PLAY DATE 2021: TIME AND SPACE
For one day a year dozens of Newcastle artists come together for Play Date! Play Date is Knock And Run Theatre’s annual short play festival that celebrates new writing and collaboration!
Any thing is possible and the only limit is your imagination. Text based performance, dance, musicals, puppetry, mime, physical theatre and more are all welcome at Play Date!
In 2021 our theme is TIME AND SPACE!
PLAY DATE 2021 Line Up:
THE PLAY ABOUT TIME & SPACE
Written and Directed by Jo Ford
”Written with the intention of creating the worst possible play about the theme time and space possible. Success!”
33 YEARS
Written by William Cesista. Directed by Elyh Tarran
”Noah Owens is dead and is now being judged on his life and final actions in the court of the afterlife. Stuck between the laid-back Saint Francis (yes that one) and a devilish prosecutor he must relive the most heart-breaking moments of his life as he tries to provide justification for his most sinful act and come to terms with his wife’s death.”
WHY I LOVE THE MOON
Written by Nyah Le and Ashleigh Henderson. Story by Yasmin Oliveria-Couper
”'Why I Love The Moon' follows the story of Hinata: a 17-year-old girl who is consumed by the anxieties of growing up. The play explores Hinatas' complicated relationship with time and its effects (represented by the moon). As the story progresses, we see Hinata address her fears, as a result of her sister Stella and their situation. The entirety of the play is set at night time, excluding a few final moments, where the sun rises, posing as the catalyst for a newfound acceptance of letting go of childhood and moving on.”
LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL
Written by Ethan Andrews
”Sometime barely in the future an ageing rugby league player is forced to confront the climate crisis and acknowledge the limitations of his own talent. As the end of his playing career approaches and his father grows sicker by the day, he does something he really doesn't want to do. “
HOLIDAY SCOTT AND HIS ADVENTURES THROUGH TIME & SPACE
Written by Ethan Dale
”Due to the death of Jess' father, her friends have agreed to play a game of "Holiday Scott and his Adventures through Time and Space", a game which they haven't played since they were kids. Not everyone is fully on board with this.”
OVERDUE
Written and by Luka McCallum
”It’s a Thursday night and we open to a desolate empty car park. The only light is provided by the flickering beams of a broken street lamp. Robert is a hopeless romantic stuck in nostalgia Celeste is a realist stuck in her relationship”
THE OPPORTUNIST
Written and Directed by Dez Robertson
”A light-hearted look at missed opportunities revisited.”
THE AUBERGINE
Written by Olivia Jubb and Tom Coyne
”Two beings come to form in an unknown, idealistic place. Through learning they discover free will. Their main challenge? An eggplant.”
DOES THE MEANS JUSTIFY THE ENDS?
Written by Mark Konik
”Julie is having an existential crisis - she think it's the end - what she doesn't realize is that she's actually on Australia's favorite new game show.”
GREY OLD MAN
Written by Maddie Baillie and Anthony Morris. Directed by Maddie Baillie
”An old man, with the inability to speak, falls from the sky and sees a dangerous amount of rain on his descent. He lands in a drought stricken post apocalyptic terrain where he discovers a young boy, desperately digging for water. The old man attempts to warn the child about the potential danger, however, the boy finds the prospect of rain exciting. Upon returning to his village with the old man, he delivers the message of rain on deaf ears. The villagers abuse the old man, who begins to cry, creating a deluge of water, which inevitably destroys the village. The old man perishes in a flood created by his own tears.”
Play Date 2021
Nov 6 @ Newcastle Theatre Company
Applications for directors are now open: https://form.jotform.com/200440897835865
Auditions are opening soon!