Hunter Drama Grows Regional Footprint with New Classes and Locations

School of Rock Credit: Peter Stoop

Hunter Drama, the leading youth drama education and theatre company in the region, is thrilled to announce exciting new offerings for 2025!

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Newcastle-based students can now attend Friday Drama classes in the city for the first time. Additionally, Broadway Kids workshops will be available on Saturdays at the Islington studios, expanding Hunter Drama’s reach and making quality drama education more accessible.

In response to demand, Hunter Drama is also expanding its presence in the Hunter Valley, with more classes now available in Cessnock, Maitland, and Singleton. Since its founding in 2007, Hunter Drama has become a pillar of arts education, offering programs in drama, musical theatre, and screen acting across six locations for students aged 5 to 18+.

Hunter Drama educates young people to become the future practitioners and leaders in the entertainment industry and inspires them to be the best possible versions of themselves.

Backed up with an annual program of high-quality main stage productions that in 2025 include Dot & the Kangaroo JR, Frozen JR, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, all Hunter Drama students have the opportunity to audition. In addition, every student performs on stage in the Hunter Drama Originals, which in 2025 include The Butterfly Effect and Museum Heist. Performance Troupe and Actors Company provide more opportunities

for those students who are more dedicated to developing as performers through a more intensive program – places are through auditions.

Enrolment opens to the priority waitlist in early December and to the public on 16 December. From 13 to 17 January, Hunter Drama is also offering its popular School Holiday Playground workshops featuring a full day of musical theatre or drama for just $75. A great way to experience Hunter Drama, children in years two to six can choose between musicals

Moana, Madagascar and Mary Poppins, or ‘plays in a day’ with the theme of Space Race or Jungle Safari. Visit www.hunterdrama.com.au for more information.