts exists as a practical medium for motivation, empowerment and liberation within our culture.
• Students learn to appreciate theatre by making and performing it, as well as by reflecting, analysing and evaluating its applications.
• They are led to understand it not only with their minds but also with their senses, their bodies and their emotions.
• Students study the forms that theatre takes in cultures other than their own both globally and historically, and through this come to know themselves, their society and their world.
• The use of media technology is integrated as a significant component of the course.

  Unit offerings

  Unit offerings cover a broad range of theatrical traditions and practices including contemporary performance, process drama, Australian drama, 20 th century realism, Shakespeare, Ancient Greek theatre and modern political theatre.

  QUT and La Boite Theatre Company

  Links with the Queensland University of Technology and La Boite Theatre Company allow Theatre Arts students unprecedented access to advanced placement opportunities and professional pathways.

  Students will have the option of attending a variety of live performance events, each selected to demonstrate the real-life applications of the course.

  Materclasses, artists-in-residence, extension programs

  Masterclasses, artists-in-residence programs and extension workshops complement the course, providing a rich environment for students to explore and extrapolate beyond the curriculum.

  Through creative exploration, research and performance, students engage the "extraordinary" within the Theatre Arts program.