The One Act Festival is a one act play festival where all the plays are performed at the same venue, probably in March.
Rules
The work offered by any entrant must be either a one-act play or an extract from a longer play, providing that this extract is intelligible to a member of the audience who has not seen the play from which it is taken.
Each entry must not be less than twenty minutes in performance, or greater than sixty minutes including the time taken for scene changes during the performance.
There must be a minimum of two speaking parts on stage..
Initial setting must not exceed ten minutes and final striking must not exceed five minutes.
All entries are subject to the provisions of the Theatres Act 1968 and entrants are deemed to have full knowledge of the provisions of this act and the liabilities thereunder concerning the performance of plays which might be considered obscene, seditious or libellous or likely to incite racial hatred or a breach of the peace.
If the entry is copyright, it is the entrant's responsibility to see that the author's permission is obtained in advance, and that the royalty fee has been paid. If the text has been altered for the performance, proof of the author's permission may be called for.
Each entrant is required to produce, at least fourteen days before the festival in which it is to be performed, a copy of its entry (in the version to be performed), or if the entry is an improvisation, a synopsis, for the use of the adjudicator. This copy will be returned to the entrant after the festival.
Scenery, properties and any special lighting equipment, must be provided by the entrant. The use of such material is subject to sanction by the committee.
The Festival Stage Director or Electrician, appointed by the Council, will be responsible for the control of the stage electrical equipment, under the artistic direction of the entrant's stage manager or director.
It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that the stage lights, sound effects, curtains and scenery are deployed and arranged as required by their performance.
The adjudicator will deliver a public adjudication on each entry appearing at the festival, to provide constructive criticism to help both the companies and audience.
The adjudicator will use the following disposition of marks
October 2011