Out East Creative

10/02/2026

🔥 Don’t miss this incredible opportunity! 🔥
Frantic Assembly is coming to Ōtautahi Christchurch for 5 days of world‑class Physical Theatre training — right here on home soil!
📅 13–17 April 2026
✨ Perfect for performers, directors, teachers, and movement practitioners looking to level up their practice.
🚨 Final applications are open — but only for 5 more days!
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February
If this has been on your radar, now’s the time. Get your application in quick!

11/12/2025

Very excited to have Frantic Assembly coming back to Ōtautahi Christchurch for a full week of training in April 2026! Spaces are limited so get the dates in your calendar and get your application in. This is a golden opportunity for theatre-makers and creatives, right here on our doorstep!

NEW ZEALAND?! We are coming for you! In partnership with Out East Creative, we are delivering a 5-day intensive TRAIN course in 2026.

And applications are now open!

📆 WHEN? Monday 13 - Friday 17 April 2026
📍WHERE? 369 St Asaph Street, Christchurch, 8000
💰 HOW MUCH? $1380 // $1150 concessions
⏰ APPLICATION DEADLINE? Monday 16 February 2026, 8am (GMT)

For more information & details on how to apply, visit the link our comments.

30/03/2023

There is still time to get your application in to join these workshops in Auckland and Christchurch at the end of the school holidays. Get in quick - limited spaces! Time to nourish your creative soul and develop your practice. Who's coming?

Don't forget - applications for our New Zealand Public Workshops close this Friday! 🚨

These highly physical full day workshops will give an insight into how Frantic Assembly create theatre. They are suitable for artists, directors, teachers and theatre makers who want to learn new and exciting approaches to devising work.

🗓️ Saturday 22nd April 2023, 10am - 5pm
📍Auckland

🗓️ Sunday 23rd April 2023, 10am - 5pm
📍 Christchurch

Cost: $350

For more info and to apply 👉 https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/new-zealand-public-workshops

27/02/2023

We are thrilled to announce that we will be running our first ever public workshops in New Zealand this April in partnership with Out East Creative 🇳🇿

We'll be running one day workshops in both Auckland and Christchurch for artists, directors, teachers and theatre makers.

🗓️ Saturday 22nd April 2023, 10am - 5pm
📍Auckland

🗓️ Sunday 23rd April 2023, 10am - 5pm
📍 Christchurch

Cost: $350

Applications are now open - head to our website for more info and to find out how to apply 👉 https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/new-zealand-public-workshops

19/11/2020

Just a couple of spots left for this fab workshop on 5 and 6 December. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in and playing again with HB actors. If you can't make it to the workshop as a participant or observer, make sure you reserve your spot for the 2hr talk from 7-9pm on Saturday 5 December - 'Living a Creative Life with Courage' - sounds like some magic right there!

24/06/2020

If you haven’t yet booked for our upcoming Viewpoints workshop in HB, there are a handful of spaces left. Check out this write up in the Hawke's Bay Today and drop us a message to secure one of the remaining spaces.

Top class pro­fes­sional de­vel­op­ment for Hawke’s Bay based ac­tors, di­rec­tors, dancers and theatre-mak­ers is be­ing of­fered on a “pay what you can” ba­sis as a re­sponse to Covid-19 in early July. Christchurch di­rec­tor and teach­ing artist, Alys Hill of Zen...

17/05/2020

Here's a worthy cause, if ever I saw one... If you haven't already done so, please help keep this Christchurch beauty alive. The ITR team is half-way to their goal already after just a few days which is brilliant! Can you help get them over the line so they can host many more fabulous events for the people of Christchurch?

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the events industry. The Isaac Theatre Royal needs your help.

14/06/2019

What do you get when you cross a lack of essential seating with a funding appeal? Creativity of course! Check out this cute wee promo video for Keirunga - The Creative Hub 's BOOSTED campaign, made with the help of these talented students from The Drama Workshop.

Can you help Keirunga fund essential retractable seating for Hawke's Bay's newest boutique studio theatre, to meet the needs of local and touring productions?