24-Hour Play Challenge
The 24-Hour Play Challenge is an annual event held by WDTF in September each year. The emphasis is on taking part and having fun but there are some certificates and goody bags to be won.
The adjudicator can make the following awards. There is no requirement to make an award if either there are no entries in that category OR the adjudicator does not believe any entry in the relevant category meets the required threshold.
Most Innovative Use of the Compulory Props
Most Innovative Use of the Compulsory Dialogue
Best Youth
A new categroy added as we have had an increasing number of productions purely cast (and sometimes crewed!) with those under 18.
Best Overall
What it says!
Magic Moments
As the name suggests, these can be for any aspect of a play which struck the Adjudicator as special.
2024 Winners
Congratulations to everyone who participated in and to those who came to watch and support our 2024 24-Hour Play Challenge. Huge thanks also to our wonderful Guest Assessor, Shannon Tubman, ably assisted by her daughter, Libby. It's really all about taking part and having fun, but we continue to be massively impressed at the quality of the drama produced in, well, just 24-Hours.
Most Innovative Use of the Compulory Props
The Idling Scrimshankers (Mana Little Theatre)
Most Innovative Use of the Compulsory Dialogue
KATastrophe (KAT Theatre)
Best Youth
The Radical Rapscallions (Wellington College)
Best Overall
Remmy's Rodeo (Coasters Musical Theatre)
Magic Moments
- Good Vibrations (Coasters Musical Theatre) for vocal sound effects
- Triple-Stuffed Oreos (Kuranui College) for the high viz vesters
- The Radical Rapscallions (Wellington College) for the janitors double reveal
- Pat the Bear (Drama Christi) for the visual impact of the prop letters
- Gavin's Emus (Kuranui College) for the costumes
- The Idling Scrimshankers (Mana Little Theatre) for the onstage sound effects
- Remmy's Rodeo (Coaster Musical Theatre) for the creation of the campervan
- Ging and the Non-Gin Drinkers (Kuranui College) for the broccoli line
- KATastrophe (KAT Theatre) for "It's Elon"
- Four and a Half Men (Wellington College) for the aerobics class