August 7, 2023
Nanango Theatre’s Company’s latest short season of one-act plays wrapped up at the weekend, but the group doesn’t have time to rest on its laurels!
They will be hosting a huge one-act play festival, the 2023 Heritage NananGO PLAYfest, at the Nanango Cultural Centre from September 1-3.
NananGO PLAYfest is part of the South East Queensland Drama Festival Circuit.
There will be five sessions over three days, and tickets have already gone on sale for this popular event.
Theatre groups from across south-east Queensland have been invited to bring along their best one-act plays to wow audiences and compete for great prizes.
“Thanks to the wonderful support of the Nanango Heritage Bank, we can again offer (what we think is) Australia’s best prize money for such a competition, and we look forward to growing this festival as a pillar of the local cultural calendar,” PLAYfest convenor Jon Fearnley said.
Jon said earlybird ticket sales were already nearly matching last year’s total sales for the event.
“We’re excited with how the region is getting behind this smorgasbord of live theatre for our local audiences,” Jon said.
The inaugural event was to be held in 2021, but was cancelled at the last minute due to COVID lockdowns.
However, the 2022 event – which served up 12 one-act plays – was hailed as a great success.
- External link: Book PLAYfest tickets
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Nanango Theatre’s Company’s latest season was marketed as “Firsts, Lasts and a Bowler Hat”.
It featured three one-act comedies and the final performances were held on Saturday night, and southburnett.com.au was lucky enough to catch the hilarious show.
“Birthday Surprise” was written by the Nanango Theatre Company’s Annette McKeith and directed by Jon Fearnley.
“The Man In The Bowler Hat” is a farce by well-known English writer, A.A. Milne, which was directed by Anne Davoren.
And the third play was “Last Tango In Little Grimley”.
Jenny Morgan made her directing debut with this play within a play within a play within a play.
Actors on stage throughout the season included Stewart Gray, Maxine Whitbread, Lisa O’Neill, Kiall and David Rowberry, Sheree Langan, Scott Fitzpatrick, David Kenny, Alex Alifrangis, and Brad, Kieran and Kylie Boynton.
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