https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops daily 0.75 2026-03-21 https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/advanced-acting monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/ace72608-e964-40dc-8841-2623b4169cd5/nyds25_class_advanced-acting.jpg Full Day Workshops - Advanced Acting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/4c976390-da21-407a-b273-032b244cc0cd/IG+Portrait+45+-+Imagesposts++%287%29.jpg Full Day Workshops - Advanced Acting - TUTOR: TAINUI TUKIWAHO Tainui is an experienced theatre maker having worked professionally in te ao whakaari for the past 20 years. He began his career as an actor after graduating from Unitec. Using his skill as a foundation for storytelling, he progressed to directing and writing where – over the past 10 years – he has built a sizable resume. Tainui observed a lack of Māori voices on our professional stages and quickly adopted and implemented a distinctive style and perspective representative of his cultural background. With this voice he has written, adapted and translated many plays, including Peter, Paka, Paratene, E kore a muri e hokia, Hoki Mai, Tama ma, Larger than life, Te Awarua and more recently the international sell-out festival show Black Ties. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/circus-skills monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/c5cca12e-6f7f-4ce9-9d5b-d4a1c27d4da7/Pipi-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Circus Skills - TUTOR: Pipi-Ayesha Evans Pipi-Ayesha is a circus and physical theatre performer and tutor. In performance, Pipi specialises in aerials and stilts, in particular combining them with physical theatre and aerial dance. She aims to create work that is provocative and beautiful, combining physicality with innovative storytelling to create compelling theatre. Pipi has performed and trained extensively throughout New Zealand and internationally, including trapeze off a hot air balloon in the Wairarapa, and stilts in the Himalalyas. For the past two years Pipi has been working with Dreamcast Theatre in the Solomon Islands. She worked with them teaching circus skills, and mentoring Dreamcast to continue teaching circus in the Solomon Islands. This will be Pipi’s 6th time teaching at NYDS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/d71e172b-6a31-4410-afb3-8a002d5dae70/Irene-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Circus Skills - TUTOR: Irene Göed Irene has been performing and teaching various circus skills for over 25 years. Her passion lies with object manipulation like juggling, hula hoops and aerial acrobatics. She has been performing stilt and street theatre, as well as juggling and firedance in her native Austria and other European countries. Since moving to New Zealand in 2000 Irene has finished a diploma in Circus Arts at Christchurch Polytech where she specialized in swinging trapeze and other aerials. For the last 14 years she has been performing in her very own circus – Circus Aotearoa – which she runs together with husband Damian and son Matthias. Irene is also teaching circus skills and yoga-based movement to people of all ages in rural Raglan. Her fascination with circus is never ending as there are always new things to explore and learn – regardless of age and abilities. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/directing monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/3e01426f-8a34-4013-bff6-e502fa35c26e/nyds25_class_directing.jpeg Full Day Workshops - Directing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/b8174f19-59f7-4896-8020-b368cf9a5772/sara-brodie-nyds.JPG Full Day Workshops - Directing - TUTOR: sara brodie Sara is a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate from Ōtautahi, recognised for her work as a director and choreographer. Her work spans theatre, music theatre, and opera. She has directed over 120 productions in Aotearoa, and internationally. For Auckland Theatre Company, she was the director and movement director for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and the premiere of Under The Mountain. Other directing roles have been for Uneasy Dreams And Other Things at Circa Theatre (Wellington) and Riverside Drive for the Wanaka Festival of Colour. She created the immersive, deconstructed Tracing Hamlet for the Wanaka Festival and the Erupt Festival (Taupō). Sara’s most recent shows are the musical The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate at the Hannah Playhouse, and the European premiere of Dive at London’s Bridewell Theatre. Sara was previously Programme Leader of the NZ Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (2021 - 2024) and is an accredited Intimacy Choreographer with the Intimacy Professionals Association, USA. She has an MA in Theatre from Victoria University, Wellington. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/playwriting monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/613f1a8b-278a-4081-9641-64a0ccfe751f/nyds24_class_playwriting.JPG Full Day Workshops - Playwriting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/ea0164a2-2330-4742-8d05-fa454fd5eee1/Sam-Brooks-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Playwriting - TUTOR: SAM BROOKS Sam is an award-winning playwright and journalist, who while still in his twenties, wrote over twenty plays. He has been longlisted for the Adam Awards 11 times, and four of his plays have been highly commended. He has made a significant contribution to representing queer male voices on New Zealand stages. He was awarded the Bruce Mason Playwrighting Award in 2016. Most recently, his plays Lads on the Island and The Perfect Image were performed at Circa Theatre and as part of Auckland Pride respectively. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/songwriting monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/0f33d939-7f97-4e0a-a7f2-252618ef549a/Eden-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Songwriting - TUTOR: EDEN IRIS Eden is a songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand, who has been described as “an artist working in a new space” (Jordan Luck, Exponents) “with the ambition to carve out her own niche on the immense tree of folk-inspired music” (Tobi, Demerara Records). Recording and producing out of her home studio, Eden combines her love of infectious pop melodies and the grit of Americana stringed instruments to create a unique and compelling storytelling experience through her music. Moving to Los Angeles at twenty years-old with just a suitcase and a guitar, Eden’s music has taken her to cities such as Nashville, Austin, and New Orleans, to perform and co-write with established songwriters. Commanding a strong live performance with her dynamic rhythm guitar technique, she has supported touring artists such as Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gin Wigmore (You Are Us Concert, LA, 2019), Nik Kershaw (NZ Tour 2014), and Mark Scibalious (Hotel Cafe, LA, 2018). In January 2020, Eden received a grant from the New Zealand Music Commission to travel and perform at the Folk Alliance International Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she opened for Tami Neilson and Troy Kingi. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/full-day-workshops/technical-stream monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/9eba96d9-57e1-495d-8b1b-c8aadeadfc98/nyds25_class_technical-stream.jpg Full Day Workshops - Technical Stream - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/7398370e-8eb8-4a5b-90e1-90e7279f156b/Shane-Cross-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Technical Stream - TUTOR: ShANE CROSS Shane entered tech for the same reason as many techies, to get out of class and “help” with the PA for assembly. Turns out he was quite good at making things work. He earned an EIT Video & Electronic Media Diploma, learning how the film and theatre industry differ, and which skills work between both. He worked at Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Opera House, then moved to Wellington for work in pyrotechnics and film special effects. After traveling abroad, he became Lead Technician back at Toitoi in Hastings, where you’ll find him today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/821c7601-3c71-42a1-a07f-7dc7842717c9/Nick-Batey-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Technical Stream - TUTOR: NICK BATEY Nick is a Performing Arts Manager and Technician based in Pōneke, Wellington. Originally from Hawke’s Bay, Nick moved to Wellington in 2020 to pursue a Bachelor of Performing Arts Management at Toi Whakaari, graduating three years later. Since then, he has had the opportunity to production manage notable events like the Performance Arcade (2023, 2024) and Wellington Opera’s Season of Tosca (2024), along with various other projects. While Nick primarily works across Wellington’s vibrant venues, he also enjoys touring the country to crew festivals and theatre shows when not production managing. He is passionate about applying the training and skills he has gained over the years in a professional setting and is excited to continue growing in the industry while sharing his knowledge with others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/8b0e910e-2025-407e-ad50-c6243f103e2e/Alylai-Flynn-nyds.jpg Full Day Workshops - Technical Stream - TUTOR: Alylai Flynn Alylai (they/them) is a queer Pasifika artist specialising in lighting design and operation since 2021. They primarily work as a venue tech and stage manager, and have a deep passion for artist care and advocating for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and underrepresented communities. Alylai focuses on creating safe, supportive spaces for artists, ensuring that a show’s cultural and artistic needs are prioritised. They have worked as a venue technician at Q Theatre (Auckland) for over three years and contributed to various productions at Basement Theatre (Auckland). Alylai has also held roles as technical manager, lighting designer, and operator for ATC Youth. In 2024/2025 they served as the touring technician, operator, lighting designer, and artist care liaison for How to Art, which has completed two successful seasons, including one at Te Auaha for the New Zealand Fringe Festival. Alylai is known for embracing the weird, the gay, and the silly aspects of art while ensuring everyone feels seen and represented. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/clowning monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/3c70b99f-9e99-4379-904b-5a3af290e630/Eliza-Sanders-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Clowning - TUTOR: ELIZA SANDERS Eliza is a movement artist and performer based in Te-Whanganui-A-Tara who accidentally stumbled into comedy through the back door of contemporary dance. After years of creating deeply serious solo works that audiences consistently found hilarious, she decided to lean in to the laughter, creating a series of increasingly clown-influenced performances that explore the delightful intersection of virtuosic movement and profound ridiculousness. As Co-Artistic Director of House of Sand, alongside her sister Charley, Eliza creates visceral, surprising work grounded in care-based methodologies. Her current solo show “Manage Your Expectations” – an absurd, playful examination of trigger warnings – has garnered seven fringe award nominations including Best in Fringe, and won Best Performer at both New Zealand and Whangarei Fringe Festivals. Drawing on her background as a certified Countertechnique teacher and her deep engagement with somatic practices, Eliza brings a unique perspective to clowning that embraces physical precision while celebrating joyful failure and authentic connection. Her teaching practice is informed by extensive experience as a full-time tutor at the New Zealand School of Dance and her work across Aotearoa, Australia, and Korea. She is passionate about creating spaces where risk-taking feels safe and silliness becomes a serious tool for artistic discovery. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/dance-choreography monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/807117ef-a81a-49c2-a616-66573adde0c6/Cecilia-Wilcox-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Dance & Choreography - TUTOR: cecilia wilcox Cecilia, an artist from Pōneke, has been with Footnote New Zealand Dance since 2022. Growing up in an intensely creative household, Cecilia found her artistic expression through movement at a young age, and in 2019 she graduated from Unitech with a bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Dance. Cecilia uses dance to challenge and extend the perceived limits of the body and in turn the mind. Building relationships of trust with fellow dancers and collaborators is an essential part of her practice. Outside of Footnote Cecilia has worked with a diverse ranch of choreographers such as James Finnemore as a part of B12’s 2024 performance season in Berlin, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Malia Johnston, Tamsyn Russel and Michael Parmenter. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/shakespeare monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/801c1df0-1ee0-4291-b549-01a58bc0ac6a/nyds24_class_shakespeare.JPG Home Groups & Tasters - Dare to do Shakespeare - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/340060c6-3170-4664-94b7-067a54c39478/Jade_bw.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Dare to do Shakespeare - TUTOR: jade eriksen Jade is a performance director, educator, facilitator and mother. She grew up in Manutūkē and Gisborne/Tūranganui-a-Kiwa and is of Greek, Irish, Scottish, English & Danish descent. Jade has a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing and has directed and devised award winning collaborative and solo performances including Yatra, Stamping Grounds, Migrant Nation, arcane, Penumbra, Leon Wadham’s Giddy, Ella Gilbert’s Soft Tissue, Madeline McNamara’s The Attitudes, Jessie Alsop’s The Fish Eat the Softest Parts First and Tom Clarke’s Perry. From 2004-2016 Jade taught at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School and directed within the school’s Go Solo and Site projects. In 2025 she was a Scene Assessor for the SGCNZ Victoria University of Wellington National Shakespeare Festival and went on to direct The Tempest within their National Shakespeare Schools Production in September. She is currently working with Whangārei Arts community at OneOneSix through Laurel Devenie and assesses for various arts institutions including PAYPA and Te Herenga Waka: Victoria University’s Theatre MFA. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/drag-school monthly 0.5 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/fcd91ecc-2a15-45e9-af4f-84086608c7d3/Hugo+blue.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Drag School Drag is a fast evolving performing arts industry in Aotearoa and NYDS Drag School is ready to prepare the never generation of superstars. This class is suitable for anyone interested in drag performance of any kind (kings, queens or in-betweens!), of any performance level or experience. Drag is a gear-heavy art form. Our Drag Class wardrobe of donated goodies is available but students are also encouraged to bring as much of their own gear as possible – particularly makeup and heels. A full list of ‘useful things to bring’ will be provided after enrolment. Students that are gender diverse, transgender or non-binary will be given priority, as a reflection of the rare and transformational opportunity drag experiences can offer to queer youth. If you fit this criteria, please mark this on your application. If you are uncomfortable or unable to mark this directly on the form, please reach out to @hugogrrrl directly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/62cdc54c-bf45-4e1b-9ade-0cea64b78c88/George_bw.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Drag School - TUTOR: GEORGE FOWLER (AS HUGO GRRRL) George is a rainbow diversity and inclusion consultant and a world-class drag performer based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. As his alter ego Hugo Grrrl, he won Season 1 of ‘House of Drag’, making him the first drag king and transgender man globally to ever compete in or win a televised drag competition. He won an Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award and a Wellington Theatre Awards “Theatre Angel” Award for outstanding contribution to professional theatre in 2020. He headlined the Austin International Drag Festival in 2019, and was nominated for Wellingtonian of The Year in 2018. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/improv-comedy monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/6936d9a8-cfd9-418c-8572-31883bfa4fde/Lori-Dungey-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Improv Comedy - TUTOR: LORI DUNGEY Lori has been an actor, tutor and writer and for over 30 years, specializing in improvisation. She came to Wellington 20 years ago from Canada for an International Theatresports Tournament and never left. Based in Auckland, she works as an actor, tutor and Creative Director with ConArtists. She’s a 2-time World Theatresports champion and has performed in Canada, Singapore, Fiji, Australia, Germany, and all over NZ, including a successful season at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Hamilton Rose Festival with ‘Austen Found – The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen’. Lori has performed in the Comedy Festival with ConArtists and at the Herald Theatre in Auckland for the Stamp season. Most recently she performed with ConArtists in their Enid Untold: Five Go Mad on Improv – an Enid Blyton themed play. Before the current global glitch, Lori travelled to Germany each year to attend Ring Co. Lori is also and experienced screen actor with acting roles in both film and television including Lord of the Rings films and the television series Xena and Hercules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/b76fb054-cad0-420b-a485-9f484c84f863/Leona-Revell-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Improv Comedy - TUTOR: LEONA REVELL Leona is a founding member and co-director of SpontaneoUS, the resident improv company for Centrepoint Theatre. With SpontaneoUS she is a two time National Theatresports Champion. Leona is a familiar face on stages around Manawatū as a multiple Regional Theatre Award winner, MCing multiple community events such as the Palmerston North City Council Christmas concerts and a judge at various Performing Arts competitions in the region. Recent credits include Gabriel in “An Act of God and Jeanie in “That Bloody Woman” at Centrepoint Theatre, Performer as part of the Lola and Friends ensemble and writing and performing in FWB – Friends with Boundaries with Regan Taylor. Leona is passionate about Theatre and making it accessible to the wider community, which fits in well with her role as Centrepoint’s Outreach Coordinator where she creates inclusive and wide-ranging community performance projects. Leona has experience tutoring adults and youth, neurodiverse and people with disabilities. When Leona has spare time, she embraces the Crazy Cat Lady within and fosters kittens for the SPCA and likes to craft up a storm. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/intro-to-screen-acting monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/988afdc2-0c4f-4201-801b-516303696407/Will-Wallace-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Intro to Screen Acting - TUTOR: WILL WALLACE Will trained as an actor at the Unitec Performing Arts School. His plethora of credits include roles in television and film, such as ‘Vermilion’; ‘Step Dave’; ‘Shortland Street’; ‘Legend of the Seeker’ and ‘Go Girls’ ‘Westside’ and ‘Head High’. Also an accomplished film maker and editor, Will runs Fiftyone50 Productions – a successful production company specialising in everything from actor showreels to drama, corporate and documentary films. Amongst all this Will also finds time to teach screen acting at Unitec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/8e0bd18d-641d-4493-aa46-0c3e1ca3da78/Pia-Rhodes-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Intro to Screen Acting - TUTOR: PIA ZIMA Pia studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Prior to relocating to Hawke’s Bay, she spent over a decade in Berlin, where she made her mark in the film and TV industry. Pia was a key cast member in Germany’s longest-running daily soap opera, GZSZ, and also contributed to numerous indie short films, commercials, and feature films. Pia has extensive experience both in front of and behind the camera, including in costume design and continuity. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/musical-theatre monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/02baeb43-0da8-4dc2-8328-b57421555296/Trace-Tidd-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Musical Theatre - TUTOR: TRACE TIDD Trace fell in love with Musical Theatre as a child, and has never been far from the stage since, performing in countless shows and concerts around New Zealand. Trace gained qualifications in Musical Theatre and Acting from Wellington Performing Arts Centre (now Whitireia) and holds a Diploma in Contemporary Vocals from Excel School of Performing Arts. Trace is the owner and principal of Stage Door Performing Arts Academy Ltd in Whakatane. She is also a private singing teacher and works professionally as a performer, Theatre Director, vocal director and performance coach. She loves all aspects of the performing arts, but is particularly passionate about coaching young people in the ‘ways’ of Musical Theatre. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/poetry monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/20cf95f4-598f-4b58-ba3f-453f0ad684e2/Sara-Fagan-Hirsch-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Poetry in Performance - TUTOR: SARA HIRSCH Sara is a Rānana / London grown poet and spoken word educator now based in Aotearoa. She is a former UK Slam Champion, third ranked in the World Slam Championships 2014 and winner of the European Poetry Slam in Madrid 2016. Sara has performed at Glastonbury, is a TEDx speaker, has featured on the BBC and toured extensively both in the UK and internationally. Sara holds a Master’s in Creative Writing & Education from Goldsmiths University and is Education Director for Motif Poetry. Sara has directed Amy Atkins in the award winning clowning show 'RAW! ASMR', travelled to Malaysia and Singapore to teach spoken word, co-produced Windswept Poetry Slam and facilitated poetry workshops alongside past New Zealand poet laureate Chris Tse. Sara is currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau , and is raising her two sons to be as silly as possible. Sara has had the privilege of working with many alumni from the NYDS poetry course in professional settings across NZ and loves to see how this class is inspiring the next generation of powerful voices. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/puppetry monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/414fb08f-8414-4333-8b7f-8a5a9d5593b9/Jon-Coddington-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Puppetry - TUTOR: JON CODDINGTON Jon is a New Zealand-based theatre designer, illustrator and animator who has worked primarily as a puppeteer and puppet-maker for over 13 years. A graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, his highlights include the hit marionette show Puppet Fiction, creating and performing puppets for Fat Freddy’s Drop music videos, and performing on stage with Coldplay. He has worked in screen puppetry (Custard’s World, Sweet Tooth), with training from Muppeteer Peter Linz, and in theatre has made taniwhas with Silo Theatre, vultures with Indian Ink, trolls with Trick of the Light, and crocodiles with Auckland Theatre Company. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/stage-combat monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/2e284f18-476d-44fa-a54b-06ea69e3ac0a/Allan-Henry-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Stage Combat - TUTOR: ALLAN HENRY Allan discovered Stage Combat in 1999, when he was a student at NYDS. There he met his eventual teacher and mentor, Tony Wolf. Allan has been teaching workshops and choreographing for professional and educational institutions across New Zealand at the highest levels, yet he always looks forward to returning to NYDS. He always relishes the chance to provide people with the skills and confidence to use their own natural creativity and personal talents to create safe, effective staged violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/9ed799e5-ae58-41b0-bca9-7ba88f56bc7b/Tyler-Wilson-Kokiri-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Stage Combat - TUTOR: TYLER WILSON-KOKIRI Tyler (he/him) (Ngaati Porou), graduated from Toi Whakaari in 2016 and has worked in the Stage and Screen profession since, in a variety of roles. He is an actor, voice actor, stage combat choreographer, writer, producer and Professional Wrestler. Some of his Screen Credits include Shortland Street, Ahikāroa, and Not Even, as well as a multitude of Stage Credits including the recently renewed Pop Up Globe performances of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet, and Albert Belz’ Astroman. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/stand-up-comedy monthly 0.5 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/7b825f4b-2a62-4a4a-9e2e-c55b6c033f9e/james-nokise-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Stand-Up Comedy - TUTOR: JAMES NOKISE James Nokise has worked as a comedian for over 20 years, both at home and abroad. During that time he has won most of the comedy awards in the country, performed critically acclaimed shows in places like New York, Edinburgh, and Guam, fronted TV series, podcast series, and created Wellington’s longest running political satire series. Through his start in comedy he has also found himself working as a theatre maker, puppeteer, columnist, sports reporter at the Rugby World Cup and the Olympics, and a comedic decolonising poet touring British Museums. Amazing where learning a bit of stand-up can take you. https://www.nyds.co.nz/sys/home-groups-tasters/voice monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a8fb2f7c300d372845233c/0c294d94-0567-4f8a-ac61-a15eedafbcd0/Tessa-Livingston-nyds.jpg Home Groups & Tasters - Voice & Voiceover - TUTOR: TESSA LIVINGSTON Tessa is all about voice. She’s a voice-over artist, demo producer, vocal coach, actress, accent coach, and podcaster. She has also worked as a Talent Manager and Booking Agent for a leading voice-over agency. She now trains and supports actors in getting and maintaining agency representation and bookability. Specialising in commercial and broadcast voice-over, Tessa has voiced campaigns for major national and international brands including Honda, Fresh Choice, Eco Store, Google, Air New Zealand, and Toyota. She trained as an actor at The Actor’s Program and holds an Honours Degree in Speech and Language Pathology. Tessa has taught at Unitec, Toi Whakaari, The Actor’s Program, The Voice Academy, and Gravy for the Brain – an internationally recognised voice-over education platform. 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