24hr Play Generator
Get ready for utter madness, excitement and intoxicating creative fun!
“With a fiercely ticking clock keeping you on your toes, [it] leaves no room for egos, stress or second-guessing.”
– 2018 participant
In 2024, WAYTCo’s 24Hour Play Generator clocks EIGHT consecutive years!
Featuring WA’s freshest new talent, this hi-octane short works incubator takes stories from concept to page to stage in just 24 hours! The results are yours to see for ONE night only.
Making for a thrilling day of writing, on June 22, emerging writers work under exquisite pressure for 12 hours straight to create fresh-out-of-the-oven 10-minute plays. At the end of this day of the event, Day 1, six winning plays are selected.
The following Saturday, Day 2, 50+ cast and crew take over Subiaco Arts Centre from the break of dawn, for a special kind of ‘D-Day’. Here, the directors work with WAYTCo-member casts for 12 hours straight to bring the short plays to life. It’s wild!
At the 24th hour, the audience arrives to enjoy six world premieres in one evening: The newest and freshest work in the country!
2023 heralded the following outstanding line-up of WA’s established artist talent: Alex Steffensen, Libby Klysz, Cezera Critti-Schnaars, Andrew Sutherland, Tom Heath and Alexa Taylor. 2024 directors to be announced.
Fuelled by the determination of young blood, don’t miss WA’s next generation of artists rising to the challenge! The excitement promises to be infectious…
Development & Performance: Saturday 29 June 2024, 7:30pm
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre, Main Stage
WRITING DAY
“The 24-hour Play Generator was an invaluable opportunity to distill the process of writing for the stage down to its pure essence… It was just a ridiculous amount of fun from start to finish.”
– 2018 participant
For budding young writers, aged 15 to 26, 24Hour Play Generator starts with ‘Writing Day’ on Saturday June 22.
Successful applicants are supported by professional dramaturgs to write a 10-minute play for consideration by the 24Hour Play Generator judging panel. Writers have 12 hours to produce their short work, and must work from within the King Street Arts Centre, where the Company’s studio is located. Judging and selection of 6 winning plays happens at the end of day.
The prize for winning playwrights? An Honorarium and the thrill of seeing your work put to stage the following Saturday night!
Our 2023 dramaturgs: Scott McArdle, Andrew Sutherland, James Berlyn and Asha Cornelia Cluer. 2024 line-up TBA.
PLEASE NOTE: Whilst you don’t have to complete our Playwright’s Pathway course to participate in Writing Day, those keen to test their playwriting skills are encouraged to participate in the course, and participants certainly come out with an advantage. Find out more about Playwright’s Pathway here.
Writing Day: Saturday 22 June 2024, 7am-7pm
Venue: King Street Arts Centre, Various Rooms
Serious about being a writer for this wild event? Email artisticdirector@waytco.com
The 2024 24Hour Play Generator is supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport & Cultural Industries.