Eleven plays. Ten minutes each. Australian writers. Who will you vote for? Who will win?
$2,000 up for grabs!
2-5th March 2016
Last year's finalists: A Right Royal Stuff Up by John Leahy (Vic), The Unexpected by Greg Gould, (ACT), Roughing It by Kylie Rackham (Vic), Plus or Minus 40 Weeks by Suzy Wilds (NSW), No Sequel by Rachel le Rossignol (Vic), Couch by Martin Lindsay (WA), Ragout by Audrey
Farthing (Vic), Achilles by Alex Broun (NSW), Rosie by John Tilbrook (Vic), The Thingamajig by Jo Hamlet (WA), Youth Category Winner: Bus Stop Boy by Lily McCarthy (Vic)
Youth Category:
Highly Commended: Alice by Chelsea Rabl (Vic)
Honorable Mention: Love All by Andrew Kelso (Vic), One Competent Detective by Alison Eslake (NSW)
Please note: this competition is not open to professional actors & directors. PRIZES
Best Script Award of $1,000 as decided by our panel of judges
People’s Choice Award of $500 as voted by our audience over 5 performances
Youth Playwright Award of $500 as voted by our selection panel
Some feedback from our Patrons …
“Congratulations on the wonderful show on Saturday night, it’s a great concept and my non-theatre type family and friends really enjoyed it!”
“Just wanted to send you a personal thank you and congratulations for your efforts for the quickies. It was a great success and you should be very proud.”
“Just a quick one to thank you so much for an amazing night. Not only the plays and their preparation and all that that involved but the stuff happening on arrival and the presentation of food and the generous supply of booze and the lovely hospitality. Really a classy night so thanks for ALL of your effort – which I know must have been extraordinary to pull something of this magnitude off. You did an excellent job so thanks again.”
“Now that the tumult and the shouting has died, I just wanted to reiterate how totally delightful and rewarding I found the whole 10MQ involvement… I would have to say I’m also enormously impressed at your organisational skills and …I’m sure there are many one-act play festivals- and I’ve taken part in quite a number – which would love to run half as smoothly and with as few apparent hassles as the last few days…. I was caught up right from the beginning in the tensions and the excitements of being there, of being immersed in the whole evolution of an enormously successful festival of entertainment – everybody says it was! – right through from when it consisted of just words on numerous pages up to when it all came alive on the Eltham stage as fascinating people and stirring action and often scintillating dialogue and glorious fragments of life…”
“Sue and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves on Friday night. Those plays were just terrific. The judges would have had their work cut out for them. We are most impressed with the web master too, and were very pleased to read the results the very day after the finale. Well done ELT.”
“Congratulations on the wonderful show on Saturday night, it’s a great concept and my non-theatre type family and friends really enjoyed it!”
