Dates and times

Gala Opening
Sat 30th November 5:00pm

General Public and Schools/Educational Groups
Mon 2nd - Sat 21st December, 10:30 am and 1:00 pm
No shows Sunday

Youth Theatre Workshops:
Dates to be confirmed

Venue

The PumpHouse Theatre

Prices

A Reserve
Adult $28, Child $28, Senior $25, Family $25 each, Friends of The PumpHouse $25, Group rates available

B Reserve
Adult $25, Child $25, Senior $22, Family $22 each, Friends of The PumpHouse $22, Balcony Restricted View $22, Group rates available

Educational Groups
From $12 per person
One free Teacher Ticket per 10 children

Additional fees

Each booking attracts a Booking Fee $5.00 per booking and a Card Processing Fee of 2.5 percent

Avoid booking fees by joining Friends of The PumpHouse

How to get tickets

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About

The Santa Claus Show – 2019
by TIM BRAY
songs by CHRISTINE WHITE

A magical Christmas story for the whole family. Santa helps reveal the pleasure of giving.

Kelly and Alana are best friends and decide to write to Santa Claus. But Kelly sends the longest list of things that a child wants for Christmas that Santa has ever seen. Santa flies Kelly to the North Pole so she can learn for herself the true meaning of Christmas.

Costume Parade (Gala and School Holiday Season only)
Encourage your children to dress up as their favourite character for the onstage Costume parade just prior to the start of the show.

Gift a Seat
While you make your booking you may like to donate to our Gift a Seat programme. This allows Tim Bray Productions to offer a free seat to a child from a low decile school, Kelston Deaf Education Centre, BLENNZ (Blind and Low Vision Education Network of NZ) or Make-A-Wish (NZ). Help a child to smile for a while and allowing all children to have the opportunity to have access to and enjoy live theatre.

Accessible Performances
NZSL Interpreted Performance: Dates TBC
Audio Described Performance and Touch Tour: Tuesday 3rd December and Saturday 14th December – Touch Tour at 12 pm, show starts at 1 pm. (65 minutes long).

Sensory Relaxed Performance – 14 December at 1 pm
A sensory relaxed performance creates a less formal, supportive atmosphere in the theatre. This performance is for anyone, and it may be an especially good fit for those with sensory, movement, communication, and learning needs. The show softens some technical elements and offers supplementary materials to enable neurodiverse children and their family to enjoy a comfortable and inclusive theatre experience. Find Out More

School Holiday Theatre Workshops

Theatre Workshop, Tim Bray Productions, Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Photo: David Rowland / One-Image.com

Is your child a budding actor, director, stage manager, or theatre technician?

Children are invited into the daily life of the Tim Bray Productions’ theatre company. Our tutors, cast and crew guide them in a hands-on adventure inside the theatre itself, including a ticket to the 10.30am performance of the current show. Have fun learning basic stagecraft through theatre games, quizzing actors and stage crew about the performance they have just seen, learning about the role of lighting and sound, and touring backstage with the stage manager who reveals the unseen work that makes a show successful.

Dates for 2019 to be confirmed

For more information on these popular Half and Full Day Theatre Workshops, visit the Tim Bray Productions website

Booking For Schools

  • Free teacher ticket for every 10 children
  • Discounts available for schools, Home School and early childhood centre groups starting at $12
  • Free Teachers’ Resource Guide, on booking, packed full of cross-curricula activities for before and after your visit to the theatre
  • Accessible performances: In the Educational Season Tim Bray Productions offer a NZ Sign Language interpreted performance and an Audio Described performance. See www.timbrayproductions.org.nz for times.
  • For large education groups to reserve their seats, please use the booking form below.

School Bookings

  • Your details

  • Education Provider's details

  • Registered *
  • Show Details

  • Number of Tickets

    Include children AND all accompanying adults who will need seats.

    For fire safety reasons all children, including toddlers, attending a performance at The PumpHouse Theatre must have a ticket and a seat of their own. Children under 23 months old may be permitted entry at no charge. They must sit on their parent’s/caregiver’s knee at all times and register at the box office upon arrival.

    You may provide a provisional number initially – i.e, a reasonable estimate of how many seats will be required.

  • Please enter a number from 1 to 174.
  • Please enter a number from 1 to 174.
    (all children over the age of 23 months)
  • Please enter a number from 0 to 174.
  • Please indicate 2 or 3 preferences in case your first preference isn’t available.
  • Is there anything else we need to know? e.g. requirement for accessible seating/wheelchair-friendly seating

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