Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival

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The Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival returns in 2025.

The Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival returns to Warners Bay Theatre on Saturday 5 April 2025.

The Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival is a theatre competition showcasing short, sharp and exhilarating one-act plays from Lake Macquarie and beyond.

The Festival aims to bring together local, state and national playwrights and performers to develop and strengthen the skills and experience of performing artists within Lake Macquarie.

Featuring plays that explore our society through story and performance, the Festival will bring the best of established and amateur theatre to the Lake Macquarie stage.

Congratulations to the 2025 winners

Outstanding play performance

Winner - #TFM
Runner up - Once Upon a Time

Outstanding actor

Winner - Janet Gillam, #TFM
Runners up - Alison Lancey, Once Upon a Time and Joel Stibbard, Once Upon a Time

Winner youth actor encouragement

No eligible actor.

The Plays

The Festival will showcase a series of innovative original works by local, and national playwrights.

The Director

Festival Director Charlotte De Wit is a versatile and accomplished artistic director, director, actor and producer.

Play entry frequently asked questions

Have a question about submissions or the festival? Check out our frequently asked questions list for more details.

Awards and judging

The festival is conducted in contest form and assessed by our judging panel.

View the 2024 gallery

The One Act Play Festival is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

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