Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival
The Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival returns in 2026.
The Lake Macquarie One Act Play Festival returns to Warners Bay Theatre on Saturday 28 March 2026.
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.
Script submissions for the 2026 Festival will open in September 2025. For updates, please check this page or email [email protected].
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.
Check out the highlights from the 2025 festival.
View the 2025 gallery
The One Act Play Festival is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.