At John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada, Diploma in Interprétation théâtrale is offered as a diploma in Performing Arts programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Performing Arts
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Professional Theatre Acting (SRAM 561.C0) is John Abbott's technical DEC training actors for work across theatre, television, and cinema. The program page describes performance training delivered both in a studio space and in the college's Casgrain Theatre, where students perform in productions staged jointly with the Live Entertainment Design and Production program. Coursework covers acting interpretation, voice, movement, creation, contact improvisation, and character and text analysis, alongside acting-for-camera training aimed at film and television work and career-management training covering auditioning, self-promotion, and networking. The faculty are described as working theatre professionals, including directors and voice, movement, puppetry, and mime coaches. Admission requires prospective students to audition, with invitations sent by email after the SRAM application deadline. The page lists graduate destinations beyond traditional theatre, including television, film, motion-capture work for games and virtual media, cruise-ship entertainment, corporate and sporting events, and companies such as Disney and Cirque du Soleil, as well as further study at university or conservatory. It suits students who are passionate about performance, enjoy collaborative creative work, and are prepared for an audition-based admission process rather than a standard grades-only application.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a Diplôme d'Études Secondaires including Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language, Secondary 4 Mathematics, Secondary 4 Science and Technology (or Applied Science and Technology), and Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education, or a Secondary School Vocational Diploma with Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language and Secondary 4 Mathematics, or education the College deems equivalent. Beyond the general diploma, candidates for this Professional Theatre Acting program (SRAM code 561.C0) are invited to audition after the application deadline; audition invitations are sent by email and further details are published on the program's own audition page. English is John Abbott's language of instruction; the College does not publish a separate IELTS/TOEFL minimum for general admission, and international applicants' academic credentials are instead assessed against their own country of study through SRAM's international admission service. Applications go through SRAM by March 1 for a Fall-only start.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the general deadline is 1 March 2027 for Fall 2027 entry and 1 November 2026 for Winter 2027 entry, though only Nursing and a few pre-university programmes admit in Winter. International applicants apply through SRAM's international service: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027 (window opened 15 March 2026); the Winter international window for Winter 2027 entry already closed 31 May 2026, so the current one is Winter 2028 entry, closing 31 May 2027. John Abbott publishes no separate institution-specific international deadline beyond SRAM's own schedule. Admission is not rolling beyond these SRAM rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
