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.

In 2026, Jeff Parsnips and Tom Knowles are bringing their special brand of kids’ musical comedy to the World Buskers Festival, Hamilton Arts Festival, CubaDupa and the Circa Theatre 50th Anniversary Season.

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.

Theatre in Schools Aotearoa (TiSA) has announced its Term One 2026 tour with a vision to bring brilliant theatre and dance directly into primary schools across Aotearoa.

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.

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.

Call for EOIs: The Hannah is partnering with Auckland Live to support the development of a new production - EOI’s open until 6 November.

Auditions for the Sexwise programme, touring Aotearoa educating rangatahi on sexual health and healthy relationships, will be held between the 6th till 9th of November across the country.

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!