August 25, 2023
The Nanango Theatre Company will be bringing a feast of drama and comedy to the South Burnett next week.
Next Friday, Saturday and Sunday the NTC will be presenting their 2nd annual Heritage NananGO PLAYfest at the Nanango Cultural Centre, and tickets are already being snapped up.
This year PLAYfest will be offering a cavalcade of short dramas and comedies that range from suspenseful to side-splitting.
The event is part of the South-East Queensland Drama Festival Circuit, with each production competing for a slice of the $3000 in prize monies on offer.
“We have 17 entries this year, and 11 of those were written by Australian authors within the last 12 months,” NTC spokesperson Jon Fearnley said.
“We believe this is the richest competition for short plays in Australia, and it is a stimulus for people to write and perform.
“Many local groups are taking part in the festival, but we also have many external groups showing their talents as well.”
A feature that makes PLAYfest special is that all plays must run for no longer than 50 minutes.
This allows audiences to see sessions of three or four plays back-to-back over the festival’s three days.
The event will kick off at 7:00pm on Friday, September 1, with “Tiaras At The Palace”, “Deep” and “Last Tango In Little Grimley”.
This will be followed at 9:00am on Saturday, September 2, with a morning session featuring “Do It For The Boys”, “Murder At Rosemere”, “The Man In The Bowler Hat” and “Hoods”.
The 2:00pm session will showcase “Anonymous”, “Netty’s Night Out” and “The Donahue Sisters”.
A third session at 7:00pm will feature “Rue”, “Good News Bad News”, “I Do You Die” and “Love Me (Not)”.
Then on Sunday, the festival will conclude with a final session at 9:00am with performances of “Roof House”, “In The Blood” and “Birthday Surprise” before the judges announce this year’s winners at about 12:30pm.
Tickets to PLAYfest can be purchased online through Trybooking.com.
Tickets are $10 per session or $40 for a season ticket covering all five sessions.
The NTC is also offering a family season ticket allowing two adults and up to three children to see all 17 performances for $100.
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