Australian Musical Theatre Academy

Admission into The Musical Theatre Intensive Weekly Masterclasses is by audition only. Upon meeting the skill requirements of the course, places will be offered to auditionees on a first come, first served basis. As there are only 10 places available in each masterclass, we encourage performers to submit their auditions early to avoid disappointment.

We also encourage applications from performers who cannot attend all of the 20 masterclasses or from performers who wish to apply, if there are remaining places in a class, after the course begins. Each masterclass is structured to allow participants to film their work beforehand for the tutor to review during the session and every class is recorded, enabling students to catch up on missed sessions and receive feedback on their work.

Accessibility:

Accessibility and diversity are important to AMTA. We will be seeking out and encouraging enrolments from First Nations and BIPOC artists, LGBTIQ+ artists, body and age diverse artists, artists with a disability, and culturally and linguistically diverse artists.

We also have payment plan options available to financially challenged artists and occasionally we’re able to offer scholarships. If financial difficulties are a barrier to you enrolling in the course, please get in contact with AMTA’s Artistic Director, Queenie van de Zandt at queenie@amta.net.au.

AMTA is committed to bringing world-class, theatrical training to all of Australia, especially regional areas. Therefore, we hold a select number of places in each of our classes for talented performers who live outside Sydney or Melbourne to join us online through Zoom. We encourage and welcome auditions from performers around Australia.

To facilitate participants learning at their own pace and not missing out on a masterclass due to illness, each class will be filmed through Zoom and all participants will have access to the recording for the duration of the course.

If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know when you apply, by emailing us at admin@amta.net.au, to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments should your audition be successful.

Dates | Times | Venues:

DATES:
Classes run each Sunday for 20 weeks, from 21 July – 15 December, with 2 weeks off on the 29 Sept & 6 Oct.

To make sure students don’t miss out on any of the classes, each class will be recorded through Zoom, so, if students are sick they can participate online or if they miss a session, they can watch the recording.

TIMES:

VENUES:

Performers living in Sydney & Melbourne will participate in the masterclasses in person. However, in line with AMTA’s commitment to bring world-class, theatrical training to all of Australia, a select number of performers, who live outside of Sydney or Melbourne, will be able to participate online through Zoom. Those participating in person will be welcomed each week at the following venues:

Investment:

There are two ways you can join us for the weekly masterclasses:
One Lump Sum Upfront Payment: $1690 (+ GST) (SAVING YOU $344!)
Or
Direct Debit: $109.56 per class (includes GST & direct debit fees) x 20 masterclasses (+ a $12 set up fee)

Audition Requirements for Participants:

The following links below will take you to the submission forms for each masterclass (for pre-professional and youth streams – the form must be filled out by a parent or guardian).

The forms will ask you to:

• Enter your contact details
• Upload a headshot
  • If you don’t have a headshot you can also upload a ‘selfie’
• Upload a CV
  • You also will have the option to cut and paste your performance biography into the form or type out your previous performance experience
• Upload a self-tape of you singing a musical theatre song
  • You can either be accompanied on piano or perform to a backing track
• Upload a self-tape of you performing a scene or monologue
  • The scene or monologue doesn’t have to come from a musical
  • In the case of a scene – we only need to see YOU on camera
  • If you are auditioning for the pre-professional or youth masterclasses, you can do a poem instead of a scene or monologue
• Commit to the payment of fees should your audition be successful

IMPORTANT
You cannot save the form and come back to it later to finish it or upload your audition material. So before filling it out, please make sure you’re ready to upload all of the files mentioned above.

All auditionees will be notified of the outcome
at the latest by Tuesday 16 July 2024

SYDNEY

MELBOURNE