NSKI’s musical theatre program equips you with all the essentials to become a well-rounded and professional musical theatre performer, with a strong empahsis on singing and acting. This program sets high standards for both you as a student, and us as an educational institution. Together, we strive to achieve the goals you set for yourself and produce outstanding results. Our priority is to help you grow  into an independent performing artist, showcasing your unique expression and artistic signature. 

Throughout the program, you will gain key skills across several fields, so that you can pursue work in musical theatre, theatre, singing, voice acting, advertising/film/TV – and, not least, initiate and carry out your own projects. 

Core teaching hours are Monday to Friday, 9 AM – 4:30 PM, and our spacious facilities offer you rich opportunities to book rooms after class hours until 8 PM, Monday through Thursday. 

We are an educational institution, where “everyone knows everyone,” ensuring you’re never just another face in the crowd. We believe that combining a high academic with strong engagement, joy, and camaraderie leads to exceptional results. We take pride in consistently scoring above average compared innational study satisfaction surveys compared to similar programs

Our courses and projects equip you with the essential tools needed to become a professional performer. They are closely intertwined, ensuring you develop core competencies that make you a well-rounded musical theatre artist. This is achieved in close collaboration with some of the most engaged and esteemed teachers within the field. 

Academically, we place particular emphasis on singing and acting, utilizing the renowned “Method Acting” technique (read more about this in the dedicated fact box). Our curriculum includes acting training, ensemble singing, musical theatre, musical and theatre history, industry knowledge, analysis, audition training, and dance/movement, along with vocal lessons. 

The largest subject is Practical Musical Theatre Work. This subject involves working on projects and focus areas within musical theatre including, singing, acting, movement/dance, voice usage, etc. It integrates knowledge from all other subjects, ensuring you build a broad range of skills and knowledge. By the time you graduate, you will be well-prepared for the professional sector of the industry. 

In the spring, our second-year students in the BA program for musical theatre, directing, and acting are offered the opportunity to travel to New York to work on a performing arts project with The Cry Havoc Company – one of New York’s oldest and most experienced Off-Broadway theatre groups. 

Broadway director Matt Cowart (Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Annie Get Your Gun, etc.) will hold a masterclass/workshop where students will work independently/individually on musical repertoire over several days, receiving continuous and thorough feedback. 

The study trip is designed to provide practical experience while offering insight into musical theatre work in one of the largest metropolises for musicals and theatre in the world. 

Method Acting is the foundation for all acting work in the musical theatre program at NSKI College. Our musical theatre education places particular emphasis on singing and acting, and it is important to have a solid acting foundation in order to convey performances that are both believable and vibrant. Method Acting is highly regarded and used by some of the most well-known current and former actors in the world, such as Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, Hillary Swank, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Heath Ledger, and Marlon Brando. 

In short, Method Acting is a unique acting technique developed from Konstantin Stanislavski's system and provides a solid craft for the technical, physical, and emotional aspects of acting. It emphasizes the development of the entire actor’s instrument, including their body, voice, life experiences, and impulses. This allows the actor to create characters, roles, and situations that feel so real that the audience believes in them, relates to them, and is moved by them. 

Remember to submit an online application first. 

Note that your digital audition submission will be assessed by the Admissions Committee and is considered to be your full entrance exam. 

Your digital audition submission must contain: 

1. A personal video introduction of yourself, who you are and your motivation for applying to NSKI.College. 

2. A self-tape monologue from a recent film or play. (Maximum length: two to three minutes) 

3. A self-tape of a song from a musical of your choice with background music. (Maximum length: three minutes) 

4. A 30-60 second video of yourself dancing. Try to include the technical steps below (if you don't know these steps, it's OK, go to point 6): 

I.Plié (1st and 2nd position) 

II.Grand plié (1st and 2nd position) 

III.Tendu (forward and side) 

IV.Pirouette (parallel and/or turn-out) 

V.Grand battement 

5. If you do something other than dance, you are welcome to attach a video of this as well, e.g. Yoga, football, gymnastics, martial arts or strength training 

Once complete, send your digital audition submission to contact@nski.no. The submission deadline is two weeks from receipt of the application. 

We recommend using WeTransfer or Youtube for sending video files. 

Once you submission is received, we will contact you within 14 days to inform you if you qualify for admission, are placed on a waiting list, or if further work is needed before you are welcome to apply again at a later date.