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4worldlovers: Over 25 years we’ve helped countless people develop their acting skills and find their feet in the industry.


Build on your acting and screen technique skills though this weekly scene study class.

Make new friends and develop your confidence and creativity as you learn to act for film and TV.


This class starts with some warm up games and improvisation exercises designed to develop confidence, creativity and teamwork skills.

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We are proud to offer potential potential students the opportunity to attend a free Open Day and Sample Class. Sample the award-winning techniques we champion, be introduced to our unique course content and ask questions of faculty.


The online Monologue Workshop begins with a 20 minute lecture which introduces a number of key concepts and ideas that we subsequently use to explore monologues presented by workshop participants.

In a packed 60-minute presentation Philip Hayden delivers essential insights into how to prepare for an audition, what an audition actually is and how to make every audition a successful one.

Award winning actors tell us why they wouldn't be where they are without Howard Fine and his training.

The philosophy behind the teaching is fantastic and the staff were beyond supportive, honest, genuine and caring.

I recommend them to any and all that wish to progress/develop their craft and can’t thank the Staff enough.

You get to meet and work with so many amazing people, learn so much about the arts industry and who you are as a person as well.

I wouldn't even recognise myself from where I was when I began the course. I now feel comfortable knowing what to expect and work on for auditions, and what's expected of me within the industry and on set.

Thank you so much to everyone at the studio who taught me so much during the full time course.

I grew so much from training here, gaining confidence, understanding and skills I’ve taken into the industry.

I would recommend the studio to anyone who’s serious about their craft and open to exploring their vulnerability and their strength in a safe and supportive environment.

Howard Fine is not just an acting school it is a community where you can thrive in your craft. The training builds you to be a self sufficient actor that is so important to build a sustainable, professional career. I considered myself a HF ‘stalker’ for a while because I audited the masterclasses but did not participate. Now that I’m in the part time course, I’m still a stalker… but at least I’m participating now :)

The Full time course at HFAS didn’t just make me a better actor, it made me a better human being. Since graduating I’ve moved overseas to London to study physical theatre with Frantic Assembly Theatre Company, and now I’m living and working as an actor in London. Without the training and confidence that the full time program gave me I’d have never been able to do the amazing things I’m doing now!

“I'm incredibly grateful for studying with the Howard Fine studio in Australia. The studio is the perfect training ground to get you started or to enhance your current skill set. It's important to feel safe both personally and professionally in the industry, and the faculty make sure that standard is always upheld.”

“For me Studying with Howard Fine is the hardest way to study, because there are no shortcuts. His teachings don't allow yourself as an actor to cheat or fake anything. To do his 8 steps, is the only way I work now, as it's a clear and thorough process to get to the crux of the character and material. It's hard, but the most honest way to work on your craft, cos if it was easy, everyone would do it.”

“Doing the full time program at HFAS has changed the trajectory of my life, and I can't recommend it highly enough...”

“…I have the upmost love and respect for the souls of the studio, and love the role they've played in my acting career.”

“This the most down to earth acting school I have come across. It is about the work, not about the ego of the school or the people in it. Thank you to all the staff, teachers and students, for reminding me to see this life as a journey, we are never finished. I completed the full time program hungry to grow, and after reaching extreme depths within myself throughout the course, I know I am capable of whatever I set my mind to.”

“Before coming to this Studio I often flunked auditions…because my nerves got the better of me…This teaching has taught me to trust myself.”

4worldlovers: The Victorian College of the Arts is known internationally as a leading tertiary institution for artistic invention. It has a proven track record of developing the change-makers of the future as evidenced by the achievements of its alumni. The VCA today offers a unique range of programs across the visual arts, performing arts and media, taught by staff who are experts in their fields.

With its unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, the VCA is a welcoming community of practicing artists and writers, choreographers, designers, actors, filmmakers and many more.

Situated within in the centre of the arts district in the vibrant city of Melbourne, the VCA provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary research, practice and learning. We share the University of Melbourne's Southbank campus with our valued colleagues and peers from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, on land occupied by more than 1,000 generations of Australia’s first peoples.

VCA teaching staff are well-known practising artists and researchers, committed to nurturing the potential of every student. There is strong focus on the training of technical skills alongside the development of artistic voice. We aim to both challenge and support students within a safe but stretching environment.

The global pandemic has revealed who and what society most needs. Graduates of the VCA leave us equipped with the skills, training and education needed to enrich the lives of others, through the arts and build their own sustainable careers.

Welcome to the traditional lands of the Kulin Nations, where we draw on the strength of more than 1,000 generations of arts practice.

We respectfully acknowledge the people of the Boonwurrung and the Woi Wurrung, who have danced their dances, sung their songs and lived their culture on this land for tens of thousands of years.

The Faculty was created in 2009 following the amalgamation of the University's Faculty of Music and Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts. It was renamed the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music in 2018 to reflect the primary undergraduate degree structures offered by the Faculty: the Bachelor of Fine Arts and the Bachelor of Music.

The Faculty is also home to the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, which works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to identify, recruit and support potential and practicing Indigenous Artists to study and refine their academic and artistic skills.