Drama Kerikeri

Join Crooks' class as they create a spooky story of power outages and mysterious doppelgangers. Don't trust anyone! Crooks would like to proudly state she was 100% hands off in this - everything from the sound effects to the recording, directing and artwork was created and managed by the class. Tau kē!

Crooks talks to Casper Viding about her direction of the Year 11 show - Monsters by Gary Henderson.

The last of our Year 9 audio assessments - join Ms Bower's class for a tale of food and fatality.

The second part of Crooks' Year 9 Drama podcast - where they solve the mystery of the Devil's Gate Disappearances. Thanks to our special voice actor for taking on the role of Wallace Brant. If you know Kerikeri High School you'll recognise the fabulous voice.

It's that time again! Join Crooks' class for their version of a true crime podcast. All voices, foley sounds and music created and sources by our amazing Year 9 drama students. Keep an eye out for Part Two... when this mystery is solved! Podcast artwork by Hannah Williams.

Crooks talks to Jack Laird about his direction of Zero for the Young Dudes.

In our final episode for 2024 we sat down with Mike Clent, the Principal of Kerikeri High School. We discussed his journey to becoming principal, stories from when he was younger and his plans for the future of our school. 

Today we sat down with NZ music legend Troy Kingi, to talk about stories from his acting career, his 10/10/10 project, and his plans for the future. 

This is the brain child of three Year 13 students in our Entertainment and Event Technology class. Join Jamie, Declan and Dan as they interview three well known Northlanders and ask them about their lives, play a short game and get them to answer fun, hypothetical questions. We are aiming for this to be a legacy project - passing the wero onto future senior ākonga at Kerikeri High School. Today we...

The second of our Year 9 Drama classes Audio Theatre pieces. Join Ms Bowers' class as they venture into a haunted house...

The first of our Year 9 Drama classes Audio Theatre performances. Join Mrs Crooks' class as they tackle Zombies arriving in Kerikeri.

Listen to our other splendid class and their interpretation of the Aotearoa inspired piece of audio theatre.

Our second Year 9 Drama class present their version of the incredible audio theatre script created by our very own kaiako Kelly Bowers. Kelly worked on this piece with input from her Year 9 Drama classes in 2022. Keen to use this script with your ākonga? Reach out!

Class 9B’s version of the audio play. All sfx, Foley sounds and voice acting done by the students.

Audio Drama from Year 9 Drama students. This is class 9A. All foley sounds, accents and SFX are their own work.

Creating Environments using voices, sfx and body percussion.

Crooks waffles - but there are some good points and examples in here - somewhere...

Listen to Crooks talk about the Year Nine Show - Users Guide to Reality. She waffles a bit. But you get the idea. You can also check out the filming of the show at https://usersguidetoreality.weebly.com/

Audio drama from Year 9 students. This is class 9A.

Audio drama from Year 9 Drama students. This is class 9B. All foley sounds, accents and SFX are their own work. Podcast episode art by Aria Lee.

Crooks quickly unpacks what you need to be able to talk about to sit the Level 1 Theatre Form examination in 2020.

CRO and Casey Roberts answer Jacky's questions about their direction of the Year 12 Drama class production of Children of the Poor 2020.

Year 10 student Joe with his fictional true crime podcast.

Year 10 student Sasha interviews Sophie Beers - Hair and Makeup artist on the television series Shortland Street.

Crooks interviews Bowers (the Director Extraordinaire) about this year's Year 10 show. They cover the specs for the L1 and L2 Live Theatre exams - because they are ace that way. Check out the Wakelet with images and exam answers https://wke.lt/w/s/YBrDfi