Preston One – Act Theatre Festival 2009

The Preston One Act Theatre Festival (promoted by The Broughton Players) will once again be held at the Playhouse Theatre, Market Street, Preston, during the week 22nd - 27th June 2009

Below are a copy of the rules; entrance form and aims of the festival.

If your drama group would like to participate, then please complete the first section of the application form by the deadline stated

Queries can be addressed to any of the following members of the One Act Theatre Festival Committee. Their details are:

Adrienne Hurley (01772 700562) (hurley332@hotmail.com)

Stephen Hall (Secretary) (01772 654760) (halls.squireswood@tesco.net)

Stage Manager as well as Lighting and Sound technicians will be appointed, their details will be supplied once you have returned your entry forms. We have tried to cover most eventualities regarding technical support in the rules, however if you have any genuine concerns about your staging please contact Alex Tagg on 01772 312447

Rehearsal - contact Christine below to book rehearsal time

Christine Hunter Hughes (01772 728817) chh@talktalk.net

A progress meeting will be held at the Playhouse Theatre prior to the event.

In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact any member of the committee if you wish to discuss any problems you have.

Most plays require a Licence to perform and this must be obtained before the play can be performed at the Festival. Please contact the Festival secretary if you need more details or further clarification.

We cannot stress how important it is that deadlines are met including cast lists in order to make proper arrangements for you and to ensure correct details are printed in the festival programme.

We look forward to your participation during in June 2009 in what we hope will be an exciting and rewarding time for us all.

Yours sincerely

Adrienne Hurley and the Preston One Act Theatre Festival Committee

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Preston One Act Play FestivalRules

• The Festival is promoted by the Broughton Players and is organised by a Sub Committee of the Players. The Sub Committee will appoint a box-office Manager; The Broughton Players Treasurer will be the Festival Treasurer.
  
• The Festival is open to any Amateur Society in Preston and the surrounding area.
  
• The Aims are:
  
• To raise the profile of theatre in the North West.
  
• To set high standards in stagecraft excellence.
  
• To encourage new directors and producers to theatre work.
• An Adjudicator will be invited to comment publicly on the plays and performances at the close of each evening.

• The Festival will be competitive. Five trophies will be awarded: - one for the Best Overall Production: one each for the best director, best performance, individual achievement and one at the discretion of the Adjudicator. The sub-committee will pay for the adjudicator’s fees.

• Preston & District Arts Association have been approached with a view to their paying any royalties due. Societies are responsible for obtaining and paying for their Licence to Perform and forwarding the receipt with section 2 of the application form.

• A non-returnable deposit of £25 will be paid for each entry. Cheques to be made payable to ‘Broughton Players’.
  
• Each team will receive 12 free tickets for the night of their production. Extra tickets are available from Mrs Julie Hall Tel 01772 463122

• The sub-committee will hire the Preston Playhouse for the evenings during the festival and for Sunday prior to the Festival for on-stage rehearsals . The hire charge payable by entrants for on-stage rehearsal will be £10 per hour to be paid on the day of the rehearsal. Sound and lighting equipment will be available, as will the festival stage manager and sound and lighting technicians.
  
• Rooms at the Playhouse may be hired, as available, for rehearsal prior to the Festival details from the Festival booking manager Christine Hunter Hughes Tel: 01772 728817 Email: chh@talktalk.net Please book early as availability is limited.
  
• The Sub-Committee will organise publicity material and tickets but all participating Societies will be expected to distribute publicity material and to sell tickets.
  
• The price of tickets will be £7.00 (£6.00 for OAPs and children). Season ticket prices will depend on the length of the Festival, however at present they are expected to be priced at £14. (£12 for OAP’s and children) and will be limited to 75 tickets.

• The seating capacity of the Playhouse is 199. It is important that groups try and sell as many tickets as possible. Further tickets, above the free allocation to each group, will be available at a buy 10 get one free rate. It is essential that each group should sell as many tickets as possible if the festival is to remain viable.

• At the end of the Saturday adjudication, the Adjudicator comments on the week’s productions, awards the five trophies, and presents certificates to all the participating groups. We are making it a condition of entry that each group should purchase at least two tickets for the Saturday evening so that a representative is available to accept their Societies certificate and any trophies awarded to them.

• All ticket income should be paid no later than the evening of your groups performance. Contact the Box Office Manager, Julie Hall, on 01772 463122.
  
• The festival will end on Saturday 27th June 2009 and will consist of a maximum of 14 entries . Groups will only be allowed to enter 1 play until the entry cut off date of 27 th March. If there are spaces available after the cut off date further entries will be considered on first come first served basis. There will be two, three or four plays each evening with curtain-up at 7:30pm. The Sub-Committee will organise a programme to include a suitable cross –section of plays on each evening. If there are any evenings during the week when a participating group will definitely NOT be available this MUST be stated in Section 2 of the attached entry form.

• Entries must be made on the attached forms by the dates indicated.
  
• Stage set-up will be limited to 10 minutes and striking to 5 minutes. The first team each evening will be allowed on stage at 7:20pm
  
• The maximum performance time allowed for each play will be 45mins.
  
• A curtain set will be available at the Playhouse . To be fair to all groups, all props and scenery should be provided by the participating group.
  
• The Sub-Committee will appoint Festival Stage Manager and sound/lighting technicians to assist participating teams. Each team may provide its own Stage Manager and groups may provide their own sound and lighting technicians if they so wish.

• A progress meeting will be held at the Playhouse Theatre
  
• Any profit will pass to Preston Playhouse. Any loss will be borne by Preston Playhouse.

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Section 1 to be completed and returned by Thursday 27th March 2008

We intend to enter ………… play(s) into the festival.

Name of Society………………………………………………………………………

Name of contact person……………………………………………………………...

Address………………………………………………………………………………

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Post Code…………………

Telephone number …………………………………

Mobile……………………………………………….

Email……………………………………………………………………………………

We enclose a non returnable deposit of £25

Please return this form to:

Adrienne Hurley, 25 Fulwood Hall Lane, Fulwood. PRESTON, PR2 8DB

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Section 2 to be submitted by Friday 17th April 2008

I enclose a copy of the play we are entering in the festival

Name of Society………………………………………………….

Name of play………………………………………………………………………

Please note new rule of initially 1 play per group, additional plays will be considered on a first come first served basis after March 27th

The Festival week is Tuesday 10 th to Saturday 14 th June 2008. If there are any dates when your society CANNOT perform please state.

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If possible please give some idea of running time………………………………...

Please indicate cost of royalties and to whom payable £……………….

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Please return this form to:

Adrienne Hurley, 25 Fulwood Hall Lane, Fulwood. PRESTON, PR2 8DB

Section 3 To be submitted by Friday 9 th May 2008

Final entry confirmations:

Please note that this information will be required for the programme and will be going to print following 10 th May.

It is important to ensure correct spelling that this form is typed and not hand written, a soft copy version can be supplied on return by emailing the festival secretary:

Steve Hall Email: halls.squireswood@tesco.net

Name of Society:

Title of play (1)

Cast Characters Name of Actor

Director: Stage Manager

Setting:

Title of play (2) if approved

Cast Characters Name of Actor

Director: Stage Manager

Setting:

Please return this form to:

Adrienne Hurley, 25 Fulwood Hall Lane, Fulwood. PRESTON, PR2 8DB

To arrive no later than Monday 7 th May 2008.

If you wish to give a potted history of your group to be used by the compare on the evening of your performance to plug your group, please feel free to use the back of this form.