Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Theatre Arts at Studio 58 (Acting) - Diploma
Studio 58, Langara College · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Award
- Diploma
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person3 years minimum, full-time
- Price
- CA$9,879whole program
About this program
Three-year full-time acting course covering scene study, improvisation, text, voice, speech, singing, physical theatre and movement. Students crew productions early on and perform in public productions in the final terms.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, Movement
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Diploma
- Exact award
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the school or studio itself. It is not an academic degree; check separately whether any authority recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Langara College
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 3 years minimum, full-time
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeIntensive conservatory-style schedule; an average day begins at 8:30 AM and winds down around 11:00 PM.
- Teaching location
- Langara College (Studio 58)100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V5Y 2Z6
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two memorized monologues: one from the emailed audition package and one of the applicant's own choosing; contemporary plays written since 1995; maximum 2 minutes.
- Self-tape
- No
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- In person at Langara for Lower Mainland applicants; via Zoom for applicants outside the Lower Mainland.
- Interview
- Audition and interview with at least one Theatre Arts faculty member.
- Prior education
- BC Grade 12 Graduation (or equivalent) or 19 years of age or older (domestic applicants).
- Language requirements
- English language requirement: Category 3
- Intakes
- September
- January
- Deadlines
- Applications for Fall 2027 and Spring 2028 open until April 13, 2027
- 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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated minimum program tuition, domesticTuition · mandatory | CA$9,879whole program | Domestic students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Estimated minimum program tuition, internationalTuition · mandatory | CA$59,732whole program | International students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Langara application feeApplication fee · mandatory | CA$40one-time | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Audition feeAudition fee · mandatory | CA$50one-time | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
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
- Four fully-produced plays per year plus two indie-style projects called Risky Nights.
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.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)