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Film/drama holiday workshop
A film/drama holiday workshop with a twist..Yes it’s Christmas and no school so let’s escape into a feature film and have some fun. This will be an exciting and challenging three days. Viewing, interpreting, experiencing and improvising various aspects of film and…….. some cool surprises for you including a WETA WORKSHOP Experience!! Enrol now as spaces Read more
Adults Theatre Sports Classes
Adults Theatresports Classes Have Arrived!!!!Come and join us for a laugh, meet new people and have some fun!Theatresports and Improv is a series of fast-paced, action-packed, competitive games, which combine wit, humour and performance skills.Susan Fogarty is the best and you are guaranteed to have a blast!Enrol here!
Electronic Music Production with Ed Zuccollo
Ed is a sought after musician who has been collaborating and touring with Wellington band Trinity Roots over the past 18 month.He will be here to run a 6 week course in Term 4!Suitable for adults and teens 14 years and over.We will be learning to use synthesizers, how to create sample sets and how Read more
Spring Theatre Performance Block Course
It’s Spring holiday time and Rata Studios has a great drama course for girls and boys in Years 5-8 at school (9-12 year olds).If your child loves acting then this is for them: Do they love the lime light? Do they love telling stories and creating characters? This holiday course allows and challenges students to Read more
Lucy Lewis Can’t Lose
Proudly congratulating all the Rata Studios teen actors who are featuring on TV3 NOW. Check out this cool and crazy series Lucy Lewis Can’t Lose and binge-watch to your heart’s content.
April 2016 Professional Acting for Young Teens – it’s a wrap!
Last April, emerging actors from all over NZ devoted a week to exploring the world of professional acting for teens on stage and screen.Check out this video to see they fun they had!Thanks to the great team we had that week. Miranda Harcourt, Perry Piercy, KC Kelly, Ben Fransham, Andreas Lepper, Susan Fogarty, Liz Mullane, Read more
Celebrating Rata’s teen actors!
Check out this awesome testimonial from the Writer/Producer of a new web-series soon to be shown on TV3 Now!“We auditioned Rata Studios kids for our comedy series “Lucy Lewis Can’t Lose” (directed by Paul Yates) and were blown away by their talent. Comedy is really hard and they were hilarious, effortless and brought their own Read more
The Wellington Late Starters Orchestra (WELLSO)……. has started!!
This orchestra has been specifically established to encourage all those who have played an instrument at some stage of their lives, to pick it up again and join with others in the same boat. Maybe you started learning an instrument later in life or just coming back and feel like you are starting again?Newcomers welcome Read more
Girl Powered Programming starts 12th May!
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity for girls to explore their digital creativity through programming! There are only a couple of spots left in this great course starting today, 12 May.Follow in the footsteps of great coders such as Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, and the female programmers of today in this girl-focused course. Students will use their Read more
Term 2 2016 Update
Rata Studios has another great term planned. If you haven’t checked us out then now is a great time to see what’s on offer.Acting/Drama classes with courses for anyone aged 5-adultsCreative technology including, Lego animation, game design and girl powered programming!!Music opportunities galore every SaturdayWe’d love to hear from you!