About
One of the City’s most popular performance and rehearsal venues TAPAC inclusively serves the creative needs and interests of a diverse performing arts community.
Tapac is Auckland’s most vibrant, contemporary, central performing arts facility.
TAPAC actively hosts Auckland’s thriving arts companies including TEMPO NZ FESTIVAL OF DANCE, Auckland Theatre Company, Co. Theatre Physical, Touch Compass, Massive Theatre Company, Spinning Sun, SMACKBANG Theatre, DANZ, ATAMIRA DANCE COLLECTIVE, MIXIT, independent arts practitioners and community performance groups.
TAPAC is also the home of the Performing Arts School of New Zealand and Western Springs College Performing Arts School.
Our Mission & Vision
Through the collective joy of dance, drama and creative arts education we will celebrate the multicultural liveliness, vigour and brilliance of Auckland and encourage creative aspirations both in our region and beyond.
- To provide a vibrant and inspiring centre for excellence in performing arts and education.
- To provide a link in the professional, community and educational performing arts of New Zealand.
- To provide a safe and positive environment for established, emerging artists and arts education.
- To welcome and support people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
- To maintain an innovative, well-designed building reflecting the diversity of its users and the beauty and history of the local environment.
- To be a professionally managed facility.
- To support excellence in the performing arts.
- To celebrate and encompass the diversity of our place in The Pacific and encourage vibrant interaction within the international community.
TAPAC is the result of a partnership between Auckland City Council, Western Springs College and The Performing Arts School of NZ Inc.
TAPAC opened in July 2003.
The photographs on this site are by Simon Devitt and are reproduced by courtesy of the TAPAC architects Warren and Mahoney.
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