ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH · THEATRE + SCREEN

The show
is ours.✳

Original performance and screen stories created with disabled artists. Big ideas, sharp humour, and a stage where everyone gets to be heard.

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Inclusive Performance Academy ensemble celebrating together with a film award certificate
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01 / WHO WE ARE

Talent was never
the question.

We’re a creative home for young disabled performers in Canterbury. Together, we devise shows, make films, sing, dance and find the funny in just about everything. The work belongs to the people making it.

A little more about us ↗
02 / IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The work speaks
for itself.

From the theatre to your screen. Pick a story and settle in.

People Like Us: Secret Santa pilot video still
WEB SERIES / 2025

People Like Us

Meet the ensemble. Things get complicated at Secret Santa.

2026 / LIVE THEATRE
DreamScene

A new original show at The Piano, billed as ‘it’s not what you think’. An invitation into the Academy’s gloriously unpredictable imagination.

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48HOURS / 2026↗
Hacked
Off

National finalist. Winner of Best Use of Genre. Absolutely no ordinary heist.

03 / THE TRACK RECORD

Small company.
Big impact.

Audiences and judges have been paying attention. So have the performers who keep coming back to tell another story.

Why partner with us ↗
03consecutive Christchurch
48Hours regional finals
01national finalist film
in 2026
01Best Use of Genre win
for Hacked Off
04 / LIGHTS UP

Made to be seen.

Devised by the people on stage. Shared with a room full of people ready to watch.

2026 / LIVE THEATRE
DreamScene

A new original show at The Piano, billed as ‘it’s not what you think’. An invitation into the Academy’s gloriously unpredictable imagination.

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2024 / LIVE THEATRE
Te Haerenga Ki Matariki

A journey to Matariki with songs, jokes, cartwheels and a festival bus made from a souped-up wheelchair.

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2023 / LIVE THEATRE
Disney Tribute

The Tuesday Team’s tribute performance at The Piano, part of a double-bill of Academy work.

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COME ON IN

There’s room for another idea.

Let’s talk ↗