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2009

SCHOOL PERFORMANCES & SHOWS OF INTEREST

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Groups Pricing
Schools – Include Tertiary
1 x free teacher seat per School Group of 20
Evening performance – Wed 30 June - $50.50* Groups of 20+
Matinee performance – Thurs  July - $40.50* Groups of 10+  **Extra seats now available for this performance**

Call Ticketek on Ph 384 3842 to book for the above performances.  

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TEACHER'S RESOURCE PACKS
Music Theatre Resource Pack
Levels 5-8 of The Arts in the New Zealand and Levels 1-3 NCEA

The Resource Pack is full of learning activities that teachers can adapt for students to study all aspects of music theatre as a drama genre.

As well as providing background information, definitions and activities for all 4 strands of the curriculum, the Resource Pack also covers the evolution of music theatre in New Zealand, technical vocabulary. historical highlights and reference sources.

“The presentation is very good and the information contained within in it will be extremely useful for teachers”
- Chris Archer, Adviser in Secondary Music / National Facilitator for Secondary Music

“It's brilliant thank you. Very useful for all of the arts subjects and I could see it working as a unit for NCEA Drama”
- Catherine Richardson, Wanganui High School

Available in several formats

Click here to check out the contents or contact the theatre direct on (04) 802 4060 for more info. Click here to download the order form.

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SCHOOL TOURS are available most weekdays (show timetable permitting)
See behind the scenes of a professional theatre, hear about the theatre's history and its ghosts, and if you're lucky, sneak a peek at our 5-star dressing rooms.
Click here to download the Theatre Tour booking form. Any questions, email or ring the theatre on

(04) 802 6928.

Two packs of Learning Activities for a variety of age ranges have been created to maximise your students' theatre experience.

- "Before Visiting the Theatre" Learning Activities Pack
- "After Visiting the Theatre" Learning Activities Pack

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WHERE ARE THE THEATRES?

	The St James Theatre 77-87 Courtenay Place, Wellington To view the St James Theatre's location on Google Maps, click here.
	The Opera House 111-113 Manners Street, Wellington To view The Opera House's location on Google Maps, click here.

The St James Theatre and The Opera House are 2 minutes walk apart.

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ADVICE FOR TEACHERS BRINGING A SCHOOL GROUP TO THE THEATRE

Theatre Administration Telephone: 04 802 4060
Theatre Administration Fax: 04 802 4030

Arrivals
Please arrive at the theatre no later than 15 minutes before the start time of the performance to ensure that everyone is seated in time.

Stalls - Ground floor
Dress Circle - 1st floor
Grand Circle (The St James) - 2nd floor
Gallery (Opera House) - 2nd floor - access via ground floor café

Please do NOT hand out individual tickets to each child. Present your group of tickets to our Front of House staff. They will show you to your seats.

When seating, we ask that you try to position adults behind adults so that students' views are clear.

Toilets
At The St James Theatre, toilets are located on the ground and 1st floors. At The Opera House, toilets are located on the 1st floor only.

Disabled toilets are available in the ground floor foyers of both theatres.

Coach Parking
Coaches are welcome to drive past The St James Theatre or The Opera House in order to drop off children. Please note however that coaches cannot wait outside either of the theatres and must find their own parking. Here are some suggestions:

A) Opposite Duxton Hotel, Wakefield Street
B) Thorndon Quay
C) School of Dance/Drama, Hutchison Road, Newtown

Lunch
Unfortunately we do not have the space or facilities for children to have their lunch inside our buildings. If children are bringing their lunch with them, we suggest the waterfront by Te Papa or Civic Square, which have some excellent picnic spots if the weather is fine.

Otherwise, there is a large food court over the road from The St James Theatre within the Reading Cinema complex, which includes McDonalds. Burger King is also very close to the theatre on the corner of Courtenay Place and Tory Street.

Public Transport
Bus routes 1, 2, 5, 14, 27, 42, 43, 44, 56, 57, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, Airport Flyer 91 and City Circular all come past the Railway Station and stop very close to both theatres.

Cars
If the children you are supervising are arriving in private cars, we suggest you recommend the car park located in the Reading Cinema complex (entrance on Wakefield Street).

Accompanying Adults
We encourage you to invite parents or other adults to meet the theatre's minimum supervision requirements - 1 adult for every 10 children.

Disabled Facilities
Disabled access is available to the ground floor (stalls seating area) of both theatres. There are a number of places in the stalls at both theatres to park wheelchairs during performances.

Disabled toilets are available in the ground floor foyers of both theatres.

Lift access is available to the first floor (dress circle) of The St James, however there are still a number of steps to access seats in the auditiorium at this level. There are steps to the Grand Circle.

There are no lift facilities at The Opera House and there are steps to the Dress Circle and Gallery.

If you are hearing impaired, there is a hearing loop installed in The St James stalls and a map of the loop is shown on our website www.stjames.co.nz. There is no hearing loop in The Opera House.

Theatre Policy
School parties and those in special care are the responsibility of their teachers or carers, parents or guardians, who must ensure that appropriate behaviour is followed in the auditorium. There is a Duty Manager at all performances who will be happy to help with any problems. We reserve the right to ask anyone causing a disturbance to other patrons or staff to leave the theatre.

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