Workshops and Training
This is a place to find workshops and training opportunities for children, young people, educators and performing arts practitioners. From physical workshops to online sessions, and from children’s drama classes to professional development, our members offer training in areas as diverse as rehearsing creatively online, performance skills, teacher workshops, touring TYA and collaborating with young people.
PAYPA is also exploring opportunities for mentorship and internships by sector leaders. This programme, which we aim to introduce in 2023, will look at facilitating internships for emerging practitioners in TYA organisations across New Zealand, and mentorship for TYA productions.
The following is a list of up and coming and recent workshops and training. If you would like to offer or list a workshop, please email Kerryn Palmer , so we can promote it here and add it to our calendar.
Hagley Theatre School - 2025 Audition
Come to Christchurch for an immersive, concentrated, embodied and transformative theatre training experience in 2025! Application Deadline December 4, 2024
October Auckland Foundations Workshop
Massive Theatre Company Foundations - free workshops for rangatahi aged 14-25 - Auckland, October 10-11.
October Whangārei 5 Days with Massive
Massive Theatre Company is offering a free, five-day workshop in Whangārei for 14-25 year olds, 30 September - 4 October.
Tim Bray Theatre Company school holiday and Term 4 theatre classes
Enrolments are open for Tim Bray Theatre Company’s Hit the Stage! school holiday programme and Term 4 weekly drama classes in Auckland.
The Ice Cream is Melting!
The Dust Palace is touring a family friendly circus show and workshops to Kerikeri and Whangārei, 30 September - 4 October.
September Foundations
Free workshops for rangatahi aged 14-25 years, with Massive Theatre Company - Auckland, 14-15 September.
Hawkes Bay Youth Theatre Y5/6 Drama Class
HaBYT is taking enrolments for a new year Y5/6 class, 'The Troupe', which will run for six weeks, starting 22 August, Hastings.
Tim Bray Theatre Company Term 3 theatre classes
Term 3 enrolments are now open for Tim Bray Theatre Company’s weekly drama classes in Auckland.
Massive Theatre Company: Foundations workshops
Free workshops for rangatahi aged 14-25 years, with Massive Theatre Company - Auckland, 16-19 July.
The Dust Palace School Holiday Programme
Circus workshops for young people aged 5-16 years - July school holidays at The Dust Palace, Penrose, Auckland.
Te Kura Maninirau - Toi Māori meets circus
Te Kura Maninirau and Whau Pasifika Festival are offering free workshops in Auckland for all the whānau these holidays - Avondale 8 July; New Lynn 9 July.
Massive Theatre Company Foundations Workshops
Massive Theatre Company Foundations - free workshops for ages 14-25 in Auckland, April 22-24.
Applied theatre workshop for young migrants
Black Creatives Aotearoa is offering a workshop opportunity for young former refugees and migrants.
Tim Bray Theatre Company Drama classes
Tim Bray Theatre Company offers a school holiday programme, weekly drama classes for ages 5-16 and drama classes for neurodivergent children and teens.
360 ALLSTARS Workshop
360 ALLSTARS 60-minute workshops for ages 10+ - Auckland 30 September.
Teacher / Theatre Practitioner Workshops
Massive Theatre Company one-day workshops for teachers and theatre practitioners in Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Waikato, November 2023.
Massive Foundations Workshops
Massive Theatre Company offers free Foundations Workshops for rangatahi aged 14 to 25
Tim Bray Theatre Company Drama classes
Tim Bray Theatre Company offers a school holiday programme, weekly drama classes for ages 5-16 and drama classes for autistic and neurodivergent children and teens
Clowning Workshops for Young People
Amy Atkins offers a series of clown workshops for young people around the lower North Island.
