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. Deposits are not transferable across show seasons. Payment of this invoice will secure your penciled in bookings. Deposits are as follows:

• 39 tickets or less; $100

• 40-89 tickets; $300

• 90-149 tickets; $500

• 150-249 tickets; $1500

• 250 or more tickets; $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 the production season beginning. Once a booking is confirmed, no changes, refunds or exchanges can be made.

When you confirm final numbers at the eight week point, you are welcome to adjust down from the numbers you originally pencilled in, within the following limits:

• For bookings of 100 tickets or more, final numbers may be reduced by no more than 10 percent of the original booking. 
• For bookings of 50 to 99 tickets, final numbers may be reduced by no more than 20 percent. For example, a booking pencilled in at 120 tickets can be confirmed no lower than 108, and a booking pencilled in at 80 tickets can be confirmed no lower than 64.

Where final numbers fall below these limits, the minimum permitted number will still apply, and the booking will be invoiced accordingly.

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 2027 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 2027 includes:

• A professional recording of Witi Ihimaera’s Tiri Te Araroa Woman Far Walking and the post-show Q&A, alongside three short rehearsal room interviews featuring playwright Witi Ihimaera, director Katie Wolfe, and actors Miriama McDowell and Nī Dekkers-Reihana. Available throughout Term 1. 

• A professional recording of Vela Manusaute’s Sons of Vao and the post-show Q&A. Available throughout Term 2.

Each Digital Classroom booking comes with an Education Pack and the opportunity to book in-class or online workshops for your ākonga.

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

Each Digital Classroom recording will be available for the entirety of the designated school term, as per the Ministry of Education's 2027 school dates.