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Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
The leading educator of screen, stage and event professionals in New Zealand.
Toi Whakaari aspires to be one of the great performing arts schools of the world while developing a teaching practice that is uniquely New Zealand.
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Toi Whakaari Students Manifest A Cabinet Of Curiosities
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 2:39 pm | Toi Whakaari
Aotearoa’s newest makers and designers manifest a series of works across their diverse practice for your viewing pleasure. Manifest is Toi Whakaari’s ... More >>
Toi Whakaari’s Costume Showcase 2021- Livestream Event
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 3:12 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā waka, e ngā hau e whā. Nau mai, haere mai, ki tō mātou nei kura. A ray of sunshine in challenging times – anyone, anywhere in the world can now experience the magic of Toi Whakaari’s Costume Showcase livestream ... More >>
The Big Ambition of Toi Whakaari’s Tanea Heke
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 11:05 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
E te Tī, e te Tā, tēnā koutou katoa Ka tika kia mihia ō tātou tino mate e ngaro atu nei ki tua-o-te-ārai, rātou kua whetūrangitia. Kei ngā mate hūhua, haere, whakangaro atu rā ki te pō, oti atu ki te pō. Tātou o te ao ora e pakanga ... More >>
The Big Ambition of Toi Whakaari’s Tanea Heke
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 10:49 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
E te Tī, e te Tā, tēnā koutou katoa Ka tika kia mihia ō tātou tino mate e ngaro atu nei ki tua-o-te-ārai, rātou kua whetūrangitia. Kei ngā mate hūhua, haere, whakangaro atu rā ki te pō, oti atu ki te pō. Tātou o te ao ora e pakanga ... More >>
FWD Fest 2021
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 3:47 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari creates Festival of Work in Development to celebrate the next generation of curious disruptors. Student artists are presenting works in development and in any form they choose, with commitment and courage, at Toi Whakaari’s FWD Fest from ... More >>
Dr. Sean Coyle Joins Toi Whakaari Staff 2021
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 3:26 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School announces Dr. Sean Coyle as the Head of Department of Design and Performing Arts Management. This new position was created to enhance collaboration between the departments and to develop the strategy and implementation ... More >>
Toi Whakaari Director Receives Top Creative New Zealand Award
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 6:05 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
The 2020 Te Waka Toi Awards 30 November announced Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Tumuaki/Director, Tanea Heke (Ngā Puhi) as the recipient of the 2020 Ngā Tohu Hautūtanga Auaha Toi Making a Difference award. Tanea Heke, 2020 Toi Whakaari Graduation Ceremony. ... More >>
World Premiere Screenings Of Three 2020 Toi Whakaari-Produced Films
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 4:28 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Film is Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School’s annual world-premiere screening of short films created by graduating students in collaboration with some of Aotearoa’s top industry professionals. This year Toi Film presents; Hand, directed by Stephen ... More >>
Toi Whakaari Students Manifest A Cabinet Of Curiosities
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 9:15 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Fourteen of Aotearoa’s newest makers and designers manifest a series of works across their diverse practice for your viewing pleasure. Manifest is the annual showcase of the work from the Toi Whakaari graduating makers and designers for stage and screen. ... More >>
First-Year Toi Whakaari Acting Students Go Solo
Monday, 19 October 2020, 3:42 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
The first year actors at Toi Whakaari create their own original solo works, with total freedom over form, content and style. This explosion of live performance sees 21 exciting new artists take the stage on their own terms bringing their voices to ... More >>
Destruction Triumphs In Toi Whakaari End Of Year Show
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 11:36 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Playing the system means playing the game, in this world where the fresh and beautiful are hot commodities. Toi Whakaari presents Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton (1657), reconceived by Fiona Samuel (2020) and directed by 2015 NZ Arts Foundation ... More >>
Toi Whakaari Graduate Margaret Sydenham Wins Show Me Shorts Best Actor Award
Monday, 5 October 2020, 6:30 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari congratulates 2018 graduate Margaret Sydenham, who was awarded the Show Me Shorts Toi Whakaari Best Actor Award in Auckland last night. Still from Hot Chocolate Margaret was awarded the Toi Whakaari Best Actor Award for her role in ... More >>
Toi Whakaari Students Co-Create Musical Harmonic Tree
Friday, 18 September 2020, 2:38 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Set & Props students have helped create a new musical artwork that will be installed and played by live musicians at the Wellington Botanical Gardens, 29 September to 11 October. Resembling an exotic plant, the Harmonic ... More >>
Top Industry Experts Join Forces With Toi Whakaari For Workshop Series
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 3:50 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Some of Aotearoa’s top industry experts will be bringing their skills to a series of summer workshops at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Whether you are at the start of your career or have a part-time passion these workshops provide an opportunity ... More >>
Costume Showcase 2020 Brings Magic To Wellington
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 5:34 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
A sensational celebration of costumes, characters and creativity Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School’s graduating class of Costume Construction 2020 is set to bring magic to Wellington with Costume Showcase 2020. Costume Showcase is a 30-minute visual ... More >>
Show Me Shorts
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 9:11 am | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Show Me Shorts is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival. They are a competitive Academy Awards-accredited festival with a range of awards and prizes that screens in cinemas nationwide each Spring. Respected and experienced ... More >>
Christian Penny resigns as director of NZ Drama School
Thursday, 8 November 2018, 1:51 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
With sadness, the Board of Trustees of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School has accepted the resignation of Director Christian Penny. Penny took over the leadership of the school in 2011 after more than nine years as Head of Directing. Prior to that, ... More >>
New video from Kamandi is collaboration with Toi Whakaari
Monday, 26 March 2018, 2:03 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
• The Burn Them Down video is the product of a collaboration between musician Kamandi, Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School’s Design Department and Director Charley Draper (a graduate of Toi Design). More >>
Once on This Island is Toi Whakaari’s Term 4 Production
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 2:35 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is thrilled to announce its major ensemble production of the year, the Tony Award-winning musical Once on This Island . Directed by senior tutor Jon Hunter, with music direction from Mark W. Dorrell, Once on This Island ... More >>
Black Confetti
Monday, 29 May 2017, 4:28 pm | Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School
Toi Whakaari are proud to announce their term 2 productions, Black Confetti and The Antigone Sound , featuring graduating third year actors collaborating with staff, students and graduates of the school. More >>
