MAKING A SCENE
When creativity and imagination is undervalued in school and socially our creative children feel like they don't belong.
But our classes are a place where they will flourish and delve deeper into their unique ideas and develop them through acting, mime, storytelling, improvisation and more.
Because they meet like-minded kids, they become confident and make friends easily. Our trained teachers walk with them celebrating every milestone on their drama journey.
Our students perform at community events and are often selected for leading roles in local theatre productions. Academy students are awarded top marks at festivals and for grade exams.
We have a range of classes in Speech and Drama and Theatre and Acting for beginners to senior level.
We also realise that parents need to juggle activities, so our Musical Theatre Classes are a "one stop shop" and cover acting, movement and singing. These sessions are subject to the number of students wishing to attend them.
For more on classes see our website here
Our focus is on developing communication, presentation and performance skills using drama as a platform for learning. Making a Scene Drama classes are a fantastic catalyst for developing essential communication and acting skills that contribute to personal and career success for life. Our Academy classes combine drama with improvisation and public speaking skills that give our students skills for life.
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Contact tutor Debi Walters-Brown for more information on:
021 324 707 or email
SHORT TERM: Any period less than seven days.
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LONG TERM: WTC treats any hire of seven days or more as long term. Due to hires of such nature resulting in the centre being unavailable for other groups, each day is charged from the first day to the last day of hire. Special discounted rates may apply for days the building is not occupied. These rates are only available upon application. Charges for time in the centre, however, are at a rate similar to the short term rates above.
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LIGHTING AND SOUND: All hires which involve the use of lighting and sound equipment are required to have a WTC technical representative involved at a charge of $40 per hour.
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DISCOUNTS: Discounts may be negotiated for kindred societies, non-profit organisations, and community groups on an individual basis.
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PARKING: Parking is available for approximately 50 cars.
To make a booking or for more information please contact enquiries@whangareitheatrecompany.org.nz.
SHORT TERM: Any period less than seven days.
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LONG TERM: WTC treats any hire of seven days or more as long term. Due to hires of such nature resulting in the centre being unavailable for other groups, each day is charged from the first day to the last day of hire. Special discounted rates may apply for days the building is not occupied. These rates are only available upon application. Charges for time in the centre, however, are at a rate similar to the short term rates above.
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LIGHTING AND SOUND: All hires which involve the use of lighting and sound equipment are required to have a WTC technical representative involved at a charge of $40 per hour.
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DISCOUNTS: Discounts may be negotiated for kindred societies, non-profit organisations, and community groups on an individual basis.
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PARKING: Parking is available for approximately 50 cars.
To make a booking or for more information please contact enquiries@whangareitheatrecompany.org.nz.
5th - 20th April 2024
5th - 20th April 2024
5th - 20th April 2024
5th - 20th April 2024
SHOW DATES: 15-30 NOVEMBER 2024
Director: Monica Luiten
Musical Director: Michal Pearse
Choreographer: Rachael Hardcastle
Production Manager: Gina Kitchen
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ACT ONE
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is based on the story of Joseph from the Bible’s Book of Genesis. A Narrator opens the show by introducing Joseph, the dreamer (“Prologue”). The Narrator then draws the audience’s attention to Joseph’s father and his 12 sons (“Jacob and Sons”). Jacob has given Joseph, his youngest and favourite son, a multi-colored coat and his brothers are envious of him (“Joseph’s Coat”). The brothers’ jealousy is compounded by Joseph’s dreams, which suggest that he is destined to rule over them (“Joseph’s Dreams”). To stop this from happening they try to kill him, before changing their minds and selling him as a slave to some passing Ishmaelites (“Poor, Poor Joseph”). To hide what they have done, Joseph’s brothers and their wives tell Jacob that his beloved son has been killed by a wild animal. As proof, they show Joseph’s coat, which they have torn to pieces and covered in goat’s blood (“One More Angel in Heaven”). When the devastated Jacob exits, the brothers and wives cheerfully celebrate Joseph’s departure (“Hoedown”). Meanwhile, Joseph is taken to Egypt (“Journey to Egypt”). There he is bought as a slave by the wealthy Potiphar. He works hard and is promoted, eventually running the household. Joseph catches the eye of Mrs. Potiphar and although he turns down her advances, Potiphar sees them together and jumps to the wrong conclusion (“Potiphar”). Furious, he throws Joseph in jail. A miserable Joseph laments his situation (“Close Every Door”), but things look up when two prisoners, both former servants of the Pharaoh, are put in his cell. Joseph interprets their strange dreams and predicts the Butler will return to Pharaoh’s service, while the Baker will be executed. On hearing his prophecies, the other prisoners encourage Joseph to follow his own dreams (“Go, Go, Go Joseph”)
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ACT TWO
The Narrator opens the second act with news that there’s a glimmer of light for Joseph in jail: Pharaoh himself had a run of crazy dreams and nobody can interpret them (“Pharaoh Story”). Pharaoh’s (now freed) Butler tells him of Joseph’s skills deciphering dreams (“Poor, Poor Pharaoh”). Pharaoh has Joseph brought to him and describes his dream involving seven fat cows, seven skinny cows and seven healthy ears of corn and seven dead ears of corn (“Song of the King”). Joseph deduces that there will be seven plentiful years of crops followed by seven years of famine (“Pharaoh’s Dreams Explained”). Impressed with what he hears, Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of preparations for the famine and the former slave becomes the second most powerful man in Egypt, Pharaoh’s right-hand man (“Stone the Crows”). Meanwhile, Joseph’s family back home is struggling due to the famine, with his brothers regretting what they did to him and how they lied to their father (“Those Canaan Days”). Hearing that Egypt still has food, they travel there to beg for supplies (“The Brothers Come to Egypt”). In Egypt, the brothers request food from Joseph, not realizing who he is (“Grovel, Grovel”). Joseph gives them sacks of food but puts a golden cup in the one belonging to Benjamin, his youngest brother. When the brothers attempt to depart, Joseph stops them, accusing them of theft. Each brother empties his sack (“Who’s the Thief?”) and when the cup is found in Benjamin’s sack Joseph accuses him of stealing. The other brothers beg Joseph to take them prisoner instead and let Benjamin go free (“Benjamin Calypso”). Joseph sees that his brothers have changed and reveals who he really is (“Joseph All the Time”). Joseph sends for his father and the pair are reunited (“Jacob in Egypt”). Joseph wears his coloured coat again.