A Lifetime of Confidence and Creativity Starts Here.
The difference is dramatic.
Welcome to Encore Drama Academy based in Wellington.
Previously known as Helen O' Grady Drama Academy.
Our Classes
Developing confidence, communication and creativity.
2025 classes are now open.
Lower Primary
5 yrs - 8 yrs
This group accommodates our youngest group of performers. This age group is extremely energetic and have natural curiosity about the world in which they live. They love to perform using their imagination in an environment that is safe and secure knowing they can be themselves.
Youth Group
12 and up
Enables teenage students to perform regularly in a supportive environment with likeminded students. Our Youth students develop characters either working in small groups, or on their own focusing on their imagination, improvisation as well as using a variety of drama activities, drama scripts, monologues and texts.
Professional Approach
Encore Drama Academy is all about giving children self confidence to succeed in life. Our experienced team design lessons to help build creative thinking and literacy skills while also teaching children positive social skills such as effective team interaction, leadership, confidence and public speaking.
Why Learn Drama?
Research tells us that kids who are involved in the arts are:
Three times more likely to be elected to leadership positions in their schools
Four times more likely to be recognised for academic achievement
Four times more likely to participate in a maths or science fair
Give your child the opportunity to succeed, improve academic results, build relationships and life skills necessary to make the most of life. Encore Drama Academy has the best family fun value in all of Wellington.
What does Encore mean to us?
Enthusiasm
To Participate
Drama provides a dynamic and interactive learning space that students feel safe to get involved in and contribute their thoughts and skills.
Nurturing
To Support
Children naturally seek out those around them for support. We at ENCORE nurture participants and foster these connection within the group to establish positive interpersonal relationships.
Confidence
To Create
Drama opens entire worlds to children, encouraging them to use empathy and curiosity to view things from a new perspective, harnessing these experiences to create their unique style and way of being.
Opportunities
To Thrive
Drama provides children with chances to develop personally and collaborate within a team. To thrive is to prosper.
Relationships
To Connect
Drama is foundational to connection. Laughing, crying, talking, smiling. We utilise drama to lay the foundations of what it means to be human and build upwards, solidifying true connections both for the individual and together in harmony.
Excellence
To Elevate
Drama is the perfect stage in which to elevate a child’s capabilities and strengths. We look to highlight these and elevate your child to become the best they can be.