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Harbour Lites

Mon, 17 Sept 2007, 01:57 pm
stinger11 posts in thread
I managed to catch the last night of this collection of 3 one-act plays at Harbour last Saturday and I am glad I did. Apparently only 2 of the 3 will be going on to the ITA Dramafest. My frequent lament is that there just does not seem to be enough good quality Australian-written one-acters around and I applaud the efforts of those who take the bull by the horns and write their own. However, these 3 plays (which I believe were all English-written) were well chosen and the Aussie actors (and directors) did a good job on the English accents. Overall,I was impressed with the standard of these plays. One-act festivals can be an opportunity for experimentation with ideas and personnel. They are also a great opportunity to be 'noticed' if you are a talented young artist, working your way up in the theatrical world, thus not to be taken too lightly. Well done, all.

One-act

Mon, 17 Sept 2007, 02:36 pm
Walter Plinge
Probably because there are not enough good Australian one act plays around. It's quite unfortunate really. Most of the one act plays I do are British, Irish, American or English translations of foreign plays. The couple of Aussies one I did were fairly unmemorable and/or second rate.

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