29 Nov - 30 Nov 2024

Through the Roof Inclusive Youth Arts Festival 2024

Free - Tickets Required

Hunua Rooms & Waitakere Rooms, Aotea Centre

Special Events

Glass Ceiling Arts Collective presents

Through the Roof Inclusive Youth Arts Festival 2024

Creative Day

Join us in acknowledging the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities for 2024 by heading to the Through the Roof Inclusive Youth Arts Festival 2024. This two-day festival features workshops, performances, and a glitzy film premiere event.

What's happening on Friday:

Friday is all about learning new skills in the performing arts. With accessible music, dance, visual arts and circus workshops, a sensory journey and a special screening room that’ll show a selection of our youth films. Come and join us for a magical day of learning for free. Bring yourself, bring your school or kura and be prepared for a day of fun-filled performing arts. This event will run from 10am to 3pm.

 

What's happening on Saturday:

On Saturday, we celebrate the unique and diverse talents of young people from Glass Ceiling Arts Collective’s youth programmes. We’ll set off with performances from our youth theatre groups, so be prepared to be wowed by the incredible talents of our performers, who always steal the show! This will be followed by the much-anticipated screening of our youth films for 2024. Devised and created by our youth participants, this year’s films are set to give you the warm fuzzies as rangatahi get to tell their stories their way. Topped off by a glitzy red carpet event that is nothing short of Oscar-worthy, where our youth crew get to dance the night away to a DJ, this will definitely be a night to remember!

Keep scrolling down for the full schedule and timings of the workshops and events.


Other information:

Friday Workshops - please note that some workshops have limited capacity per session and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. However, there are plenty of other workshops for you to explore while you wait for the next session.

Walk-ups - non-ticket holders are welcome to come to the venue on the day of the event and if there is space available, you will be admitted at the discretion of the Ushers, even after ticket allocation is exhausted.

Ticketing - please ensure you book a ticket for each of the days you wish to attend

Friday Schedule

Accessible Music Making Workshop | Waitakere Room 1

Accessible music making with Gareth from Synchronised music creation. Each session is 30 minutes. 10 people maximum per session. You may wish to bring headphones to this session if people are sound sensitive.  

Session times:

  • 10.00 AM
  • 10.40 AM
  • 11.20 AM
  • 12.50 PM
  • 1.30 PM
  • 2.00 PM

Film screening room and quiet space | Waitakere Room 3

Film screening room and quiet space. Relax in a quiet zone throughout the day whilst watching the Through the Roof films from 2022 and 2023 

1.30 PM - Spark digital sensory experience. Watch our latest sensory film with sensory props to explore throughout the movie.

Duration: 45 minutes.

Dance Workshop | Hunua Room 1

Dance workshop - 1 hour of dance fun with warm ups, technique and choreography.  This has a maximum of 25 people in each group. Please wear suitable clothes and shoes to move in. 

  • 10.00 AM
  • 11.15 AM
  • 1.15 PM

Social Circus | Hunua Room 2

Social circus - this is a drop-in workshop that is open all day where you can come in and learn circus skills with the Circability team. Bring clothes that are suitable to move in.

Timings: 10am - 3pm
 

Sensory Journey | Hunua Room 3

Sensory journey - this is a drop-in interactive sensory experience that is open all day. There will be some atmospheric lighting, bubbles, music and sound with things to touch, feel, see, hear and taste. 

Timings: 10am - 3pm
 

Saturday Schedule

On stage performances, Red Carpet, Film Screening & Disco | Hunua Rooms

  • 1.30pm - Doors open
  • 2pm - On stage performances begin
  • 3:30pm - Break 
  • 4pm - Hunua room foyer opens for red carpet event
  • 4:30pm - Film screening begin 
  • 5: 30pm - Break
  • 6:30pm - Disco in the Hunua room for youth participants. 

Parents area in the Hunua Foyer next to the bar.

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