School of Rock at the Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North, 18 April - 3 May 2025Tickets from $35 for adults and $25 for children 14 and under. (Prices exclude ticketing fees).

Based on the 2003 hit movie, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school's headmistress finding out? With its sensational live kids' rock band and featuring some of Act Three Productions' best talent, including 40 incredible school children from across the Manawatū, School of Rock promises an energy-filled theatre experience and is a loving testimony to the transforming power of music.

The stage musical on Broadway and in the West End is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has also composed 14 new songs for the show, which additionally features all of the original songs from the movie. The composer's numbers "You're in the Band" and "Stick it to the Man" are well on their way to becoming rock solid standards, while the finale with "Teacher's Pet" brings audiences to their feet! May the spirit of rock be with the schools and community theatres who pledge allegiance to Lloyd Webber's newest hit!