Drama Classes

All our classes run on an 8 week term.

Developmental Classes

Students from 5yrs and over start in a weekly 50 minute, or 1hr 20 minute developmental class learning drama basics with other children around their own age. These classes run on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

Performance Classes

PERFORMANCE ONE CLASSES
Children who have attended developmental classes regularly for at least one year, often longer depending on age and personal development, and who continue to show enthusiasm and commitment, are taken into our Performance One classes which are held on a Tuesday afternoon/evening. They will have to opportunity to participate in a small scale production of short stories.

PERFORMANCE ONE - STEP TWO CLASSES
After at least one year of regular attendance in our Performance One classes children move into our Performance One - Step Two classes on a Wednesday afternoon/evening or our Major Production classes on a Friday afternoon/evening, depending on their age. This makes them eligible to participate in one of our bigger productions.

MAJOR PRODUCTION CLASSES 
Our Major Production production classes are held on a Friday afternoon/evening. Students have the opportunity to perform in one production during the year and rehearse on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons for one term.  Students must attend class while they are not in a production in order to be eligible to perform.

The movement of students through the classes is at the discretion of the Principal in consultation with the Deputy Principal.

A range of productions is offered each year, including musicals offering singing and dancing roles, to best showcase individual natural talents and inclinations.

Offstage Theatre Classes

Aimed at the requirements of teenagers 15yrs + and older students, these classes prepare students to both act in, and take on challenges in the broader aspects of productions such as stage management, lighting, choreography, costume and set design. Classes run on a Monday evening.

Trinity College Speech & Drama Classes

These are small classes following the speech and drama curriculums of Trinity College with the option of sitting their exams when they are ready at the end of the year. Higher grades are eligible for NCEA credits.