Noosa Arts Theatre’s latest offering is the very popular One Act Play Festival which the local community has embraced for decades.
Fielding plays from around the world, a rigorous process involving a professional reading panel whittles the entries down to the final three.
Then the real fun begins. Directors and casts audition to bring these one act plays to life on the Noosa Arts Theatre stage.
The three plays chosen this year are an eclectic mix.
There’s the black comedy, Love Over A Barrel, written by Rob Selzer who won last year’s competition with his play, Three Wives and a Funeral. Alison Venning is a first time director with Noosa Arts Theatre, her last appearance was on stage as Tanya in Mamma Mia. This fun play tells the story of Billy, an ex-priest, who now works as a contract killer who has a strict moral code of never telling a lie which places him in a conundrum, do love and bullets mix?
There is also The Magpies, written by Paula-Mary Camilleri and directed by Jacqui Mata Luque. The story is about Helen, who lives by herself, in a small wooden house. There are three magpies that visit her daily so she feeds them. Since her daughter Rebecca moved out, Helen has decided to re-join the dating scene. We bear witness to Helen with her first dating experience along with a few injured birds, late night Doritos and mint slice biscuits thrown in. What could possibly go wrong?
The third offering is Astro Cafe, written by Paul Clarke and directed by another first time director to Noosa Arts Theatre, Catherine Gamble.
It’s late night at the Astro cafe, and one of the townsfolk tells of a strange encounter he’s just experienced out on the road. Could there be more to the event than it first seems? The past is about to collide with the present, changing everyone’s lives forever. Can we hear that classical music piece of Close Encounters perhaps?
Tickets are on sale now so go to noosaartstheatre.org.au and book your tickets now so you don’t miss out.
All information regading the dates and times are there. The shows start on the 18 May and runs till 28 May.
