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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 Compulsory 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.
2026 Winners
Congratulations to everyone who participated in and to those who came to watch and support our 2026 24-Hour Play Challenge. Huge thanks also to our wonderful Guest Assessor, Phil Peleton. 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
College: Gavin’s Revenge (Denise is Long Gone) (Kuranui College)
Society: Keenly Audacious Thespians (KAT Theatre)
Most Innovative Use of the Compulsory Dialogue
College: Bits and Bobs (Kuranui College)
Society: Keenly Audacious Thespians (KAT Theatre)
Best Overall
College: A Fifteen Minute Intermission (Wellington College)
Society: Keenly Audacious Thespians (KAT Theatre)
Absolutely Best Overall
A Fifteen Minute Intermission (Wellington College)
Magic Moments
- Newlands Mafia Yugolsavia (Newlands College) for Spuds into Vodka
- Wellington Arts Collective (Wellington Repertory) for the Talking Llama with Sunnies
- The 1440s (Kuranui College) for the Cop's Sexy Hat Drop
- New Players Yellow (New Players) for the Dilated Birth Canal
- The Speechless (Newlands College) for Sibling Rivalry
- St. Mary’s College 2 (St. Mary’s College) for the Rainbow Chicken
- Keenly Audacious Thespians (KAT Theatre) for the Brain Transfer
- A Fifteen Minute Intermission (Wellington College) for Self Wrestling
- Team Dream (Wellington Repertory) for the Inauguration Tableau
- Gavin’s Revenge (Denise is Long Gone) (Kuranui College) for the Last Post
- New Players Blue” (New Players) for the King’s Moment of Self-Awareness
- Madd Ting (Newlands College) for Coming Full-Circle to the Soup-Maker
- St. Mary’s College 1 (St. Mary’s College) for the Final Message – It’s OK to be Different
- New Players Blue” (New Players) for the King’s Moment of Self-Awareness
- The Indebted (Craftbox Theatre) for the Rainbow Alien’s Appearance
- Bits and Bobs (Kuranui College) for the Light through the Lantern
- The Rapscallion’s Requiem (Wellington College) for the Two Grandads
- KATastrophe” (KAT Theatre) for Yippee Ki-yay M**F**