About Us
Te oroko hanganga o nga mahi toi.
We are a place of creation.
We celebrate collaboration and innovation.
We embrace the talents of designers, directors, technicians, actors, managers, costumiers, playwrights, film makers, dramaturges and scholars. We encourage collaboration among disciplines. We promote new and exciting work.
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand’s foremost training establishment for the dramatic arts. Toi Whakaari’s vision is to lead in the training of actors, directors, technicians and designers in performing arts – nationally and internationally. In particular Toi Whakaari’s aim is to ignite the creativity in each student and provide them with the skills of their craft to effectively tell the stories of Aotearoa and beyond.
Our staff are practising theatre and screen professionals and our kura provides a stimulating and supportive learning environment.
Drawing upon a wealth of expertise and collaborative talent, we use a process of skills development, provocation, reflection and analysis to encompass a structured, interdisciplinary approach to the work of making theatre.
We are the pre-eminent theatre and screen training facility in Oceania.
