You can read more about the production on the Auckland Theatre Company website here.
Things That Matter
BY GARY HENDERSON adapted from the memoir by David GallerFOR KAIAKO
Backstage Story: Mon 31 Jul, 6:00pm | FREE
Join us inside the rehearsal room, watch the director work with the actors and be part of the process of making great theatre. With sneak peeks into the design, glimpses of the script and a taste of the actors’ work, this is the perfect event for viewing behind the curtain.
Backstage Story is open to everyone to attend at Auckland Theatre Company studios, 487 Dominion Road, Balmoral.
ĀKONGA WORKSHOPS
Mon 7 Aug to Fri 25 Aug
Auckland Theatre Company workshops share tools, techniques, and methodologies from the rehearsal room into your classroom. Each workshop is 50 minutes in duration, designed to fit within your timetable. In each workshop there will also be time for questions, discussion, and reflection.
IN-SCHOOL ĀKONGA WORKSHOPS
$100 per workshop
Intro to Auckland Theatre Company’s Things That Matter
Ākonga will grapple with the same creative questions and challenges as the team behind Auckland Theatre Company’s Things That Matter and experiment with their own performance or design solutions. This will prepare them to encounter Things That Matter not just as audience, but as creatives.
Unpacking Auckland Theatre Company’s Things That Matter
Students will investigate their theatre experience in terms of action: what did Things That Matter do — to me, to my friends, to the audience — and how did it do it? We will then look to developing our creative/ critical language to describe and better understand these effects.
ZOOM WORKSHOPS
Shorter versions of our pre-show and post-show workshops can be delivered via Zoom, live from the ATC Studios to your classroom. 35 minutes in duration, Zoom workshops are available for any schools.
$55 per Zoom workshop, including:
• 25-minute creative workshop
• 10-minute Q&A.
We are looking forward to working with you and your ākonga to unpack Things That Matter
by Gary Henderson, adapted from the memoir by David Galler.
Introducing your Teaching Artists
for Things That Matter by Gary Henderson
MATTHEW KEREAMA
Matthew Kereama (Ngāti Raukawa) completed a BMUS with HONS majoring in Classical Performance at the University of Auckland where his dissertation focused on the dialogue of opera directors. Matthew has also worked closely with professional directors from NZ Opera, Wellington Opera, Auckland Theatre Company and Te Rēhia Theatre Company in Assistant Director roles.
BRIT O’ROURKE
Born in Ōtautahi, Brit O’Rourke is a 2020 graduate of The Actors Program and an artist across multiple disciplines. They teach drama at Tim Bray Youth Company and have worked closely with Shortland Street as a casting assistant and chaperone. Brit also has administrative, front of house, and technical roles at The Basement Theatre. Their most prominent screen and theatre credits as an actor to date include the third season of Great Southern Television’s One Lane Bridge, and Hardly Working, at Q Theatre.
PRINCIPAL FUNDERS: CORE FUNDER: UNIVERSITY PARTNER: