Rehearsal
Acting Sessions
plus four full weekend rehearsal days.
Byron Theatre
Limited Spaces
Program Fee: $999 | 8-Week Program
20 sessions | 136 hours
Tuesday Evenings 5:30pm-9:30pm
At The Darling Theatre Company, our ensemble trains in the exact professional rehearsal environment expected of actors preparing for live performance. Each rehearsal is built on trust, curiosity, discipline, diligence and collaboration, helping actors grow naturally while bringing the play and their characters to life. Roles will be delegated after the audition process, and actors will be able to develop their characters using all the techniques provided during the rehearsal process and experience the true nature of working as part of an ensemble in a professional company.
Join us for an 8‑week, 136‑hour rehearsal intensive designed to deepen your craft and take you from the amateur to the professional end of your work. Through full‑day ensemble training, you’ll develop work ready for the stage and for industry audiences. The program includes six live performances, a recognised professional credit, and the opportunity to share your work with invited casting directors, directors and other industry guests.
Includes:
• 136 hours of ensemble rehearsals and actor training across 8 weeks.
• Six fully staged performances with meaningful stage time and audience experience.
• A professional credit under The Darling Theatre Company.
• Industry exposure through invited guests at rehearsals and performances.
• Two individual 1:1 coaching sessions (valued at $99 per session)
• Full creative support, direction and production guidance throughout the intensive.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED FOR THIS INTAKE
Thrust Issues
A new comedy written and directed
by Joshua Sasse
The Darling Theatre Company opened its inaugural season with the premiere of Thrust Issues, a bold, riotously funny new comedy by founder Joshua Sasse. What began as a seemingly innocent classical book club turned to an outrageously steamy fairy fantasy; as fantasy and reality blurred, a tight-knit group of women (and one man) found that the real plot twists belonged to the people reading the story.
The production played five performances at The Byron Theatre, 19 to 22 August 2026.
The cast came through the company's classes. Every actor onstage had trained together first; that is how The Darling casts.
MISSED THIS ROUND?
Ensemble auditions open later this year. Classes are the pathway in.
Where commitment meets creativity, ensembles are forged, and actors learn what it truly means to bring a story to life.
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