Stage Challenge

13 venues, 200 schools, 16,000 participants and an audience of 25,000 people. Stage Challenge is a dance, drama and design spectacular where the students are the stars. It is part of a global event reflecting the personalities, concerns, hopes, dreams and interests of students. Each performance runs between five and eight minutes and is set to a medley of published and recorded music tracks. Each team may have up to 140 students from a school or community group working together with parents, teachers and their local community to create their performance. Hours of rehearsals and hard work result in a performance to thousands of audience members across New Zealand. A school’s entry into Stage Challenge is about experiencing the natural high of being part of a team in a 100% tobacco, drug and alcohol-free environment.