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"Being part of ShowQuest gave me confidence, purpose, and a creative family." – Year 12 student
ShowQuest is one of the most exciting highlights of the Performing Arts calendar at Northcote College.
It’s a nationwide performing arts competition that challenges students to create a fully student-driven performance combining dance, drama, music, costume, and digital art.
At Northcote, ShowQuest is more than just a show, it's a celebration of student voice, creativity, and collaboration.
Our team of performers, choreographers, tech crew, costume designers, and musicians work together to bring a powerful story to life on stage.
Each year, our entry is entirely original, showcasing themes that matter to our students and our community. It’s a space where leadership shines, friendships grow, and the stage becomes a platform for bold expression.
Northcote College wins special awards at our first Showquest Performance
Northcote College wins special awards at our first Showquest Performance
Showquest is Aotearoa's biggest performing arts competition. Nationwide schools devise original performances to showcase Dance, Drama, Music and Technology.
Northcote College performed on Thursday 7 July at the Aotea Centre. We were awarded the following incredible awards, paying testament to our prestige as a Drama school and our innovative and exciting use of fully live Music .
Our awards:
Best Use of Drama
Best Live Music
Outstanding Rangatahi Award - Quinn Teague (Lead Guitar) This special award is given to the most outstanding performer of the entire event!
Ngā Toi Whakaari o Onewa's performance for 2022 was titled Reminiscent Reclining. The performance champions the power of memory.
Synopsis: When the elderly residents of a retirement village are forced into isolation amidst Aotearoa's Covid-19 Lockdown, they find themselves alone and disconnected. The kindness of a nurse, a true frontline hero, allows the residents to recount their most treasured memories. They each have a taonga which unlocks their memory and enables them to slip, briefly, into their past. The act or reminiscing allows them a little much needed escape. Their past nurtures their present. This is a celebration of memory and the importance of connection.
STREAM THE VIDEO HERE:
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SHOWQUEST
SHOWQUEST
Showquest is an awesome nationwide performing arts competition. Together with a cast of up to 100 students, techs and musos we create a stage show of up to 10 minutes exploring a chosen theme.
The Tamaki Mākaurau competition takes place at Aotea Centre.
You can see some previous schools entries here:
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