Conservatory completion award · Initial professional preparation
The Actors' Program (one-year acting course)
The Actors' Program · Newton, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Award
- The Actors' Program Diploma of Achievement
- Audience & level
- Ages 19+
- Format
- In person38 weeks of the year in four terms
- Price
- Not published
About this program
One-year intensive acting course taught by working New Zealand stage and screen professionals, ending in a short film screening and a theatre production. The school is independent and not NZQA-affiliated.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Conservatory completion award
- Exact award
- The Actors' Program Diploma of Achievement
- 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
- The Actors' Program
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 38 weeks of the year in four terms
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeMonday-Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, 38 weeks in four terms (2027 dates: 01 Feb - 03 Dec with breaks)
- Class size
- 16 places available each year
- Course dates
- 01 February - 09 April 2027 (Term 1)
- Teaching location
- The Actors' Program Studio, K Road283 Karangahape Road, Newton, Auckland 1022
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting monologues (stage or screen) of the applicant's choosing, performed before a panel, with notes and a re-performance; possible cold reading.
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- First-round auditions in Auckland or via self-tape for out-of-town applicants; second-round audition weekend of workshop classes, a two-handed scene and a group devised piece.
- Intakes
- February 2027
- Deadlines
- APPLICATIONS CLOSE THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2026 @ 5PM · this date has passed; check the current cycle
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application feeApplication fee · mandatory | NZ$172.50one-time, 2027 course | 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.
- Showcase
- Yes
- Who takes part
- The year ends with a short film screening and a theatre production at The Basement.
- Productions
- Theatre production at The Basement at the end of the year.
- Screen projects
- Short film presented at an Auckland cinema.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, 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)