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This week was another deadline. Sometimes I don’t think I would write anything if it wasn’t for deadlines.
The London One Act Festival has been around for eleven years now, starting in 1999. An exciting group of women decided to start something new, and it has been a hotbed of debuts for new work in the city, and a launching pad for writers spreading their wings outside the safety of the city limits.
We playwrights know there is nothing that improves our writing like seeing something on stage, so any opportunity to see our work produced is very exciting and necessary for growth. LOAF’s mandate is to provide learning opportunities for everyone in the theatre world. They also provide a workshop by an experienced adjudicator, an adjudication of the script and production, and they work to encorporate live music and visual arts as part of the week long extravaganza. The learning is tremendous.
Last year there was a very interesting entry, as Dan Ebbs’ script “Outer Space” was offered a last minute spot and, without much time, he secured a cast and crew one night at the Blackshire Pub. Without much time to prepare, they did a marvelous job and walked away with the coveted “LOAFIE” award! It’s a very supportive atmosphere and an intriguing mix of theatre over the period of one week.
I encourage you to support local writers this April (opens the 19th), and to consider entering your own script into the next London One Act Festival!
