Te Whaea is New Zealand's National Dance and Drama Centre at 11 Hutchison Road in Newtown, Wellington. It is home to Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and the New Zealand School of Dance, and it is a charitable trust working with Wellington City Council. It is about ten minutes from the CBD, with more than 200 car parks on site and a bus stop outside.
The centre has five dance studios with sprung floors, five performance spaces, and a range of rooms for meetings, conferences and corporate events. Rooms have six-metre ceilings, natural light and good acoustics. Box office and ticketing services are offered for events. Each year more than 60 community groups rehearse and perform in its studios and theatres, and more than 15,000 people visit it. The wider complex includes The Circus Hub, Capital Gym Sports, Wellington Indoor Sports, Tāwhiri and an artificial turf. Our pick in Newtown for dance, drama and performance spaces.