Discover the joy in letting go, finding the game and connecting through laughter. With its roots in physical comedy and being alive to the audience, clowning celebrates spontaneity, failure and vulnerability – foundational skills for any creative art.

Get ready to pop, groove, and create in this hands-on dance class! You’ll dive into the basics of popping, and get a taste of Hip Hop’s rich culture and foundations.

The course will concentrate on the simplicity of Shakespeare. His scripts give the actor ALL the clues needed to create the character and the drama. If you sign up for this mahi, be prepared for lots of games, community spirit, and equal time spent studying text and exploring on stage.

Extravagance, fierceness, glamour, glitter and self-expression. Welcome to Drag School: an intensely fun week of lip sync, dance, clowning, makeup and character and costume design. 

Spontaneity and imagination is where every creative work begins, so why does improvising terrify so many of the industry’s top practitioners? Students will learn to embrace the fear and freedom of acting without a script, how to trust their instincts and find the comedy, tension and game of a scene with their fellow performers.

During this course you’ll discover what goes into effective on-camera work, what it takes to create a compelling performance, the challenges actors face, and the techniques they need. 

Students in our popular Musical Theatre class will unite with kindred spirits from across Aotearoa as they get put through their singing, acting and dancing paces. 

Stage Combat will give you the skills to create dynamic and effective fight scenes while keeping you and your partner safe. We’ll look at techniques used in theatre, television and film and look at how we can physically define different characters and storylines with these and many other skills and techniques.

Become a stand-up superstar. Though you’ll find comedy writing in lots of different places – TV, film, live shows – the basics remain the same. 

Learn the fundamentals to enhance your own natural voice. Experience vocal shaping as you move from a slick commercial retail voice to a character in a video game.