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48 Hour Short Play Festival Located in Lower Hutt
MEDIA RELEASE:PLAYFEST 2016
Copyright Geraldine Brophy
48 HOUR SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL LOCATED IN THE LITTLE THEATRE LOWER HUTT
WHAT
Nextstage Theatre Charitable Trust invites participants of all ages and physical abilities, to create a 10 minute short playbased on a given subject. The teams must be comprised of no less than two and up to ten individuals nominate a team leader and be age 16 years and upwards.
HOW
The registration for the event is on-line (see link below) and requires a $15 entry fee to be paid upon registration.
Teams must arrive at the Little Theatre Lower Hutt between6pm and 6.30pm on Friday 7th of October.
The plays content must be an M rating. No Nudity is permitted. All teams are released at 7pm for the 48 hour challenge to begin.
A first heat elimination takes place on Sunday 9th of Octobercommencing at 7pm. This is a ticketed public performance before a panel of 3 judges. Tom Scott is patron of the event and one of the Judging panel.
Tickets are general admission at the door and cost $10. No bookings are taken.
Final: 5 teams are chosen for the Final and will work with a team of professional director, light and sound designer, dramaturg and production manager during the following week. All 5 plays are staged with lights and sound and props in theFinal heat at 7pm on Saturday the 15th of October. $10 door tickets will be on sale for general admission from 6pm.A winner and 2nd and 3rd places awarded. A trophy will be given to the winner for custody for one year and prizes for both winner and runner up teams will also be given.
WHY
To foster creative community engagement in the performance arts. To promote the profile of Lower Hutt as an arts friendly city.
To offer the opportunity to young and old, those differently abled and people of different ethnicities a chance to speak with story to an audience.
To create new relationships of value amongst community.
For more details, go to https://nextstagetheatre.wordpress.com
To register, click on this link: https://goo.gl/Y2GniO
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