Free Theatre Education Programme
Free Theatre's Education Programme introduces audiences and the wider public to our theatre practice building on recent successes such as The Black Rider (2017), Frankenstein (2016), The Mauricio Kagel Project (2015), Footprints/Tapuwae (2015), Kafka's Amerika (2014), Canterbury Tales (2013) and The Earthquake in Chile (2011), which saw the company working together with the local community on large-scale projects that engage directly with the post-quake transitional city. Free Theatre members have extensive teaching experience at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Public workshops and classes are specifically focused around movement, voice, mask and puppetry, and acting for camera.
Please sign up to our mailing list for updates on our Education Programme and other Free Theatre events. To enrol in any of our classes, workshops, or holiday programmes, or for more information, please email education@freetheatre.org.nz.
The development of the Free Theatre Education Programme was supported by the Rātā Foundation: http://www.ratafoundation.org.nz/. To take a look at recent programmes and workshops please take a look at our Education Archive page.
Free Theatre's Education Programme introduces audiences and the wider public to our theatre practice building on recent successes such as The Black Rider (2017), Frankenstein (2016), The Mauricio Kagel Project (2015), Footprints/Tapuwae (2015), Kafka's Amerika (2014), Canterbury Tales (2013) and The Earthquake in Chile (2011), which saw the company working together with the local community on large-scale projects that engage directly with the post-quake transitional city. Free Theatre members have extensive teaching experience at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Public workshops and classes are specifically focused around movement, voice, mask and puppetry, and acting for camera.
Please sign up to our mailing list for updates on our Education Programme and other Free Theatre events. To enrol in any of our classes, workshops, or holiday programmes, or for more information, please email education@freetheatre.org.nz.
The development of the Free Theatre Education Programme was supported by the Rātā Foundation: http://www.ratafoundation.org.nz/. To take a look at recent programmes and workshops please take a look at our Education Archive page.
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In the second half of 2017 we are offering workshops as part of our In-development programme focusing on the market place theatre of com media dell' arte and Jacques Lecoq.
Free Theatre's popular annual Kidsfest and holiday programmes run during July and October each year in The Gym. Throughout the week, participants (8-12 years) explore: mask-making and performance; puppetry; circus and trapeze skills; voice and text work; sound and technical design. These tools are combined to explore a particular theme with the week culminating in a presentation to family and friends. Previous themes have included Creation Myths, Greek Gods and Heroes, Antarctica and the Olympic Games and taken place in around sets and environments that Free Theatre is working on at the current time.
These are unique opportunities to experience and learn from one of New Zealand's leading exponents of contemporary performance. And they're heaps of fun! Our next programme: Markets and Puppets: Alice in Wonderland Monday 22 January - Friday 26 January 2018 9am-3pm, The Gym $240 per child If you'd like some information or to book a place in this programme please contact education@freetheatre.org.nz 
We have a series of successful workshops running in primary and secondary schools. If you are interested in a workshop, please contact us for more details education@freetheatre.org.nz
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Education Packs
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Research, Publications and Symposia
In 2017 Te Puna Toi (the research arm of Free Theatre) launched a book by ensemble member Marian McCurdy, celebrated the premiere of a documentary on Free Theatre by celebrated filmmaker Shirley Horrocks and travelled to ADSA to present papers on our work.
Image: Footprints Tapuwae Symposium (2015)
Puppet Workshops in Schools
'Instrumental Theatre': Ars Acustica Workshops (Aug-Sep 2017)
