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Our annual full length play festival runs from February until November every year. An adjudicator travels to the society's venue to view and adjudicate a performance during the production's normal season. The competition culminates in the Antoinettes Awards, held this year on Sunday 8th December.
The entry form can be downloaded below.
Adjudicators: Shannon Tubman & Lindsey Rusling
Festival Manager: David Cox
Contact: festivals@wdtf.org.nz
Cost:
$150 per entry, members
$190 per entry, non-members
Entry Form
The 24-Hour Play Challenge requires teams of between four and six people to create and rehearse a theatrical piece inside 24 hours and then perform it. Any style, any genre but it must be between four and ten minutes long and an original creation. There will be compulsory elements revealed at the start of the 24 hour period.
For further information contact: festivals@wdtf.org.nz
Check out the 2025 Challenge Results
Rules and an entry form can be downloaded below.
Cost:
$30 per team
$10 per non-participating audience member
Entry Form and Rules
2026 Adjudicators
Shannon Tubman
Check back in soon for Shannon's bio.
Lindsey Rusling
Check back in soon for Lindsey's bio.