National Institute of Dramatic Art

AS National Institute of Dramatic Art director Lynne Williams enters her third year as the chief of the nation's leading acting school, she is determined to keep abreast of the industry's needs. That determination, and the need for actors...

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...massive machinery is the brawny Worthington, a former bricklayer and high-school dropout from west Australia. His life path changed at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney; a girl he knew planned to submit an application for the...

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...earning her an Academy Award -- the 40-year-old Blanchett is actually a theater kid. Maybe even a theater nerd. From the time she left Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art and was cast in the Sydney Theatre Company production of David...

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...the University of New South Wales. It is a member of the "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence". Established in 1958, the National Institute of Dramatic Art was opened in 1959 with only 23 students and two staff members.

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...came time to think about career, I went with my heart, where the joy was," McLeavy says quietly. She successfully auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and graduated in 2004. She was quickly noticed and not just...

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...technical mastery and presence strikes awe in those who understand precisely how hard-won those accomplishments are. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1974, and through the 80s she was a member of Sharman's...

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...odd jobs as he went, eventually settling into work as a bricklayer, until one day his girlfriend told him she wanted to audition for the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia's most prestigious drama school. He went...

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...he could carry the story. He's one tough guy. " Thirty-something Sam's a onetime Australian bricklayer, who studied theatre at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, and was a finalist to star as James Bond in Casino Royale before...

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...to whom she owes part of her recent success, she recognises a similar trait in their personalities. "I identify with Rachel's strength -I like to see myself as being able to survive adverse circumstances with fight and optimism," says...

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...at you." Some of these people would not seem like typical children's presenters, she said. Mark Gaal, the head of open programs for the National Institute of Dramatic Art, said he thought learning on the job was just as good as formal...

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