Upcoming events.
Madagascar JR - South Auckland
StageAntics South Auckland is heading to the wild with MADAGASCAR JR
CALLING ALL PERFORMERS aged 8–18 years ready to unleash their inner lion, zebra, giraffe (or dancing lemur ).
This high-energy jungle adventure hits the stage at Due Drop Events Centre 25 - 28 June
All the deets + sign up here: https://forms.gle/6w9M5xqsfv8dDmpt8
Limited spaces — don’t lemur it too late!
Rehearsals swing into action early MARCH
It’s loud. It’s joyful. It’s VERY StageAntics
Broadway JR Revue - Raise Your Voice
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 🌟
Be part of the NZ Premiere of MTI’s Broadway Junior Revue: Raise Your Voice!
Raise Your Voice is a brand-new revue featuring songs from across MTI’s Broadway Junior® collection — from classic titles like Guys and Dolls and Oliver! to beloved Disney favourites like The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins 🎭✨
Open to performers aged 9–18 years
Become part of our StageAntics whānau!
📍 Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 6:00–7:30pm at Belmont Intermediate
🎤 Performances: 18–20 June at The Rose Centre
🌏 BONUS: Opportunity to be part of StageAntics Takapuna at JTFNZ 2026 in October
All this… AND you get the t-shirt 👕🔥
Don’t miss your chance to be part of something special.
👉 Find out more: https://forms.gle/wojm8Fiqk66VB9fX6
BADJELLY THE WITCH
StageAntics presents BADJELLY THE WITCH
Adapted by Alannah O'Sullivan
From the book by Spike Milligan
Licensed by Playmarket NZ
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When siblings Tim and Rose set off into the forest to find their beloved cow Lucy, they tumble head-first into a world that is wildly ridiculous, slightly alarming, and completely bonkers.
Enter Badjelly — a cackling, boastful witch who claims she can turn children into sausages, boys into chop suey, and entire forests into her personal kingdom of doom.
(She can’t. Probably.)
Along the way, Tim and Rose meet a parade of peculiar creatures — talking worms, melancholy tree spirits, questionable goblins — and discover that courage, kindness, and a dash of imagination are far more powerful than any witch’s wobbly spell.
Full of anarchic humour, absurd storytelling, and heartwarming bravery, Badjelly the Witch is a delightfully chaotic adventure celebrating the glorious power of imagination.
You can expect outrageous characters through a professional Theatre for Young Audiences experience with full StageAntics sparkle including big laughs for little humans (and even bigger ones for grown-ups)
This is storytelling at its silliest and most sincere — a theatrical romp for tamariki, rangatahi, and anyone who still believes a forest might contain something extraordinary.
Come ready to laugh.
Come ready to imagine.
And whatever you do…
Don’t believe everything Badjelly tells you. 🧙♀️✨
WHEN: 9 - 11 April 2026 10:30am | 12:30pm | 6:30pm
WHERE: The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna
TICKETS: ON SALE SOON
Invercargill Show in a Week
Two Show in a Week Productions!!! Really???
We’re excited that following opening registrations for our 2026 Invercargill Show in a Week we have the numbers to open a second production for the same time.
This programme will see two productions
🎭 8–13year olds
🎭 14 - 18year olds
and are open to performers with any level of experience — from first-timers to seasoned performers. Everyone is welcome!
🎭 Programme Overview
Our Show in a Week runs intensively across a week with casting workshops held as part of the workshop process. The Week is fulltime - 9am - 5pm with three public performances at the end of the week.
FIND OUT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW & REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/e9zJr86JEzVgrfGz8
HADESTOWN Teen Edition
Welcome to the underworld… where the road is long, the wind is cold, and a song just might change your fate.
Hadestown: Teen Edition is a bold, electrifying folk-opera that intertwines two mythic love stories — young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and the powerful, complicated bond between Hades and Persephone.
Set in a world where industry rules and hope is a radical act, Orpheus journeys to the underworld to rescue Eurydice, armed with nothing but his music and an unshakeable belief that love can light the darkest places.
With haunting melodies, driving rhythms, and a story that feels both ancient and urgently now, Hadestown: Teen Edition is a powerful celebration of resilience, community, and the courage it takes to hold onto hope.
Raw. Riveting. Unforgettable.
Come see why we tell the story again. 🎶✨
WHEN: 4 - 6 June 2026
WHERE: The Pumphouse Theatre
TICKETS: ON SALE SOON!
13JR - Show in a Week
WELLINGTON – WE’RE COMING BACK!!!
You asked… you asked again…— and we heard you loud and clear!
After three smash-hit Summer Programmes in Pōneke StageAntics is returning this January with an EPIC Show-in-a-Week production of 13 JR!
Get ready for a week packed with:
Industry-recognised tutors
Musical theatre magic
Full-on StageAntics energy
AND three show-stopping public performances to finish it off!
Performers aged 11-18 years this is your moment. Your stage. Your summer. 19-24 January!
Spots are limited — join the cast now!
WHEN: 19 to 24 January 2026
WHERE: Wellington - venue TBC
REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/dFja5nGzfMvsXXDk7
Dare to Dream JR
StageAntics is buzzing to bring our Show in a Week magic to Tapanui!
Disney's Dare to Dream JR showcases 40 incredible youth performers from Tapanui, Otago, and Southland. Perfect for the summer holidays, this vibrant 70-minute musical revue is the ultimate family outing—packed with energy, heart, and that unmistakable StageAntics spark.
Follow a group of bright-eyed trainees on their first day at a fictional Walt Disney Imagineering Studio as they uncover their dreams and discover how imagination can inspire, uplift, and unite us all.
This high-energy production blends a century of Disney magic with songs appearing on stage for the first time, alongside beloved favourites—brought to life by an enthusiastic cast who create the entire show in just one magical week.
With its mix of contemporary hits, timeless classics, and joyful medleys, Dare to Dream JR promises a feel-good theatre experience for Disney fans of all ages. Celebrate the holidays with a heartwarming journey that reminds us that when you dare to dream, anything is possible.
WHEN: 16 and 17 January 2026
WHERE: West Otago Community Centre
TICKETS: COMING SOON
The Big One-Oh JR & Disney’s Newsies JR
StageAntics and Kids4Drama are thrilled to work together on this fabulous holiday musical season of not one but two Music Theatre International-Australasia Broadway JR musicals.Join us as over 80 amazing Tamaki performers take to the stage at Westpoint Performing Arts for a limited season
Act One: The Big One-Oh JR
Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties – that would require friends, which he doesn’t have. Well, unless you count his monster friends, but they’re only imaginary. But now that he’s turning ten—the big one-oh—he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a “House of Horrors” theme. Of course, things don’t work out as he plans. Will Charley be able to pull it together before the big one-oh . . . becomes the big OH-NO!?
Act Two: Disney's Newsies JR
Disney's Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein.
When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.
So Sieze the Day - book now!!!!!
WHEN: Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th October, 11am & 6.30pm
WHERE: Westpoint Performing Arts, Motions Road, Westmere, AKLD
TICKETS: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/oct/big-one-oh-and-newsies
show in a week - Auckland
Its time to secure your spot for our 2025 Auckland Central StageAntics & Kids 4 Drama Show in a Week!
Join us for the first week of the school holidays in Sept/Oct in central Auckland with an amazing team of industry professionals at the helm to bring together Disney’s Newsies JR and The Big One-Oh JR.
Register info https://forms.gle/5Rjvye8LGYQKxbMh8
Sister Act JR
StageAntics presents
The NZ premiere of Sister Act JR
This uplifting Broadway Junior show will have you raising your voice to the rafters!
Based on the hit 1992 film and Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Sister Act JR. is the feel-good musical comedy that will have audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors),
When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood.
Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing, and a truly moving story, Sister Act JR. will leave audiences breathless. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act JR. is a reason to REJOICE!
WHEN: Friday 26th September 7pm & Saturday 27th September 2pm & 6pm
WHERE: Memorial Hall, Queenstown
TICKETS: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/sep/sister-act-jr
takapuna production class - 13 the new musical
Takapuna StageAntics is thrilled to present 13 the Musical
13 is a hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that "cool" is sometimes where we least expect it.
Three shows only
Thursday 5 June to Saturday 7 June 7pm
The Pumphouse
Tickets available at https://nz.patronbase.com/_PumpHouse/Productions/13MU/Performances
2024 stageantics prizegiving
Join us at Grey Lynn Community Centre for this years prizegiving.
Enjoy some performances from our whānau members, reflect on the year that was and celebrate our annual award nominees and recipients.
Then why not book a ticket and stay and socialise with Christmas with Queen_St - tickets available at https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2024/dec/christmas-with-queen_st
WHEN: Saturday 14 December, 6:30PM
WHERE: Grey Lynn Community Centre
$5 KOHA AT THE DOOR
FAME JR - show in a week
Register now to join StageAntics for a in our inaugural Queenstown Show in a Week of FAME JR.
Registrations are open for all 10- 18 year olds - any level of ability or experience.
Requirements.
Must be available Monday 30 September - Saturday 5 October
Monday - Wednesday - 9am - 5pm - Venue to be confirmed Thursday 9am - 6pm Theatre - Pack in, onstage placement, tech rehearsals - Venue to be confirmed
Friday 9am - 9pm - Theatre - dress rehearsals and Show #1 Saturday Theatre - 11am call for 1pm Show #2 stay on and then 5pm Show #3 PACK OUT
FEE: $350 incl GST
Includes production and a show tshirt
Tickets to watch the production will be open to the public at an additional cost.
REGISTER AT: https://forms.gle/Q2R8jbt65RhjgzYv9
dot and the kangaroo JR
StageAntics presents The New Zealand Premiere of Dot & the Kangaroo JR
This family fun musical tells the story of young, rambunctious Dot who longs for an adventure, exploring everything the country has to offer.
When she finds herself lost and afraid in the darkening Australian bush, Dot befriends a wise mother Kangaroo who enlists the help of Australia's favourite bush creatures to help Dot find her way back home.
An hour long musical perfect for all ages...
WHEN: 2 & 3 August
WHERE: Buckland Hall, Pukekohe
TICKETS: https://events.humanitix.com/dot-and-the-kangaroo-jr
legally blonde JR
Register now to join StageAntics for a in our production of Legally Blonde JR!
Registrations are open for all 10- 18 year olds - any level of ability or experience.
This is a joint production with our Takapuna & Pukekohe production classes coming together in the October School Holidays.
Requirements.
Register and attend weekly Production class - either Takapuna Wednesday evening 630-830pm starting beginning of termo3. OR Pukekohe Thursday Evening 630-830pm starting 7 August
Monday 7th October - Thursday 10th October - 9am - 5pm - The Factory, 80 Onehunga Mall
Friday 9am - 9pm - The Factory - Show #1 & #2
Saturday The Factory - 12pm call for 2pm Show #3 stay on and then 6pm Show #4 - PACK OUT
FEE: $400 incl GST
Includes production and a show tshirt
Tickets to watch the production will be open to the public at an additional cost.
REGISTER NOW AT: https://forms.gle/d5opWtX5RKMRJpPF6
into the woods jr
StageAntics Takapuna presents
INTO THE WOODS JR
Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters — Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch — in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.
The musical centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse, and wind up changed forever.
WHEN: Wed 5 & Thurs 6 June, 7.00pm
WHERE: The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna
TICKETS: https://pumphouse.co.nz/whats-on/show/into-the-woods-jr/
camp rock the musical
Camp Rock the Musical
StageAntics with the support of Creative Communities is thrilled to take you to summer camp at "Camp Rock", but watch out for the new neighboring camp "Camp Star".
Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical is a one act musical comedy based on Disney Channel's Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam featuring hit songs and characters from the two movies.
Directed by: Emma Bishop
Choreographed by: Quinn Annemans
Camp Rock is supported by the Creative Communities NZ
StageAntics presents
WHEN: Thursday 29 June - Saturday 2 July
WHERE: The Concert Chamber, Pukekohe Town Hall
TICKETS: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2022/jun/disneys-camp-rock-the-musical
GODSPELL JR
Godspell JR.
StageAntics is thrilled to bring the NZ Premiere of this timeless tale of friendship, loyalty and love based on the Broadway musical that inspired a generation to the Rose Centre, Belmont in June thanks to Music Theatre International - Australasia and the support of Devonport Takapuna Local Board
With a focus on storytelling, fun and performance Godspell JR. tells the tale of a community coming to terms with the ways of life.
A real family tale....
Directed by: Emma Bishop
Music Direction: Mark Bradley
Choreography: Josh Morris & Louise Wilkie
StageAntics presents
WHEN: Thursday 9 June - Saturday 11 June
WHERE: The Rose Centre, Belmont
TICKETS: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2022/jun/godspell-jr
2022 music theatre production class
2022 Semester One Production Class
Takapuna - Godspell JR
Pukekohe - Camp Rock: One Act Edition
An amazing opportunity for young performers to join StageAntics in Pukekohe or Takapuna in 2022 as we work through term one and two to stage a musical during the term in June. The structure takes into account how busy young people are and only requires the one rehearsal a week until nearer the show in term two.
Students will get to develop skills in acting, dance and singing in a friendly fun environment with highly trained tutors.
$475 for two terms (includes weekly class fee, production fee and tshirt)
For more info or to register email emma@stageantics.nz