Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Encore Theatre Collective is a youth theatre company founded in 2019 by a young group of passionate theatre makers and educators with the aim to discover, inspire and showcase unique young talent. Your support would help to bring their December production of Cinderella to the ASB Waterfront Theatre Stage.

After the success of their inaugural production, ‘Disney’s My Son Pinocchio,’ at the ASB Waterfront Theatre in December last year, Encore accepted a new cast of just over 100 young performers (representing 54 schools) in February to work towards a July production of ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ at SkyCity Theatre.

After a 6 month postponement, a performance venue change and weeks of Zoom rehearsals followed by weeks of socially distanced rehearsals, Encore is proud of the effort and commitment of their cast and is overjoyed to be bringing this timeless fairytale to the ASB Waterfront Theatre stage this December.

Why we need your support

Collectively with the cast and families, Encore was able to fundraise almost $15,000 for their production last year by hosting various events for the cast and their families and a samosa fundraiser. These funds contributed significantly towards the production costs and helped achieve the high standard of production that they aim to produce - both for their cast and the audience.



With the unpredictability of 2020, it’s been impossible to organise and deliver these fundraising events. COVID-19 has impacted the arts industry largely. With touring productions unable to perform, school shows cancelled and limits on audience sizes, it’s been a difficult year for performers, theatre practitioners/technicians and venues.

Our target

The $10,000 target will not only contribute to production costs and theatre technician fees, but will also help to assist with the costs incurred by the extension of our 6-month program to almost a year.

The Encore cast feels a great responsibility to bring joy to the audience and help celebrate performing arts in New Zealand. They feel incredibly lucky to have been able to push through this year and would so appreciate that extra little bit of support.

Thank you so much in advance,
from the cast & crew of Encore's Cinderella