Adult classes

Unlock your creative potential with Mataka Arts Adult Classes (18+)! Designed for all experience levels, our interactive 90-minute Saturday sessions offer a supportive environment to build fundamental acting techniques, sharpen your voice and movement, and explore performance practice.

Through practical text analysis, improvisation, and collaborative scene work, you will develop your craft alongside a community of values-led, ethical, and rigorous theatremakers.

Our Classes - Suva, Rewa

The Actor’s Toolkit (Adults 18+)

Ignite your passion for performance! Designed for beginners and emerging artists, this dynamic, skills-based course introduces adults to the core foundations of actor training in an encouraging and supportive environment.

Explore practical acting methodologies to build believable characters, stay present on stage, and uncover your unique creative voice through text work, improvisation, and collaborative scene creation.

What you'll learn:

  • Core Acting Foundations: Practical techniques to build authentic, truthful performances and command stage presence.

  • Voice, Movement & Text: Unlocking breath, physical expression, and script analysis to bring written words to life.

  • Improvisation & Ensemble Craft: Developing spontaneity, quick thinking, and values-led collaboration with fellow performers.

Class Details

  • Ages: Adults (18+)

  • Duration: 90 mins

  • When: Saturdays (12 Sept – 7 Nov)

  • Venue: Mata Dance School, Cumming St, Suva (Deuba venue TBC)

  • Cost: $25 per class | $200 full term (8 weeks)

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The Storyteller’s Studio: Advanced Practice (Adults 18+)

Elevate your craft, deepen your technique, and push your artistic boundaries. Designed for experienced performers, training actors, and industry professionals, this intensive course focuses on advanced performance methodologies, rigorous text analysis, and values-led artistic practice.

Refine your vocal and physical instruments, master complex script analysis, and collaborate with a community of dedicated theatremakers committed to ethical, high-caliber creative work.

What you'll learn:

  • Advanced Acting Methodologies: Applying deep character analysis, subtext work, and emotional truth to challenging dramatic texts.

  • Vocal & Physical Precision: Fine-tuning physical isolation, vocal range, and dynamic performance choices under pressure.

  • Devising & Ethical Practice: Collaborative creation and director-actor dynamics centered on rigorous, values-led storytelling.

Class Details

  • Ages: Adults (18+) | Intermediate to Advanced

  • Duration: 90 mins

  • When: Saturdays (12 Sept – 7 Nov)

  • Venue: Mata Dance School, Cumming St, Suva (Deuba venue TBC)

  • Cost: $25 per class | $225 full term (9 weeks)

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