2027 YEAR PLANNER
CREATIVE LEARNING WITH AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY Our Creative Learning programme includes school matinée performances and digital productions for your classroom, supported by post-show Q&As, workshops for ākonga and curriculum-linked resources. In 2027, the plays are: Curriculum Links
The Boy from Vaiala by Victor Rodger directed by Anapela Polata'ivao
TERM 1
2 – 14 MAR
Suitability
Availability
Theatre Aotearoa, Pasifika Theatre, Playwright Study, Memory Play
Year 13
School groups welcome at public performances
Theatre Aotearoa, Te Reo Māori, Contemporary Māori Performance, Feminist Theatre
Years 9 – 13
In-class streaming available in Term 1
Historical Drama, Speech and Rhetoric, Playwright Study
Years 10 – 13
School Matinée: 11am Thu 29 Apr
Theatre Aotearoa, Feminist Theatre, Political History, Biographical Storytelling
Years 10 – 13
School Matinée: 11am Thu 27 May
Theatre Aotearoa, Pasifika Theatre, Biographical Storytelling
Years 11 – 13
In-class streaming available in Term 2
Novel to Stage, Comedy of Manners, Regency Era
Years 10 – 13
School groups welcome at public performances
Theatre Aotearoa, Dystopian Black Comedy, Capitalism and Labour
Years 11 – 13
School Matinées: 11am Wed 28 Jul
ASB Waterfront Theatre Digital Classroom
Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking
by Witi Ihimaera directed by Katie Wolfe
AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY
The King’s Speech by David Seidler directed by Benjamin Kilby-Henson
6 APR – 2 MAY
ASB Waterfront Theatre
TERM 2
Helen Clark in Six Outfits by Fiona Samuel directed by Sophie Roberts
14 – 30 MAY
ASB Waterfront Theatre Digital Classroom
Sons of Vao
by Vela Manusaute directed by Anapela Polata'ivao
AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton directed by Margaret-Mary Hollins
13 JUL – 1 AUG
ASB Waterfront Theatre
Becoming Jeff Bezos TERM 3
by Alex Medland directed by Jason Te Kare
20 JUL – 15 AUG Q Theatre
& Fri 30 Jul
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare directed by Katrina George and Miriama McDowell
17 AUG – 29 AUG
ASB Waterfront Theatre
THE BOY FROM VAIALA BY VICTOR RODGER
THE KING’S SPEECH BY DAVID SEIDLER
A collaboration between Auckland Theatre Company, FCC, Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival and Creative New Zealand’s Festival Commissioning & Presentation Fund, managed by PANNZ.
Auckland Theatre Company presents a production by The Court Theatre. By special arrangement with Music Theatre International (Australasia).
Elizabethan Theatre and Verse, Shakespearean Comedy, Playwright Study, Gender and Identity
DIGITAL CLASSROOM:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking By Witi Ihimaera Bilingual adaptation by Witi Ihimaera, Katie Wolfe & Maioha Allen He Kōpara Tā Haare Williams
Becoming Jeff Bezos by Alex Medland
Sons of Vao by Vela Manusaute
The Boy from Vaiala by Victor Rodger Helen Clark in Six Outfits by Fiona Samuel
Years 7 – 13
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY BY JANE AUSTEN AND PENNY ASHTON Presenting Partner:
School Matinées between Tue 17 Aug and Thu 26 Aug, 11am
TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Made possible by Woolf Fisher Trust and the Douglas Goodfellow Charitable Trust
SCHOOL MATINÉES We are committed to making sure you get the most out of your school booking. When you book to bring your ākonga to a performance, you have access to:
POST-SHOW Q&A
EDUCATION PACKS
Moderated by our Teaching Artists, these Q&A sessions allow students to directly interact with cast and creatives to ask their questions.
A comprehensive, fullcolour education pack including curriculumlinked exercises and resources. This is available from the opening night of each play.
Included free with a School Matinée booking
Included free with your booking
PRODUCTION RECORDINGS
IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
Every kaiako who books for a production receives a recording of the dress rehearsal. Recordings are for inclass revision, available for the school year.
We offer pre-show workshops to prepare students, as well as post-show workshops to help them unpack the experience. Designed to fit within your timetable.
Included free with your booking
$150 per workshop
DIGITAL CLASSROOM Bring theatre to your classroom, wherever you are. The Digital Classroom is an expanding bank of videos and learning resources for school students across Aotearoa, available free of charge. In 2027, the Digital Classroom productions are Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking by Witi Ihimaera (Term 1) and Sons of Vao by Vela Manusaute (Term 2). Kaiako who book for Digital Classroom also have access to:
EDUCATION PACKS
ZOOM WORKSHOPS
The same education pack that you’d receive if you came to the theatre in-person, with pages of curriculum-linked exercises and resources, helping you expand teaching and learning beyond just the viewing.
Shorter versions of our pre-show and post-show workshops can be delivered via Zoom, directly into your classroom.
CURRICULUM LINKS
Our resources are developed by educators and teaching artists who keep them current with curriculum changes and with today’s theatre practice.
ATC Creative Learning is designed for kaiako in schools and kura across Aotearoa. Our live productions are enjoyed by ākonga studying NCEA, IB and Cambridge, and support learning in multiple areas, including English, Drama and Languages. Digital Classroom is growing too, widening the reach of theatre both across the motu and across subject areas.
$75 per Zoom session: a 25-minute creative workshop and a 10-minute Q&A.
Each education pack is pitched at the same year levels as its play and has three sections. About the Play and Making the Play give history and background for ākonga in any subject area. Classroom Activities is aligned with NCEA Drama, including the live performance standards at Level 1 (91943), Level 2 (91219) and Level 3 (91518). Our workshops take the rehearsal room into your school, bringing Drama and English classrooms to life.
THE NUMBERS 2027 PRICING
RATIOS AND RAMS
EQUITY TICKETS
TRAVEL SUBSIDIES
School tickets cost $20 per ākonga, with one kaiako free for every 15 ākonga. Additional adults $20.
One adult is required for every 15 ākonga. Risk Analysis and Management System is available on our website.
Tickets are available for members of the community who face barriers to attending theatre.
Limited travel subsidies are available if costs are a barrier. Contact our team to apply.
Equity tickets and travel subsidies are supported by the ATC Patrons Group.
HOW TO BOOK atc.co.nz/school-bookings Kaiako can fill in the online booking form for our school matinées, workshops and Digital Classroom. For any assistance, contact our team.
CONTACT OUR TEAM Sam Phillips Head of Learning & Participation E: sam@atc.co.nz
Kalia Regan Participation Coordinator E: kalia@atc.co.nz
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