Training for industry while still at school
Why wait till you finish school to follow your passion as an actor?
If you're a performer with promise, you can study acting with Perform Australia for Year 11 and 12 as part of our Young Professionals Program in Canberra. (We are hoping to start this program in Queensland in 2024, so if you are interested to express your interest, please get in touch.)
You'll then be ready to step out into the industry once you finish school.
The Young Professionals program follows on from our Year 7-10 program, the Thrive Program - but you can also join it independently for your Year 11 and 12 studies, even if you weren't a part of Thrive. In the Young Professionals Program, you complete two qualifications with Perform Australia during Year 11 and 12:
You can count these towards your Year 12 Certificate when you enrol with Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), OR you can simply opt to do these courses instead of Year 11 and 12.
Our two qualifications in acting are packaged together and delivered to Young Professionals participants over two years (Year 11 and 12). You attend our campus in Griffith three days per week. On other days, if you are completing your Year 12 Certificate externally, you attend CIT classes (or complete distance education with CIT) to earn your Year 12 Certificate.
Together, our two courses train you for industry as an actor. You will have in-depth knowledge and skills to work on stage and screen. You'll work on:
See our pages on the 10915NAT Certificate IV in Acting and the 11017NAT Advanced Diploma of Performance for details on the units studied.
While many of our Young Professionals actors are keen to move out to industry after graduation, some seek to go onto university. You can aim for an ATAR through your enrolment with Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), but even if you don't want to get an ATAR, you can still use our qualifications to access university in the following ways:
Some students in Young Professionals decide that it is enough to study our Certificate and Advanced Diploma program without the pressure of studying Year 11 and 12 at the same time. This is also an option for you within the Young Professionals program.
Whether you choose to step out to industry after you finish Young Professionals, look to further study, or change direction altogether, you'll walk away with these wonderful attributes as a person.
"This program is great for people who know what they want to do... whether they want to be an actor, director or writer - and everyone is really welcoming. "
- Isabelle
"My advice is, if you love acting, or anything to do with it, just jump on in. Go for it. You won't regret it. The people are so amazing and you'll learn so much."
- Brandon
Fill out your details to download the Prospectus and your audition information for the Thrive Program.
If you missed our Open Night in May, you can still book a one-on-one meeting with our principal, hear more about the program, and tour the building.
Simply fill in the form below and we'll get in touch to arrange a time to suit you. If you are ready to apply, please do so, and we can follow up with a meeting.
Yes, I'd like to find out more, please book us in:
Entry to the Young Professionals Program is by audition and interview. You must follow the same procedure for applying for the 10915NAT Certificate IV in Acting, but fill out the application form on this page. We're now accepting applications for Semester 1, 2023.
To apply, you must:
Complete the application form below. It will take you to the application page for the Certificate IV in Acting (your first course with Young Professionals!) and you can nominate there that you are wanting to do the Young Professionals program.
Call us on 1300 908 905.
