It's all about the students!
Our Story
The Australian Acting Academy (AAA) is a place of inspiration, expansion, fun and skill building. We pride ourselves on being a unique kids acting school for young people where top acting techniques and personal development meet. The AAA program is created specifically for kids and teens to have a safe, exciting and encouraging place to explore their creativity and expression. We run a contemporary acting school for kids and teens and a thriving program of kids acting classes, holiday workshops and camps in our Brisbane Acting School for kids and teens.
The AAA has been running acting classes for kids and teens since 1994 and in 2020 launched our acting school. Over this time we have taught over 60,000 young people through weekly kids acting classes, school holiday activities and weekend workshops, 5 day acting clamps for teenagers and an exciting acting program run through primary and high schools. Our in-school programs provide specialist workshops and coaches to support school's drama classes in Brisbane and around Australia. Students love that they get to experience cutting edge stage and screen acting all in the safe and supportive environment of our Safety Net Philosophy.
Your child will flourish under the unique Safety Net Philosophy. This means we stand for:
A place where all students totally support each other to take creative risks.
At our exciting kids acting classes, we believe the story is the star and the students are the incredible, collaborative story tellers.
World-class team
Meet our Artistic Director
Brendan Glanville, the founder of the Australian Acting Academy is a qualified school teacher, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Film, and has extensive experience teaching specialist acting programs in university, high schools and primary schools.
He has acted, written and directed for stage and screen for the past 30 years and has personally coached students who have gone on to create incredible achievements.
Brendan has an unwavering belief that the youth of today are the thought leaders of tomorrow and this comes through in all he coaches.
He created the Safety Net philosophy which all AAA programs are built on.
Meet our world-class team of instructors
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