Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland
October 24 & 25, 2025
The Festival included: adjudications from 18 groups, student workshops, professional development for teachers and community theatre leaders, the New Works Showcase, and an awards ceremony.
Pilot Programme
WICKED JR.
Director: Jack Shatford
Musical Director: Ryan Macauley
Choreographer: Joel Hewlett
Lyle Lyle Crocodile JR.
Director: Jiana Odland
Musical Director: Jack Barnard
Choreographer: Jeremy Hinman
Faculty
Adjudicators: Cherie Moore, Jack Barnard, Ryan Maculey, Daniel Stoddart, Shane Bransdon, Jack Shatford, John Prignano, Jiana Odland, Jeremy Hinman
Workshop Clinicians: Zoe Fraser, Louise Wilkie, Jack Shatford, Daniel Stoddart, Ryan Maculey, Shane Bransdon, Joel Hewlett, Cherie Moore, Jeremy Hinman
Professional Development Clinicians: Emma Bishop, Jiana Odland, Kate Martin-Booker, Caitie Houghton, Adrian Barila, Daniel Mertzlufft
New Works Showcases
Sister Act JR. : Special Project Participants
Madagascar KIDS : National Youth Theatre – Manukau
Something Rotten JR. : StageAntics
