Advocacy
Drama: They're not soft skills, they're life skills.
Emma Bishop, Drama NZ
This section of the website was designed to advocate for Drama in our educational kura across Aotearoa. It was created using Networks of Expertise funding from the Ministry of Education.
We envisage that these resources may be used by Drama teachers and Careers advisors at open nights, careers evenings, when advocating for Drama with Boards of Trustees and Senior Leadership teams and in our Drama classrooms with students. Brochures, films and posters are downloadable and may be printed.
Resources
Social Media Tiles
Tertiary Drama Pathways Aotearoa & posters (size a3)
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Videos
Full videos
These two films: the adult advocates and student voice versions of ‘Why Study Drama?’ can be used by anyone wanting to promote drama around Aotearoa NZ. They can be downloaded and put onto websites, social media or used to advocate for drama at school open evenings, careers evenings, with Boards of Trustees and within schools and communities.
Short Trailers
Individual films of each interviewee
Acknowledgements
Drama NZ would like to acknowledge Elanti Media: https://www.elantimedia.com/ for the production of the ‘Why study drama?’ films and to Enny Benzonelli for his work on the posters and website,
We would like to also acknowledge all the businesses and individuals that contributed to the production of these advocacy resources.
Student Film:
Whitebait Media Jack Gowans
Pacific Radiology - Debbie Bourke Nadia Officer
Tavendale and Partners Yani Rutherford
University of Canterbury - Faculty of Law Kururangi Wetini
The Court Theatre Heather Wright
Advocates Film:
Emma Bishop, Prof. Peter O’Connor, Prof. Ursula Cheer, Dr Erin Harrington, Aarleah Ufton-Tangaroa, Marwin Silerio, Campbell Wright
StageAntics
Papanui High School, Jay Grubb
Hillary Moulder