Kidsfest July Holiday Programme
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Kidsfest July Holiday Programme 2023
8-12 yrs Monday 10th - Tuesday 11th July, 9am-3pm Waldheim, Seven Oaks, 35 Hassals Lane, Waltham $100 per student *Scholarships available for local students, please get in touch *We are a member of Te Mātāpuna Mātātahi Children's University, so bring your passport if you have one! During this two day kids holiday programme at Waldheim, Seven Oaks, participants (8-12 years) will create performances in our teaching space, concert-house, orchards and woodlands using mask, puppetry, physical theatre, design, film and music.
Please contact us directly for more information or to enrol a student in the programme: education@freetheatre.org.nz. Scholarships available, please enquire. ![]() The Free Theatre Education Programme is proudly supported by Creative Communities.
All our programmes undergo Health & Safety planning and our experienced teachers are first-aid qualified.
Previous holiday programme themes have included Upside-down Worlds, Conference of the Birds, Creation Myths, Greek Gods and Heroes, Alice in Wonderland, Odysseus and the Cyclops, Antarctica, Matariki, Time Travel and the Olympic Games. 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! We also teach performance for Adults and offer Workshops in Schools. See above the short films created by our students during our 2018 Kidsfest Programme. They were inspired by the work of filmmaker Georges Méliès and the Cyclops story in Homer's Odyssey.
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