National Performing Arts Troupe Building,
Goroka Eastern Highlands Province
NATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE
The National Performing Arts Troupe (NPAT) is the amalgamation
of the former National Theatre Company and Raun Raun Theatre. NPAT
consists of the National Production Unit.
The main function is to develop and utilise theatre in Papua New Guinea at
all levels of society, with particular emphasis at the village level. Through
performing arts, folklore, traditional dance and expressions are displayed.
The National Performing Arts Troupe has these objectives to pursue;
(a) Developing and utilising theatre in Papua New Guinea as a tool for communication
and social change at all levels of society, with particular emphasis at the
village level; and (b) Utilising theatre to promote Papua New Guinea identify
through major folk, traditional and contemporary operas and productions; and
(c) Promoting traditional Papua New Guinea cultures by establishing a repertoire
and performing traditional dances and songs; and (d) Developing theatre as
a professional art form, and (e) Supporting and developing formal and informal
training theatre at the national and regional theatres; and (f) Staging local,
regional, national and internal theatre and cultural festivals; and (g) Domestic
and overseas festivals; and Developing and assisting provincial and village
theatre and cultural groups; and (i) Entering into affiliations or becoming
members of international theatre and cultural organizations; and Any other
prescribed matter.
Stage Production
National Performing Arts Troupe (N.P.A.T.) is tasked with the responsibility
of developing and utilising theatre as a tool for communication and social
change at all level of the society in Papua New Guinea.
This is where the N.P.A.T will have to come up
with a major productions to showcase the institutions objectives.
Children Theatre Workshop
Under this programme, school children would be trained in all aspects of traditional
Papua New Guinea and contemporary dance and dramas so that they will be able
to acquire the knowledge of their cultural heritage.
This programme would be conducted every weekend, for about two (2) to three
(3) months. The program commenced in 2004. For the start, it was conducted in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province.
This project will provide a valuable boost to traditional culture in the face
of an expanding influence of foreign popular culture.
This programme will definitely require the services of elderly men and women from the
villages to assist National Performing Arts Troupe Staff.
Goroka Show, Coffee Festival
and Bilasim Skin Festival
It is the responsibility of this important cultural institution
to participate in this three festivals that are annually held in Goroka.
National Performing Arts Troupe over the years has actively involved in these
festivals
because it is one area where the institution promotes the objectives
of National Cultural Commission.
Theatre Production Research
This research project was carried out in 2004 is aimed at researching and
documenting stories of the Yali Sigina of Madang Province.
These stories once researched and documented will be used to write up script
for possible theatre productions produced using the Yali Sigina stories of
the Madang province.
This programme and similar stories from other parts of the country will also
be researched and documented for future theatre productions.
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