Upcoming 2026 Panels 

February
“Working as One: Cost-Saving & Collaboration Across the Motu”
A panel about ways to collaborate and share resoures within the regionals and across the motu

March
“Safe, Seen & Supported: Rainbow Inclusion in Community Theatre”
Creating safe, supportive spaces for all LGBTIA+

“Beyond Volume: Inclusive Practices for Low-Hearing Communities”
Looking at accessibility for low hearing people.

April
"Caring for Our Company: Trauma Awareness in Theatre Communities"

May
“Te Reo, Te Ao, Te Oro: Crafting a Musical Theatre Style for Aotearoa”  
What is Aotearoa's Musical Theatre sound?
 

 

PAST PANELS

Marketing Best Practice with Sharron Parodoe and Doug Kamo

How Do We Select Our Shows? with Craig Ogilvie, Jeremy Sparrow and Hamish Mouat

Budgeting with Anne Douglas, Community Waikato

Prepping for Tech Week through a Diversity Lens - Kate Martin-Booker

Funding - How to Best Share Your Story - Cassandra Wilson - CNZ; Dr. Jeremy Mayall - Creative Waikato

Children in the Theatre Space - Care, Safety and Wellbeing - Sonya Aifai and Steve Lloyd

Kōrero with our Rights Holders - Online Forum - Play Bureau, Playmarket, APRA AMCOS/OneMusic NZ, David Spicer Productions, MTI Australasia and ORiGiN Theatrical

Making Safe Spaces to Create - Facilitated by: Joshua Downs
                                                   Panelists: Karen Ruske | Darrel Nitschke | Chelsea Sheehan-Gaiger