School Matinée Programme

Ākonga Tickets: $20
Kaiako Tickets: One kaiako free for every 15 ākonga. Additional adults $20. Teacher Aides are complimentary
Ratios: There must be one adult for every 15 ākonga booked

Equity Tickets: Complimentary tickets are available for members of the community who face social or financial barriers to attending theatre

Travel subsidies: Limited travel subsidies are available if costs are a barrier. 

Content: Auckland Theatre Company productions may contain mature material, sometimes this cannot be confirmed until rehearsals commence. We offer a guide online and take all measures to inform you if the content changes prior to you viewing of the performance.

For more information, including perusal scripts, please reach out to Sam Phillips, Head of Learning & Participation: [email protected].

Making Your Booking - Terms and Conditions:

We will send an initial invoice for a Non-Refundable Deposit once we have processed your completed Booking Form. Payment of this invoice will secure your penciled in bookings. Deposits are as follows:

• 39 tix or less - $100
• 40-89 tix - $300
• 90-149 tix - $500
• 150-249 tix - $1500
• 250 or more tix - $2500

Auckland Theatre Company reserves the right to request full payment instead of a deposit at our discretion.

Final confirmation of numbers is required at least eight weeks prior to each performance date. Once a booking is confirmed, no changes, refunds or exchanges can be made. With final number confirmed, a second invoice for the balance of each booking will be issued. Payment must be made within seven days of this invoice being issued to secure your seats.

• The booking is made on behalf of the school and the school accepts liability to make the payment by the due date.
• If a teacher leaves the school, it is their responsibility to inform the appropriate/replacement staff members of this booking agreement and details.
• Photographing, video recording or any other kind of recording during the performance is not permitted.
• Student duty of care remains the responsibility of supervising teachers

The booking is made on behalf on the school and the school accepts liability to make payments by the due dates.

Details of our Ticketing Terms & Conditions can be found here.

ATC has a fund available in 2026 to help ākonga travel to the theatre if costs are the barrier to access. 

For more information, please reach out to Sam Phillips, Head of Learning & Participation: [email protected].

Visit our School Bookings page. 

This Digital Classroom allows kaiako and ākonga nationwide to engage with Auckland Theatre Company's Theatre Aotearoa work. Schools can select their preferred viewing week, with curriculum-linked resources and optional in-school workshops available.

The Digital Classroom offering in 2026 includes:

• The 85 minute recording of Witi Ihimaera’s Tiri Te Araroa Woman Far Walking and the post-show Q&A. 

• Three short rehearsal room interviews featuring playwright Witi Ihimaera, director Katie Wolfe, and actors Miriama McDowell and Nī Dekkers-Reihana. 

• An 80-page Education Pack packed with curriculum-linked resources and exercises, available throughout the year. 

• The opportunity to book Zoom Q&As, direct to your classroom with performer Nī Dekkers-Reihana or assistant director and movement director Katrina George. These optional add-on Zooms are $55+GST.

To sign up for Digital Classroom, visit our School Bookings page. 

Prior to your selected viewing week, we will send you an email with links to the post-show Q&A and the rehearsal room interviews and the passwords required to access these recordings.