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After a sold-out premiere season in 2024, I LOVE YOU G returns to the stage.
MASSIVE MAKING
School Workshops for Students
Massive Making is our bespoke workshop-offering that puts school students in the devising seat. Our classroom workshops are designed to suit your drama devising units, whether you are teaching NCEA, Cambridge, or any other curriculum.
We specialise in devising theatre, ensemble work, physical theatre, case study exploration of our productions, and scholarship exam preparation.
Our workshops focus on creativity, collaboration, and practical theatre-making skills. Your students will come away with more confidence and an understanding of devising practice.
A MASSIVE MAKING PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Pre-workshop consultations
- Supporting material
- Workshop delivery by professional teaching artists
- Workshop follow up
- Complimentary Education Resource for Massive production of your choice
Please note: Workshops are a minimum of 3 hours (with half-day, full-day, and multi-day also available)
Free Info Talk
Not ready to book a full Massive Making workshop at your school?
Massive Theatre Company offers free one-hour visits to secondary schools in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). Each visit includes a fun warm-up for drama students, an intro to the company with video clips from our productions, and a Q&A session. Our talks are suitable for small groups, classes, whole cohorts or year groups.
What Teachers Say
Hear from those who we have delivered a Massive Making to
Our students were able to experience true ‘authenticity’ in the approach, nature and outcomes from their work. The material generated, and processes followed, opened our students’ eyes up to what a day in the life of performer/actor/theatre maker really involves out the industry and gave them the hunger to shift their commitment and impulses within their own work to a new level of real heart and impact.
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Ryan Timoko-Benjamin (Deputy Principal, Ormiston Junior College)
I want to be able explain to Drama teachers that the process and mahi Massive do with students and teachers can not only be successfully applied within the classroom but as a practitioner for Scholarship Drama students.
My boys were proud when they went to Scholarship workshops to say they were using Massive Theatre Company practice for their devised pieces and felt validated that their stories were being told.
SC
Stephanie Cooke (HOD Drama / Asst Housemaster Conolly House)
A massive "thank you" for joining our drama class this week and giving them such insight into the Devising process. It has been wonderful to see that their understanding has taken another shift and you have inspired them to investigate themes from their own point of view. You have lit the spark, thank you!
Thank you so much for your time, expertise and enthusiasm - it's invaluable!
LR
Lindsey Rusling (Drama, Chilton Saint James School)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is a Massive Making workshop for?
Massive Making is a bespoke, in-school drama workshop designed for secondary school students in Years 9-13 in Aotearoa.
Does Massive Theatre Company offer workshops for students in intermediate school (Year 7 & 8)?
While our Massive Making workshops are best-suited to secondary school students (Year 9-13), we are able to adjust the content to suit students in Year 7 and 8. If you are interested in arranging a workshop for your Year 7 or 8 students please send us an email.
What do students learn in a Massive Making workshop?
Massive Theatre Company tailors the content of each workshop to support your devising units and assessments in drama studies at secondary school - whether you are teaching NCEA, Cambridge or another curriculum.
Across all of our workshops we focus on creativity, collaboration, and practical theatre-making skills, helping students develop confidence and a deeper understanding of devising and physical theatre.
How are Massive Making workshops delivered?
Massive Making workshops are flexible and customised, ranging from short sessions (minimum three hours) to half-day, full-day an multi-day residencies. They include pre-workshop consultation, in-school delivery by experienced teaching artists, and follow-up support, and can be delivered across Aotearoa, New Zealand.
How does working with Massive Theatre Company support students undertaking Drama scholarship exams?
Many schools engage us to run devising workshops with their Drama scholarship students, historically these students go on to score very highly in that area of the exam. Working with Massive can provide scholarship students with a more thorough and focused understanding of the course material, as well as boost their confidence going into the exam.