The Dust Palace presents a playful circus adventure for ages 4–8, where siblings race melting ice creams home, while exploring environmental themes - Auckland, 30 March to 11 April.

Perennial Christmas favourite, Tim Bray’s The Santa Claus Show, has found a new permanent home at Centrestage Theatre in Orewa, with the 2025 season running 19 to 21 December.

New Zealand kids-music creator Tom Knowles is launching a 6-week drop of revitalised, reimagined nursery rhymes - starting 12 December, a new remix arrives every week on all major streaming platforms.

The Dust Palace presents a playful circus adventure for ages 4–8, where siblings race melting ice creams home, while exploring environmental themes - school shows in Auckland, 30 March to 2 April.

Auckland Theatre Company’s Creative Learning Programme offers high schools a range of matinée performances and in-school workshops in 2026, plus a digital classroom offer.

Enrolments are open for Storybox Drama’s Term 1 Process Drama Classes for ages 4-12, Christchurch.

Make a Practice Puppet and explore techniques to breathe life into it - a 1-day workshop led by Bridget Sanders (Birdlife Productions), 18 January, Wellington.

Auditions for the 2026 intake for Hagley Theatre School’s One-Year Acting Training and Six-Month Theatre Creation courses have been extended to 6 December.

Applications are now open for BATS Programme Curation Funding for projects at BATS in Te Whanganui-a-Tara between March and June 2026 - deadline 8 February.

ASSITEJ Korea and ASSITEJ International announce the Call for Performances for the ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival 2027 in Suwon & Seoul, Korea - deadline for submissions 1 May 2026.

Open call for applications from young and emerging artists for a 10-day creative residency within a touring theatre festival across Mongolia’s western Zavkhan province - deadline 1 December.

Join us at The Court Theatre in Christchurch for a weekend of celebration, connection, workshops, kōrero and the 2025 PAYPA Awards, 7-9 November.

Save the date and join us in Korea in 2027 to celebrate the 22nd ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival, 22 July - 1 August 2027.

ONEONESIX launches a festival dedicated entirely to children and their whānau - Whangārei, 19 September - 12 October.

The recipients for this year’s PAYPA Awards were announced at the PAYPA Awards Evening, 8 November at The Court Theatre in Ōtautahi.

PAYPA is delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s PAYPA Awards! The awards will be presented at the PAYPA Awards Evening, 8 November at The Court Theatre in Ōtautahi.

Congratulations to the winners of Playmarket’s Plays for the Young 2025 competition!