STUDENT-LED PRODUCTIONS

Our directing students present a variety of work right on the cutting edge of performance in Aotearoa.

Coming up:

That’s So Gay

Thu 26 – Sat 28 April

Directed by Toni Regan

A collaborative community theatre project with School’s Out, Wellington, sharing their experiences with the local Wellington community and reflecting their own stories back to them as queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual and same-sex-attracted youth.

The devising process for That’s So Gay is being modelled on “moment work”, the process used by director Moises Kaufman in his theatre work The Laramie Project – a true story that was later made into a film. Stories that will inspire you, move you and make you laugh. 

Bookings through BATS

Skellig

by David Almond

Tue 14 – Sat 18 August

Directed by Tabitha Arthur

Michael discovers a dying tramp in his family’s garden shed, and becomes determined to save him. But when Michael discovers wings beneath the tramp’s tatty clothes, the real journey begins. 

Skellig is an eerie and magical tale that will get under your skin. Originally a novel which snatched the Whitbread Children’s Book Award from Harry Potter, author David Almond adapted it into a play which The Guardian said “makes you see the extraordinary in the everyday and the turbulent intensity of childhood”. 

The Pilot

Fri 28 September

Ax Trivia

The pilot for a television series in which we follow five unconnected young people through time spent studying and working: waiting until life decides where they are going. What will happen as their paths intersect, and where might their journey ultimately lead?

Ax Trivia is a student collective from many disciplines, creatively directed by designers Helen Stanbridge and Ruby Fitzgerald. Working together they will devise, develop and create this first episode with a focus on bringing integral storytelling and cinematic qualities into the medium of television.

For past student productions, click here