Pint-sized Plays Writing Competition

How much drama or comedy can you pack into a five or ten minute play? Pint-sized Plays is your opportunity to show just how imaginative and original you can be. It can be funny, it can be sad... if it can be performed in a pub, with two or three characters, you could be a winner of Pint-sized Plays.

The winning six plays will all be performed in pubs in Pembrokeshire starting this Autumn, during the Tenby Arts Festival and then in other pubs around the county.

Entries will be judged by Phil Clark, who was Artistic Director of the Sherman Theatre Company in Cardiff from 1990 to 2006 where he prioritised new writing, commissioning and directing over 100 new plays.

Entries must be received by August 8th – for full details, go to our website.

Programme for the 2008 British All Winners Festival

National Drama Festivals Association & Manx Amateur Drama Federation
present
35th British All Winners Festival
The Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man
Saturday 19th to Friday 25th July 2008
Adjudicator: Colin Dolley GODA

Saturday 19th July – 7:30 pm (Full Length Play)
Bejou Productions, Essex “The Caretaker” by Harold Pinter

Sunday 20th July – 7:00pm (Youth One Act Plays)
1 Thorpe Hall School, Essex “The Glint of Gold” by Vivienne Cunningham
2 Kick Youth Theatre, Liverpool “Our Little Secret” by Donna Lesley Price
3 Wessex Youth Theatre, Hants “Warrior Square” by Nick Wood
Presentation by Natasha Torin, Young Actor of Mann 2008 followed by
The adjudications and presentation of the NDFA Trophy to the winner of the Youth Section

Monday 21st July – 7:30pm (3 One Act Plays)
1 St.Pauls Drama Group, Surrey “Happy Jack” by John Godber
2 Sodbury Players, Bristol “A Life Sentence” by Mark Seaman
3 Karvid Productions, Herts “Two” by Jim Cartwright
Tuesday 22nd July – 7:30pm (Full Length Play)
Wakefield Little Theatre, Yorks “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller

Wednesday 23rd July - 7:30pm (3 One Act Plays)
1 Ballaly Players, Dublin “One for the Road” by Harold Pinter
2 Guernsey ADOC “The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish” by David Tristram
3 Send ADS, Surrey “The Island” by Athol Fugard

Thursday 24th July – 7:30pm (Full Length Play)
Everyman Productions, Co. Sligo “Juno and the Paycock” by Sean O’Casey

Friday 25th July – 7:30pm
Gala Evening with Sir Derek Jacobi followed by
Presentation of Awards for Full Length and One Act Plays

On Monday 21st July at 14:00hrs, there will be a rehearsed reading
of OSWIECIM by Emma Roskilly, Winner of the 2007 George Taylor Memorial Award
The reading by members of MADF will take place at the Empress Hotel, Douglas

On Wednesday 23rd July at 13:00hrs, there will be a Showcase Production
by the Gateway Drama Club in the Studio Theatre, Ballakermeen School in Douglas

The Annual General Meeting of the National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA)
will be held at the Empress Hotel, Douglas, Isle of Man
on Thursday 24th July starting at 10:30 a.m.
Tickets are available from the Gaiety Theatre Box Office 01624 694555

Results of DAW's 2008 One Act Playwriting Competition

On Friday 6th June, the result of the Drama Association of Wales' One Act Playwriting Competition was announced at Blackwood Miners’ Institute, Blackwood, Gwent.

This year the Drama Association of Wales received 240 entries, not only from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland, but also from Malta, France, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Canada. Thanks to everyone at 'Amdram.co.uk' for your assistance in helping to distribute our information yet again.

The results are as follows:

Winner Of Best Play For A Youth Cast 16-25 Years:
'Cloud Hopping' by Jonathan Whiteside
from Edinburgh

Winner Of Best Play in the Open Section:
'Bananas and Rainbows' by Audrey Ringrose
from London

Winner Of Best Play in the Welsh Language:
'Mab i Fam' by Gwynedd Huws Jones
from Bala, Gwynedd

Winner Of Best Play by a Wales Based Playwright:
'Where There’s a Will' by Alison Neil
from Blackmill, Bridgend

All playwrights have been sent a result letter with the adjudication of the plays that reached the final stages in their section. The winner of the top three sections will now be considered for publication.

Congratulations to the winners and those who made the short list, but our thanks go to all playwrights who sent their work to us.

If you would like an application form for the 2009 Playwriting Competition and a chance to see your work published; or further information on the Drama Association of Wales, please contact Teresa on (T) +44 (0) 29 20452200 (F) +44 (0) 29 2045 2277, or email ‘FAO Teresa’.