We look back on this year’s PAYPA Hui and celebrate the winners of the 2024 PAYPA Awards.

After 33 years delighting and inspiring the imaginations of young audiences, Tim Bray Theatre Company is to close following its 20th season of The Santa Claus Show.

Congratulations to Cubbin Theatre Company, invited to present Up and Away at the next ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering in Marseille.

PAYPA has announced the shortlisted nominees for two of this year’s three PAYPA Awards: Production of the Year and Emerging Artists.

Playmarket has announced the winners of this year’s Plays for the Young competition.

Please sign our petition to reinstate the recently axed Creatives in Schools programme.

PAYPA is seeking a sponsor to offer prize money for the winners of Playmarket’s annual Plays for the Young competition.

The PAYPA Touring Guide shares tips, tools and templates for touring performing arts for young people in Aotearoa.

Capital E’s National Theatre for Children bows out with The Grumpiest Child in the World.

Call for TYA practitioners to participate in a survey on touring to schools and early childhood centres.

This handbook, detailing how to ensure theatre productions are accessible to neurodivergent children, is free to download from Tim Bray Theatre Company’s website

PAYPA publishes What is ‘Quality’?, a guide to excellence in performing arts for/by/with children and young people

An opportunity for cultural exchange and collaboration between international artists aged 36 or under working in performing arts for young audiences.

Creatives in Schools has provided an opportunity for students from Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education to create show with Tim Bray Youth Theatre.

The ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2023 has been rescheduled from May to November 2023. More details to come.