{"id":1976,"date":"2026-08-25T11:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:49:36","slug":"from-duffy-kid-to-duffy-theatre-caleb-teaupas-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/from-duffy-kid-to-duffy-theatre-caleb-teaupas-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"From Duffy Kid to Duffy Theatre: Caleb Teaupa&#8217;s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1976\" class=\"elementor elementor-1976\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a37b7a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a37b7a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ee896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99ee896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every Duffy kid has a favourite part of the school year. For <a href=\"https:\/\/aucklandactors.co.nz\/actors\/caleb-teaupa\/\">Caleb Teaupa<\/a>, growing up in Wellsford, it was always the same one \u201c<em>I remember loving the Duffy shows<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p>He remembers the excitement of sitting down with his friends to watch the show. He didn&#8217;t know it then, but that feeling would end up shaping where his own story went.<\/p><h3><strong>A full circle moment<\/strong><\/h3><p>Caleb finished training at Toi Whaka\u0101ri and the first job he landed was with Duffy Theatre.<\/p><p>The same show he grew up watching. This time, he was in it.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>(It was a) full circle moment being Duffy,<\/em>\u201d he says.<\/p><p>Caleb spent the year touring the country, performing for children in the same halls he once sat in himself. \u201c<em>I got to travel the country and perform for children, just like myself when I was a little boy. So yeah, it was very special, very special.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><h3><strong>Reading never left the stage<\/strong><\/h3><p>Ask Caleb what reading has to do with acting, and he doesn&#8217;t hesitate.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>Being an actor, reading is extremely important.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><p>Every script he&#8217;s handed must be read, then read again. Understanding a character means understanding why a line is written the way it is, what it means for the story, and what it means for his performance. It&#8217;s comprehension and critical thinking, the same skills tamariki are building every time they open a book in class.<\/p><p>And memorising a script isn&#8217;t only about repetition. Caleb talks about getting outside, moving through different environments, feeling the words in his body as much as his head. It&#8217;s the same instinct Duffy Theatre is built on: stories land harder when you don&#8217;t just read them, you experience them.<\/p><h3><strong>What&#8217;s at stake<\/strong><\/h3><p>Reading isn&#8217;t an extra for Caleb and he is direct about what happens when kids don&#8217;t get that chance.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>It breaks my heart. It makes it a lot harder for them to get by<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p>Reading is tied to basic life skills, the ones adults rely on every day without thinking, from an email to a script. For Caleb, Duffy Theatre is one of the ways tamariki get to see that stories matter.<\/p><h3><strong>Watch Caleb&#8217;s story<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d446037 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d446037\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a53d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2a53d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/chs0pj5HTgU?si=6ECKxw7I-GZCAdsz&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div 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