Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)

Important! Please make sure you have read the How to Apply information for this course prior to reading the audition requirements below.

Audition Dates

2027 Start Year Intake

Callback auditions will take place on campus and online in November.

Audition requirements

Applicants must prepare and submit:

  • An artistic personal statement
  • Spoken word or poetry performance
  • A creative response to the Solstice brief

Please consult the Theatre Audition Booklet for detailed audition guidelines. The Theatre Audition Booklet will be available on this page once applications have opened.

The performance piece must be recorded in one take without edits. Please also see Recorded Audition Tips for helpful advice on how to film your monologues.

Callback Audition

Shortlisted applicants should prepare to:

  • perform one/all of their chosen monologues
  • collaborate with others
  • respond to direction.

Further information will be given to each candidate invited to a callback audition.

Please note, that applicants will not be advantaged, nor disadvantaged, in selection by attending either an on-campus or an online callback audition.

The University of Melbourne and the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all participants, regardless of their physical, sensory, cognitive, or psychological abilities. Should you be required to attend a callback audition, you will be asked if you have any accessibility requirements during the booking stage.

How will I be assessed?

Applicants' audition will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

  • Imaginative and creative alacrity
  • Capacity to creatively realise and embody a performance
  • Evidence of playfulness and inventiveness
  • Capacity to articulate ideas and concepts

Applicants' callback audition will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

  • Physical and kinaesthetic awareness, and potential for development
  • Ability to collaborate with others
  • Responses to tasks in a group setting
  • Capacity to respond to direction
  • Flexibility and openness to ideas

Please note that all applicants will be ranked based on the above criteria, up to the capacity of places within the course