Diploma of Performing Arts (Comedy)

Comedy is a powerful creative discipline. It provokes thought, reflects culture and connects people through shared experience. It gives voice to complex ideas, reframes difficult conversations and uses humour as both expression and insight, blending intellect with instinct, craft with courage.

At Collarts, the Diploma of Performing Arts (Comedy) is designed for emerging writers and comedians who want to develop real-world skills, fasttrack their career, and enter the industry with confidence. Across performance, writing and production-focused units, you’ll explore writing scripts, improvisation, acting foundations, character creation and live solo comedy, while also building a strong understanding of humour theory, comedy history and ethical practice.

You’ll learn from established comedy professionals, gain hands-on experience producing live work, and develop the entrepreneurial skills needed to sustain a creative career. By graduating with a distinctive comedy portfolio and strong industry connections, you’ll be prepared to pursue opportunities across live performance, screen, audio and digital platforms, while supported by a collaborative creative community.

Voted as Australia's #1 provider of creative arts courses for Teaching Quality and Engagement, Collarts will get you there.

Comedy is a serious art form. It challenges our beliefs, it’s a bastion of free speech, a tool for progressive change and a pathway to community. Comedy unites by framing topics in a manner we hadn’t thought of before, to make painful things make sense, and to bring us joy through laughter.

For these reasons, a career as a Comic Performer, Writer, Director or Producer can be truly fulfilling, and it all begins at Collarts.
 
This course is designed for those who want to get straight to work in the comedy industry, and it covers different homes of comedy, from theatre, film and television to radio, podcasting and web series. Our lecturers are all leading comedy industry professionals and, having successfully walked the path ahead of you, are ready to share their invaluable knowledge and skills.
 
Focusing on comedy performance, comedy writing, production, and entrepreneurship, our Comedy course will give you the knowledge, skills and contacts to develop and manage a career in the entertainment industry. 
 
You'll create a portfolio of comedic work unique to your creative style, plus you’ll work closely with other students and alumni to foster a supportive creative community within the arts.