Name

Year

Enrolled

Achievement

Sasha Novak

1988

Highland Dancing

3 N.Z. Age group titles

5 North Island titles

9 N.Z. titles

Cameron McMillan

1990

Classic Ballet

1993 Winner of the “Alana Haines Australasian Award”

1994-1996 Student at Australian Ballet School

1997 Bronze medal-Royal Academy of Dance “Adeline Genee Awards” in London

1997- Joined Royal N.Z. Ballet Company

Gold medal senior section “Asian Pacific International Ballet competition” in Tokyo, Japan

1999 Lead role RNZB production of Peter Pan

2002 English National Ballet

2012 Awarded Arts Foundation “New Generation Award”

Hayley Sisarich

1991

Highland Dancing

Won numerous North Island titles

Kylie-Anna Sisarich

1994

Highland Dancing

1995 N.Z. Under 16 Champion

1997 & 1998 N.Z. Under 18 Champion

2002 Gained International Teacher’s qualification

Miranda Short

1994

Rock & Roll

1997 N.Z. Junior Champion

2002 N.Z. Open Champion

Abbey Summersby

2001

2001 Winner National Ballet section at the N.Z. Modern Dance Awards

Name

Year

Enrolled

Achievement

Sandra Vinsen

1962

Ventriloquist/Puppeteer

Margaret Tucker(Arthur)

1965

Actress & Director:

Has performed on stage in numerous productions

New Plymouth Operatic Society

New Plymouth Repertory Society

Cue Theatre (Inglewood)

Has also Directed productions

Peter Avery

1967

Film Director

Morris West

1970

Has performed on stage in numerous Theatre productions

Gilane Wyke(Weatherall)

1973

Actor & Director:

Performed on stage for Little Theatre

Director-New Plymouth Repertory Society

Iain Rea

1977

Actor and Writer:

Theatre:

1985 - To Rich Sony Trilogy

1987 - The Tempest

1989 – Decedence

1999 – Director of Manu Rau

Film:

1987 - Beyond Gravity

1988 - Te Rua,

1990 - Ruby & Rata

1998 - Length of a Memory

2005 - The World’s Fastest Indian

Television:

1987 - Peppermint Twist

1992 - Sound & Silence

1996 – Shortland Street

1996/97 - Xena

Simon Roborgh

1984

Performed in Musical productions

1987 – Nine

2008 – Billy Elliot:The Musical (As Tony Elliot)

Neill Rea

1984

Actor:

Has performed in numerous productions on stage in Theatre, Film and Television. His major achievements are:

 1999 – Scarfies (as Scott)

2000 - Nominated for Best Film

Television: 2014-2019 Brokenwood Mysteries (as Inspector Mike Shepherd)

2015 - Finalist for Best Actor

Karl Drinkwater

1991

Actor:

Has performed in Theatre, Film and Television.

Film: 5 Feature films including

2000 - Lord of the Rings

Television: 7 productions including

2009 – Spartacus:Blood and Sand

2015 – Shortland Street (As Caleb)

Theatre: numerous productions

Jackson Coe

2000

2003 - Selected to perform at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London

2010 – Finalist for a Chapman Tripp Theatre Award in the Most promising newcomer category

Gwendoline Taylor

2001

Actress:

Has performed in Film and Television

Film:

2012 - Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business (As Emily)

2017 - Someone To Carry Me

Television:

2011 - Go Girls

2013 - Spartacus:War of the Damned (As Sibyl)

Kristina Pui

2009

Comedian:

Comedienne who has performed over 100 gigs in London.

2017 – Regional finalist in the United Kingdom’s major comedy competition-The Funny Women Stage Awards