Community theatre groups will strut their stuff at a special pocket-sized DramaFest 2019, to be staged in RPAC's auditorium theatre on July 27.
Eight community theatre groups will vie for coveted DramaFest awards with productions that range from the sublime to the gobsmacking.
The event is presented by Redland Performing Arts Centre with the support of Magda Community Artz and coordinated by broadcaster, compere, actor and theatre director Jan Nary.
In a roller-coaster of emotions audiences will experience the unlikely possibilities of a first date and see what happens when marriages become populated with fantasy characters and ideas.
Audience members can live momentarily in the head of a playwright under pressure, share the pain and love awakened by dementia and by disability, taste a classic, visit horror and zero in on some unexpected and in-your-face folk who just don't fit in.
The first session will be held at 1.30pm and will feature The Importance of Being Earnest (excerpt) by Oscar Wilde presented by ROAR Academy (G), Like a Metaphor by Emily Cicchini presented by ROAR Academy (PG), Fugue by Laura Elizabeth Miller presented by ROAR Academy (MA15+), Zeroes by Mark Lucas presented by Excalibur Theatre Company (MA15+), When It Rains it Pours by Tia Nikita Russell presented by Cleveland Drama crew (MA15+), Dust by Michael T. Folie presented by Beenleigh Theatre Company (PG) and Caught in the Act by Bruce Kane presented by Downstage Theatre (M).
Session two at 6pm features The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly by Finegan Kruckemeyer presented by Rivermount College (G), Bubbles by Tara Routley presented by Ipswich Little Theatre (PG) and The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish by David Tristram presented by Act 1 Theatre (M).
Adjudication and award presentation follows at 8.45pm with the first session being adjudicated at its conclusion.
The adjudicator is multi-award winning Australian actor, director, tutor and dramaturge Barbara Lowing, well known for her film roles in Secrets and Lies, Mako, Island of Secrets and Tidelands.
Ms Nary said DramaFest was big-sized entertainment with a budget-sized price tag.
She said it was a rare opportunity to experience a range of different dramas at one place, for a minimal fee and enjoy a day of rare and pithy humour, drama and entertainment.
Tickets are $5 for entry to 10 plays held over the two sessions. Tickets are available at the door at the centre, 2-16 Middle Street, Cleveland. Information is available on rpac.com.au
