World Acting Schools

Conservatory / diploma training · Initial professional preparation

Full Time Acting Program

16th Street Actors Studio · Caulfield South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Award
No formal award
Audience & level
Ages 18+
Format
In person30 weeks (three terms of 9, 11 and 10 weeks)
Price
A$15,650whole program, 2027

About this program

Conservatory-based 30-week acting program across three terms, moving from voice, movement and self-awareness to scene study and screen acting and auditioning. Full-time actors may also apprentice with the studio's theatre company.

Offering
Conservatory / diploma training
Fields
Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, Movement
Advertised approaches
MeisnerAs advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
Purpose
Initial professional preparation
Teaching language
English

Qualification and recognition

Qualification
Structured course (no award)
Award status
No awardThe course or class does not lead to a formal award.

Structure and schedule

Duration
30 weeks (three terms of 9, 11 and 10 weeks)
Delivery
In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
Physical attendance
Regular physical attendance
Schedule
Full-timeMonday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Session length
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM on contact days
Course dates
Term 1: 25th January - 24th March (9 weeks)
Teaching location
16th Street Actors Studio715 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield South, VIC, 3162

Admissions and auditions

Audition required

Audition detail
Audition material is published on the program page; four rounds of auditions are held with early offers.
Intakes
  • 2027 ensemble
Official instructions
Application and audition instructions

Fees

Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.

ItemAmountApplies toDated
Upfront payment (GST inc.), 2027 ensembleTuition · mandatoryA$15,650whole program, 2027All students16 October 2026Source
Non-refundable deposit to secure place, 2027 ensembleDeposit · mandatoryA$1,000one-time, 2027All studentsRefunds: Non-refundable16 October 2026Source

Funding

  • Payment plan Payment plan

    Basis not stated · 3 instalments of $5,600 (GST inc.), instalment total $16,800

    Source

Performance opportunities

As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.

Productions
Full-time actors may apprentice with the studio's theatre company.

Teachers named for this program

Current teachers as listed on the provider’s own pages when we checked.

  • Iain Sinclair · Head of Acting
  • Sian Davies · Head of Screen Acting

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: experience level.

Sources and how this was checked

Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.

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