PACANZ - National Young Performer Awards 2025
Tickets available at the door
Upcoming Performances
- Saturday 25 October 2025, 8:30 AM @ Globe One & Two
- Sunday 26 October 2025, 8:30 AM @ Globe One & Two
Purchase your tickets here
Various types of tickets available. Door sales will be available for competitions at the Globe Theatre
The National Young Performer Awards 2025 will be held on 24th-26th October in Palmerston North.
200 young soloist performing artists, aged between 15 and 21 , as well as more than 1,100 Troupe dancers, will come from all over New Zealand to perform at the 2025 NYPA.
Soloist competitors will perform: Modern Dance, Musical Theatre, Instrumental and Speech & Drama sections. Troupes will cover all dance genres from Hip Hop to Ballet and everything in between.
Each performer represents a PACANZ member society of which there are 73 across NZ and undergoes a rigorous selection process, performing to the specific required standards of their chosen art form. As with their sporting peers, it is an honour for young performing artists to be selected to participate in the NYPA for $60,000 in prizes.
Three venues are in use over the weekend. The Globe Theatre, the Regent Theatre and the Speirs Centre. Tickets purchased get you entry to all three venues.
Various types of tickets available. Door sales will be available for competitions at the Globe Theatre
The National Young Performer Awards 2025 will be held on 24th-26th October in Palmerston North.
200 young soloist performing artists, aged between 15 and 21 , as well as more than 1,100 Troupe dancers, will come from all over New Zealand to perform at the 2025 NYPA.
Soloist competitors will perform: Modern Dance, Musical Theatre, Instrumental and Speech & Drama sections. Troupes will cover all dance genres from Hip Hop to Ballet and everything in between.
Each performer represents a PACANZ member society of which there are 73 across NZ and undergoes a rigorous selection process, performing to the specific required standards of their chosen art form. As with their sporting peers, it is an honour for young performing artists to be selected to participate in the NYPA for $60,000 in prizes.
Three venues are in use over the weekend. The Globe Theatre, the Regent Theatre and the Speirs Centre. Tickets purchased get you entry to all three venues.