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Acting classes · South Island Credits include
Acting classes in Dunedin.
One-to-one coaching from a working screen actor, serving Dunedin. For children 7 to 17 and adult actors at every career stage.
Acting classes in Dunedin at Tingley's Acting Studio are one-to-one sessions with a working screen actor, delivered remotely over video. The studio coaches children aged 7 to 17 and adult actors at every career stage, with material weighted toward self-tape craft given Dunedin's distance from Auckland casting rooms. All coaches working with minors hold a current Children's Worker Safety Check.
Coaching for young actors and for adult actors
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For young actors (7 to 17)
One-to-one coaching for child and teen actors with a parent present or in an adjacent room. All coaches hold a current Children's Worker Safety Check.
Coaching for young actors →For adult actors
Audition prep, self-tape, scene study, and the industry realities of Dunedin's casting pipeline.
Coaching for adult actors →What casting in Dunedin looks like
Dunedin is the South Island's second-largest city, with a creative community centred on the University of Otago and a small but regular local screen industry.
Coaching for young Dunedin actors
We coach performers aged 7 to 17 in one-to-one sessions. A parent or guardian is always in the building, and in the room or an adjacent room depending on the child's age and preference. Session material is agreed with the parent in advance.
All coaches working with Dunedin minors hold a current Children's Worker Safety Check, issued by the Ministry of Justice (Police Vetting Service). Documentation is sighted by us before the first session with a minor, and by you on request.
Coaching for Dunedin-based adult actors
For adult actors at every stage: pre-representation, signed but underworked, mid-career, and working actors preparing for specific high-stakes auditions. If you have a callback next Friday, we work the callback. If you are preparing a self-tape in 24 hours, we work the self-tape.
Material reflects the casting pipeline in Dunedin. Accent work is available when the role demands it.
Coaching disciplines for Dunedin actors
Stories from Dunedin
Real stories from Dunedin-based students will appear here as they publish with consent.
Walked into my callback with a read I could repeat under pressure.
My twelve-year-old felt treated like an actor, not a kid.
Other South Island cities we serve
Dunedin questions
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Is Dunedin's creative community strong enough to justify serious coaching?
Yes. A university-anchored creative community and regular production in the region mean Dunedin actors have both local opportunities and national audition access via self-tape.
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What safety check applies?
The NZ Children's Worker Safety Check via the Ministry of Justice.
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