Dramafest 2010 Schedule

The schedule for Dramafest 2010 was ratified last night and is as follows: Friday 24th September Session 1 – 7:30pm Opening Address Stirling - “Hush Little Celia, Don’t Say a Word” Old Mill - “Past Loves” SPY - “Children of the Black Skirt” Saturday 25th September Session 2 – 10:00am MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY SESSION Stage Left - “Legend” KADS - “Hooker from Hell” Stage Left - “Shock of Recognition” Session 3 – 2:00pm Irish Theatre Players - “The Farce of the Devil’s Bridge” Melville - “Checkout” Stage Left - “Work, You’re Doing it Wrong” Session 4 – 7:30pm Stirling - “Angel’s Children” Irish Theatre Players - “Riders to the Sea” Arena Arts & Entertainment - “When Nixon Met Elvis” Sunday 26th September Session 5 – 10:00am Goldfields - “Last Post” Melville - “The Game” Upstart - “Striptease” Session 6 – 2:00pm MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY SESSION Old Mill - “Black and White” Garrick - “Too Much Information” Goldfields - “Derek Drives a Datsun” Mandurah Little Theatre - “Marigolds – Piling on the Agony” Monday 27th September 11:00am Adjudicator’s Dissertation And Presentations If any entrant clubs have a problem with this schedule PLEASE contact the Festival Coordinator ASAP Bookings Andrew Gould 0405 613 995 Tickets: Season Ticket - $60 Session Ticket - $15 Individual play tickets will not be available this year, except to cast & crew of other plays in the same session. Tickets to the final session on Monday are free but are strictly limited Bookings for these tickets can be made through the Festival Coordinator Paul Treasure Festival Coordinator ctcadmin@carealot.com.au or 0402 530 529

Forgot to add Formal notification of this schedule and other information will be sent to the entrant clubs in the next couple of days.

Any info on session prices, season tickets etc? I guess I'll be watching the grand final in replay :P www.meltheco.org.au

Wow I only read the name and yet I can just feel "Too Much Information" will do well. Hahahahaha. Can't wait this should be great fun. It's not a Wolf, It's an Alaskan Malamute.

How do you book tickets?

Info on ticket bookings etc to follow shortly

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Dramafest (and Bunbury). Unfortunately I'm going to be moving house and getting my current place ready for rent so I wont be able to see all the plays like usual. I heard that there is going to be tech rehearsals this year. Out of pure interest, is this the first time tech rehearsals have been run for a One-Act Play fest? Can anyone shed some light on why the change? Sky

Hi Sky I may as well field this one as I was instrumental in the change. "I heard that there is going to be tech rehearsals this year. Out of pure interest, is this the first time tech rehearsals have been run for a One-Act Play fest?" There are tech rehearsals EVERY year, they are actually an important part of the Dramafest process, they provide a chance for the Festival techs to find out what is going to be happening in each play so they are prepared. In the past they have been voluntary, this year we have changed it and made them mandatory! "Can anyone shed some light on why the change?" Quite simply because last year the system was abused by way too many clubs and it needed to be changed. It is simply unfair and not good enough if the Festival techs are running around in the interval trying to get hold of the director of the next play to find out what the sound and lighting requirements are FOR THE NEXT PLAY, and then finding out that they need specials that need to be rigged somehow, because no one involved in the play thought to inform the techs! The tech rehearsals are not actually a rehearsal as such, each play has fifteen minutes to walk the stage and get used to the space and the acoustics, while the director or stage manager lets the techs know what is going on. And to reiterate, no, they are not a new thing, they are actually something that has been there forever, we are just being more stringent this year with a number of the rules. And yes, the rules were sent out with the entry packs, including a covering letter outlining which rules had changed. There is already one play this year that may be deemed ineligible for best play and best director if their script is not already sitting in the mailbox at Lotteries House waiting to be picked up!

Ahhhh ok then. I have been in a few one acts and never have had a tech rehearsal thats why I assumed it was a new thing. Fair call on 'no one involved in the play thought to inform the techs'. I know what being part of crew (instead of cast) is like. Always the last to know. My initial thought - naive as it may be - was that being thrown in to the deep end on the day was part and parcel with festivals. I must say though, it will certainly be nice to get a feel for the stage before stepping out infront of an audience. Looking forward to seeing the plays this year. Sky

have just editied the original post to include ticketing information