There's never a dull moment at WAAPA. The Academy is a constant hive of activity, and provides a packed program of performances each year.
Our world-class teaching staff and specialist tutors share the knowledge and skills gained from professional experience on stage and behind the scenes.
Venues and studiosWAAPA boasts an impressive range of production, rehearsal, teaching and performance facilities and services to support students and academics.
WAAPA provides the most comprehensive range of performing arts training in Australia - both on stage and behind the scenes.
Taught by WAAPA’s staff and industry professionals, our weekend and holiday workshops offer practical tuition in areas such as acting, singing, music, dance and music theatre.
WAAPA is excited to offer a brand new Corporate Training program. Comprised of leading artists, practitioners and educators with real world experience of translating professional performing arts training and advanced techniques into tangible skills for individuals and organisations.
There are a number of ways to book a WAAPA performance.
Contact WAAPA's Box Office
There are many ways to get to our campus.
Virtual tour
WAAPA would not be the thriving performance institution and community it is today without the generous help and support of our donors, sponsors, Friends and alumni.
We love keeping track of the success of our graduates.
WAAPA is generously supported by our sponsors, community partners and philanthropic donors, and through the work of the Friends of The Academy.
Every year, we celebrate the achievements of WAAPA?s most outstanding students through the presentation of scholarships and prizes.
WAAPA postgraduate students and staff are involved in research and collaboration across the broadest spectrum of performing arts disciplines – ranging from music (classical, jazz, contemporary, opera, composition) to music theatre, acting, performance, dance, production and design, arts management, and more.
WAAPA’s research groups focus on a range of disciplines across the world of arts, education and performance.
Research at WAAPAWAAPA is a hub of creative research activity, where staff and postgraduate students explore a wide range of artistic disciplines and topics.
The WAAPA Accent and Dialect collection contains over 300 audio samples from across 60 countries of origin.
Local Section NavigationGo behind-the-scenes, plus see and hear more from our students on our ECU YouTube channel.
Studying acting at WAAPA is an inspiring and all-consuming experience. We celebrate and seek to nurture the diversity of stories as well as the unique perspectives of each and every one of the students.
All staff and visiting artists are dedicated to cultivating exceptional learning experiences that foster outstanding skill. Reflective of current industry practice and contemporary world views, the Acting course has an international reputation for excellence, built on the success of its many graduates over 40 years.
As well as the three-year, full-time Bachelor of Arts (Acting) degree, WAAPA offers three one-year full-time acting courses delivered under the Vocational Education and Training framework:
