Now in it’s 47th year, Noosa Arts Theatre is once again set to present their One Act Play Festival.
Every year this competition attracts entries from all over the country and overseas.
From nearly 100 entries this year, a panel of readers select 10 out of which three are judged the finalists.
These are then performed for the first time and a professional judge chooses the best play with second and third prizes.
There is also an audience choice award plus awards for best actor, director and ensemble.
This year they have three excellent new works to perform. They are in no particular order:
The Tiniest of Things – written by Rob Selzer and directed by Liza Park.
Bill Markus is a popular professor in line for the Nobel Prize. But his trip to Stockholm is put in jeopardy when he is called to account for an off-the-cuff, offensive remark. He sees no harm in it but Jess Green, law student and staunch protector of human rights thinks otherwise!
Party Conversations– written by Sheree Anne Veysey and directed by Sue Clapham.
At a friend’s engagement party Abbie meets a young woman crying in the bathroom. The conversation that results proves to be more than either of them anticipated.
Magpies – written by Michael Olsen and directed by Maria Karambelas.
After Uncle Gio’s funeral, his nieces, Rosa and Carmela descend on his house in search of his secret “sacco”, his hidden stash of cash. Neither of them are in Uncle Gio’s will. Rosa and Carmela drag along their husbands. Colin and Derek. to help them with their search. Will the two sisters find anything?
Last year’s One Act Play festival had a play called The Magpies but this is not the same play, in case anyone was wondering.
The season kicks off on 4 July and runs for eight performances until 14 July. Book your tickets at noosaartstheatre.org.au or call the theatre on (07) 9449 9343, Tuesday to Friday between 10am and 2pm.
