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Hi, I'm Ruth -  the spearhead, tutor and founder of Raglan Theatre Academy. I'm an Actor, Dancer, Director, Producer and Creator.  I'm passionate about performance art and sharing the arts with my community and the youth.  I have a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies, and a Graduate Diploma of Secondary teaching in Drama and Dance, and I have directed and choreographed youth theatre for 20 years.  I love getting up on the stage, and have performed in many performances since I was four years old. For the moment, I leave it to our tamariki to shine, but I still do get involved in the occasional performance project here and there!

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Raglan Theatre Academy is is Raglan's youth acting school, with classes in stage and screen, and caters to young people from 7-18 years of age in Raglan and the wider Raglan area of the Waikato. At Raglan Theatre Academy students will study: performance and acting techniques, script work, physical theatre, devised theatre, improvisation, movement techniques, theatresports, mime and various theatre forms. This builds their confidence, and they get to meet new friends and have fun - all in a supportive environment. There are also extra performance opportunities and I work towards a major full-scale production each year for those in the Drama Production classes.