Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre

This place has been designed with purpose in mind. Such a beautiful building with amazing, friendly staff. Only been here for three days and already want to stay forever.

I came here for a choir practice. This is a fairly large facility with lots of different rooms/spaces used for various art forms, e.g. Drama and dance. It really is very good. Many many years ago it was a large open space used as an exhibition hall.

A fantastic facility for a dance conference incorporating a central plaza as a gathering space, many multipurpose studios for lessons or rehearsal and a few seriously good performance spaces. The well-designed building also has excellent car parking areas and loading zones.

Attended an absolutely amazing end of term play. The activity across the stage was riveting and captivating. One of the best plays i have ever had the privilege of attending. Time flew and the young actors displayed skill beyond their years.

Go see their plays! Support local talent, checkout the awesome set design in pic

The venue is average to amateur, but the performances are wonderful. Ballet is not something I generally enjoy, but they do it so well that I find it almost as enjoyable as the modern dance.

Nice venue, well run.

Just went to my good friends graduation ceremony. And wow it was fantastic, moving and beautifully done. It seemed incredibly progressive and inclusive for all people

Te Whaea is the home of the New Zealand School of Dance and Toi Whakaari, NZ Drama School. Converted into a magnificent architecturally-designed performing arts centre, it has five professional dance studios, six drama studios, 200 seat theatre production design and costume workshops and New Zealand's best performing arts library. It is one of the most impressive performance training facilities in the world.

We are there every year for the NZ Salsa Congress. Great facilities and great access to CBD for coffee/ food